People often ask us atheists what we believe in. I believe in this team. Because these data don’t lie:
The 2026 state legislative session was the most productive year in American Atheists’ 63-year history. In some cases, we saw 100% success rates.
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Weekly Update
EMBARRASSING: The Chairs Were Empty
Small-d democratic movements like ours aim to fill every seat, but White Christian Nationalists don’t need to. For their anti-democratic agenda to succeed, they only have to normalize their narrative that our country belongs more to some people than to others.
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Very Normal Stuff Happening This Weekend
The Founders weren’t hostile to religion. They were opposed to tyranny, and they understood a government powerful enough to impose one creed is likewise powerful enough to punish anyone outside it. I’d argue Christian Nationalists also understand this but they actually like the idea of religious tyranny so long as they’re the ones in charge.
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On the Front Lines
In a moment defined by the rise of White Christian Nationalism, sitting quietly isn’t an option. The stakes are far too high.
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“We Will Find You”
White Christian Nationalists have decided the less-important thing — the thing that comes second in their ‘Certain Americans First’ strategy — is anyone and everyone with a different way of thinking.
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Pull up a chair
The fight for religious equality and the rights of atheists are a core part of the broader civil rights movement in America, especially now. Showing up, ensuring that the atheist perspective is heard, and building bridges to groups that share our values is the key to protecting our rights.
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The faithless aren’t a footnote
Increasingly, “anti-Christian” is functioning less as a description of legitimate bias against Christians and more as a way to criminalize any views that diverge from or disagree with a particular strain of White Christian Nationalism.
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We’re reclaiming the promise of pluralism
We’re leading the charge to correct the lies and reclaim our country from the oligarchs and special interests behind the Christian Nationalist movement.
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Keep public funds in public schools. Period.
Our tax dollars should not be used to support religious instruction, weaken public education, or undermine the separation of religion and government.
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Don’t stay “SAT” on the sidelines
No other secular civil rights organization is more committed than American Atheists to organizing people at the state level and equipping them with all the tools, resources, and knowledge they need.
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Trump’s cabinet sent prayers. So I’m sending FOIAs.
We’re demanding records to shine a light on how these prayer were distributed and to get access to documents the Administration is trying to keep the public from seeing.
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Stranger than Pulp Fiction
The politicians parading as theologians aren’t actually interested in applying any real or coherent tradition. Instead, they are, as zealots have long done, writing a new script — selecting, distorting, or inventing whatever justifies the outcome they wanted all along.
