According to a New York Times report today, the IRS has formally acknowledged that houses of worship can endorse political candidates to their congregants—essentially treating church endorsements as “private matters” akin to a family discussion. This shift weakens the Johnson Amendment—a half-century-old rule designed to keep tax-exempt organizations, including churches, from engaging in political campaign…

📢IMPORTANT UPDATE📢 Secular Education Association 👏🏻Let’s do a little refresher in case you’re new around here…. In July of 2024 Lifewise Academy brought a SLAPP copyright infringement lawsuit against a parent and one of our co-founders, Zachary Parrish. In an attempt to silence us they falsely alleged that his fair use publication of their curriculum,…

📢 Important Update from Ohio: a Step Forward for Secular Public Education Today, NBC4 reports that the Ohio Civil Rights Commission has officially closed its investigation into LifeWise Academy—granting a former public school employee the right to pursue a lawsuit. Here’s why this matters: 1. ✔️ Legal accountability for religious influence in schools The ex-employee…

OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NOT A MISSION FIELD. If your “mission field” needs a yellow school bus and a roster of public school children, it’s not a mission — it’s a violation. Religious groups are using programs like LifeWise Academy to pull kids out of public school classrooms during the day for indoctrination disguised as…

Phil King – NPUSC Board of Trustee District III Thank you for standing up for the safety of ALL of your students. We hope your courage will inspire others to follow suit. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 “In mid-May 2025, NPUSC again inquired about the nature and depth of background checks of volunteers, particularly after learning the programming would…

📣 Public schools are not pulpits.Church and state must remain separate—especially in our classrooms. Groups like LifeWise Academy are blurring the line, using public schools to push private religious agendas. We must stand up and say: enough. ✊ Join the Secular Education Association in defending every child’s right to an inclusive, evidence-based education—free from religious…

🚨Ohio🚨 What people are saying: Secular Education Association: Secular Education Association Facebook User: Oh, Lifewise: you were clearly not ready for all of the ins and outs of employing people who have some autonomy…and will seek legal counsel when you come to an impasse… Facebook User: 😡 Facebook User: I’m not feeling well today, so…

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Have some free time this morning? https://shorturl.at/9wVDx Come and join us for our series session on “The AGENDA” @ 11 am EST. This is going to be an interesting one -as we trace religion in our public schools back to the 17th century ALL the way to current times and examine how we have been…

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📣 Help Us Defend Secular Public Education! Secular Education Association is the ONLY national group solely committed to preserving and defending secularism in public education. We are a grassroots, parent-led, volunteer-run organization. At this stage, we have no paid employees—meaning all funds raised go directly into our mission-driven work. Your donation will help us: ✅…

https://www.wosu.org/politics-government/2025-06-24/lifewise-academy-argues-religious-groups-have-legal-right-to-decide-who-teaches-faith?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLJcnFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmUHBFYyOd80zA9ZwDoX_dTnQVEBfpHbAKIhaw-119XDExGHBPTqg6B5Qx0a_aem_bgbYrrm0TNY580vCY-7kcw ““They have demonstrated repeatedly over and over that they are fine with dishonesty, which if you’re a believer, you know that there is absolutely no room for that,” Snell said. “Jesus calls himself the truth.” Snell filed a complaint with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission in January. In May, mediation ended in impasse, and…

🚫 Beware “Success Sequence” Bills 🚫They sound harmless — finish school, get a job, marry before kids — but they push a narrow, moralistic agenda that blames individuals for poverty while ignoring systemic issues. These bills don’t belong in public schools. Poverty isn’t a personal failure — it’s a policy failure. But this so-called “sequence”…

🚨Ohio🚨 This is the House version of the “Success Sequence” bill. The senate version is SB156 From the article – “Ohio lawmakers proposed a bill that would require public schools to teach character education, including abstinence, patriotism and respect for religious faith. House Bill 269 would require public schools to teach grades 7-12 about a…

From the article – “In the filing, LifeWise claims that its mission statement is “to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ” and that its employees “minister to students.” However, according to its most recent IRS nonprofit filing, its stated mission is “to assist youth, youth organizations, schools and churches by providing seminars, education materials, inspirational…