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  • 🚨OHIO🚨

    🚨OHIO🚨

    🚨OHIO🚨 What people are saying: Facebook User: The governor in Texas pushed for the commandments to be put in every classroom in every Texas school. That case is in the courts. In the interim, they are not displayed. Those that were put up had to be taken down. I fought this 40 years ago. I…

  • 🚨 This is NOT appropriate. At all.🚨

    🚨 This is NOT appropriate. At all.🚨

    🚨 This is NOT appropriate. At all.🚨 LifeWise Academy in Norwalk, Ohio proudly posted photos of staff washing children’s feet as part of a “Journey to the Cross” lesson. Public school students — minors — were taken off campus during the school day and placed into an adult-led religious ritual involving physical contact and a…

  • 🚨OHIO – Northwest🚨

    🚨OHIO – Northwest🚨

    🚨OHIO – Northwest🚨 Something Important Is Happening at Anthony Wayne — and Families Deserve the Full Story Over the past few days, Anthony Wayne families have shared screenshots, flyers, and posts about a high-school “community engagement” project that asked students to raise money for The Nest, Bowling Green. At first glance, it looked like a…

  • WASHINGTON

    WASHINGTON

    WASHINGTON Everett Public Schools.WA Board Member Mr. Adkins did something rare in today’s climate: he spoke the truth plainly about LifeWise Academy’s tactics, its extremist affiliations, and the harm these programs cause to real students and families. Everett has faced months of sustained pressure from LifeWise organizers — including a legal threat letter demanding special…

  • New Featured Article in Church & State Magazine!

    New Featured Article in Church & State Magazine!

    New Featured Article in Church & State Magazine! We’re proud to share that Secular Education Association’s Executive Director, Molly Gaines, is featured in the December 2025 issue of Church & State Magazine, published by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The article offers a clear, accessible look at the rapid rise of Released…

  • 🚨TENNESSEE🚨

    🚨TENNESSEE🚨

    🚨TENNESSEE🚨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐈𝐬 𝐄𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲? Blount County Schools ᴊᴜsᴛ voted to send a religious release time policy to committee — a move that could allow students to leave class during the school day for Bible instruction run by the Elgin Children’s Foundation.…

  • 🚨OHIO 🚨

    🚨OHIO 🚨

    🚨OHIO 🚨 Ohio lawmakers just introduced a bipartisan bill to help schools offer kosher and halal meal options. It’s a small grant program with one simple purpose: Make sure Jewish and Muslim students can eat lunch without violating their faith. That’s it.No class time lost.No religious group gaining access to students.No disruption of instruction. Just…

  • 🚨OHIO – Northwest🚨

    🚨OHIO – Northwest🚨

    🚨OHIO – Northwest🚨📢𝙱𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝙰𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝙸𝚜 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 Last week, the Secular Education Association was anonymously sent a link to a publicly archived, unedited, continuous audio recording of Pastor Steven Whitlow of Redemption Church (Monclova, Ohio). We did not record it. We did not upload it. It was…

  • 🚨OHIO🚨

    🚨OHIO🚨

    🚨OHIO🚨 📣 Ohio’s New Release-Time Law Is Fueling LifeWise’s Rapid Expansion — But Parents Are Sounding the Alarm A new Ohio Capital Journal article lays out exactly what many of us have been warning: the moment Ohio required every school district to adopt a release-time policy, LifeWise exploded across the state. LifeWise is now operating…

  • 🌲 LifeWise Tried to Use a Public Library for Recruitment — and the Community Spo…

    🌲 LifeWise Tried to Use a Public Library for Recruitment — and the Community Spo…

    🌲 LifeWise Tried to Use a Public Library for Recruitment — and the Community Spoke Up A member of our Secular Education Association (formerly Parents AGAINST Lifewise) private group spotted something concerning this week: 👀LifeWise West Unity set up a “LifeWise Giving Tree” inside the West Unity Branch Library, complete with donation requests and staffing…

  • 🚨Everett, Washington is in the national spotlight—and we need to talk about why.

    🚨Everett, Washington is in the national spotlight—and we need to talk about why.

    🚨Everett, Washington is in the national spotlight—and we need to talk about why. This week, the Secular Education Association (SEA) formally submitted a letter to the Everett School Board regarding LifeWise Academy’s Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) program. Everett has faced intense pressure from LifeWise, an Ohio-based organization attempting to force districts across the country…

  • 🚨 WASHINGTON🚨

    🚨 WASHINGTON🚨

    🚨 WASHINGTON🚨EVERETT: Children — including kindergarteners — were released to an adult parents did not authorize As Everett Public Schools.WA is being pressured to weaken its release-time safeguards, these documents reveal a serious student-safety problem happening right now. 1️⃣ The parent’s handwritten permission slip is clear: It explicitly says: “with Sarah Sweeney.”That is the only…

  • WASHINGTON 🚨 NEW: Remember our post from yesterday about Everett Public Schools….

    WASHINGTON 🚨 NEW: Remember our post from yesterday about Everett Public Schools….

    WASHINGTON 🚨 NEW: Remember our post from yesterday about Everett Public Schools.WA ? Yesterday we shared that LifeWise Academy — backed by First Liberty and a national law firm — had issued a legal threat to Everett Public Schools. Here’s the link if not – https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BfpDogLcC/ Today, we’re publishing the actual letter so Washington families…

  • 🚨 WASHINGTON: LifeWise is threatening Everett — and trying to rewrite the rules …

    🚨 WASHINGTON: LifeWise is threatening Everett — and trying to rewrite the rules …

    🚨 WASHINGTON: LifeWise is threatening Everett — and trying to rewrite the rules for every district. LifeWise Academy, backed by First Liberty and a big out-of-state law firm, has sent a 5-page threat letter to the Everett Public School Board. In that letter, they claim: Everett Public Schools.WA is showing “animus toward religion” Board members…