Something extraordinary is happening in #Iran:

#Women are really really not giving a fuck anymore

What started as protests over the murder of #MahsaAmini by religious morality #police in 2022 for not wearing her headscarf simmered and now is snowballing. Women and girls are not wearing the mandatory #hijab at ever increasing rates

apnews.com/article/iran-hijab-…

#WomensRights #religion

Humans

Also :)

God bless them :)) such a weird species. Imagination is a hell of a drug.

#religion #atheism #earth #nasa

"The 17-point drop in the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily life — from 66% in 2015 to 49% today — ranks among the largest Gallup has recorded in any country over any 10-year period since 2007."

~ Benedict Vigers and Julie Ray

#UnitedStates #religion #religiosity #churches
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news.gallup.com/poll/697676/dr…

Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World

The 17-percentage-point drop in U.S. religiosity over the past decade is among the largest declines measured in the Gallup World Poll.

^{Benedict Vigers (Gallup)}

NEW: “No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office

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A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said.

propublica.org/article/fort-wo…

#government #religion #texas #IRS #News #Politics

“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office

^{cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)}