Monthly Archives: August 2020

An Interview with Gayle Jordan – Executive Director, Recovering From Religion

by | August 28, 2020

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Gayle Jordan is the Executive Director of Recovering From Religion. Her biography states: “Gayle is a former Southern Baptist who left the faith 10 years ago when her then-teenagers began asking questions she could not answer. Her research led her (and her children) into the light of reason and rationality. Years later,… Read more »

Problems with Bible classes

by | August 28, 2020

By James Haught James Haught is editor of West Virginia’s largest newspaper, The Charleston Gazette, and a senior editor of Free Inquiry. He is 87-years-old and would like to help secular causes more. This series is a way of giving back. — Here in Appalachia’s Bible Belt, conservatives in the Legislature want to force all West Virginia public high schools to… Read more »

Conversation with Jennifer Herrera – Vice President, External Affairs, National Women’s History Museum (U.S.)

by | August 25, 2020

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Jennifer Herrera, M.A., vice president of external affairs, is the chief communications officer for the National Women’s History Museum, where she oversees all public affairs, marketing, and media relations efforts. On August 26, 2020, the National Women’s History Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment with a… Read more »

Will the Religious Right Fizzle?

by | August 21, 2020

By James Haught James Haught is editor of West Virginia’s largest newspaper, The Charleston Gazette, and a senior editor of Free Inquiry. He is 87-years-old and would like to help secular causes more. This series is a way of giving back. — Barely three months from now, the 2020 election may reveal whether America’s white evangelical “religious right”… Read more »