🚨 OHIO ACTION ALERT 🚨 Help end child marriage in Ohio — for good. The Secular Education Association (SEA) is proud to be part of a statewide coalition led by Unchained At Last, urging lawmakers to pass SB 341, a critical bill that would end marriage before age 18 with NO exceptions. Right now, Ohio… Read More

🚨INDIANA update on HB 1086 🚨 We’re hearing that lawmakers may try to “fix” HB 1086 by amending it to include the U.S. Constitution and other so-called “historical documents,” instead of only the Ten Commandments. Let’s be clear about what this is: a rebrand, not a solution. Tacking the Constitution onto a bill that was… Read More

🚨 Indiana Call to Action — HB 1086 🚨 Indiana lawmakers have introduced HB 1086, a bill that would force every public school classroom and school library to display the Ten Commandments. This is not a gray area. The U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms is… Read More

When proximity is this close, accountability matters. Recent reporting by Black Indy LIVE has raised serious public-interest concerns 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 during a period when the church was dealing with a deeply disturbing criminal case involving the lead pastor’s adult son. According to the reporting, Beckwith was not… Read More

This work doesn’t happen all at once — but the bills often do. The Secular Education Association is a parent-led, volunteer-powered organization built by people who have learned how to carefully track education legislation, understand its real-world impact on public schools, and respond effectively when issues involving religion and education arise. This legislative session, bills… Read More

Secular Education Association (SEA) submitted a formal letter of opposition to Iowa Senate File 510, legislation that would authorize Bible-specific courses in public schools and embed religious scripture directly into Iowa’s social studies framework. In our letter, we raised serious concerns that SF 510:• Gives preferential treatment to Christian scripture by naming and elevating the… Read More

🚨 IOWA – CALL TO ACTION 🚨 ULTRA URGENT Oppose Senate File 510 (SF 510) TIME MATTERS ⏰SF 510 is moving quickly and quietly, with limited public notice by design. If you wait, the opportunity to influence this bill may pass! Iowa lawmakers are considering SF 510, a bill that would authorize Bible-only courses in… Read More

📄 We’ve submitted a formal letter of opposition to Indiana SB 88. The Secular Education Association has submitted a formal letter of opposition to Indiana Senate Bill 88 (2026 Session). While SB 88 is framed as an education bill, it combines sweeping and ideologically driven mandates that fundamentally alter the role of public schools. Our… Read More

🚨WEST VIRGINIA Update: West Virginia SB 171 was pulled from the committee agenda without explanation. This morning, West Virginia SB 171 was removed from the Senate Education Committee agenda at the last minute. The bill was not discussed and does not appear in the official committee video or public record. 📹 You can view the… Read More

🚨WASHINGTON is under attack Washington State is becoming an active front in the fight to keep public education religiously neutral and accountable. LifeWise Academy is operating and expanding in Washington districts, and the stakes are no longer abstract — their presence has already resulted in litigation involving the Everett School District. This is happening in… Read More

🚨OHIO is now using taxpayer dollars to build and expand private religious schools. Not vouchers.Not tuition reimbursement. 🚨Direct public funding for religious school construction.🚨 A new investigation by ProPublica details how Ohio lawmakers quietly approved millions in state grants for private religious schools—currently mostly Catholic—to renovate buildings, add classrooms, and expand campuses so they can… Read More

📄 We submitted formal opposition to West Virginia SB 171 — and we’re making it public. The Secular Education Association has submitted a formal letter of opposition to West Virginia Senate Bill 171 to every member of the Senate Education Committee. West Virginia SB 171 is model legislation written to advance the business interests of… Read More

⭐️A TEXAS school board just modeled what responsible governance looks like. This week, Dalhart Independent School District voted against implementing Texas Senate Bill 11, a bill that would create a daily, district-approved “voluntary” prayer and religious text period in public schools. Why?Because the board recognized what too many lawmakers gloss over: ➡️ The bill lacks… Read More

🚨 ULTRA-URGENT ACTION ALERT — WEST VIRGINIA 🚨This was rushed on purpose. The lack of public warning is the strategy. West Virginia SB171 is the latest example of what we’re calling 🧾 Copy-Paste LifeWise Legislation — near-identical Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) mandate language being dropped into statehouses and fast-tracked before parents, educators, and communities… Read More

I’m a Muslim kid sitting in the bleachers at a school assembly. The lights dim. A teacher takes the microphone. Everyone around me relaxes, like they know what’s coming. Then the words start — a Christian prayer. Heads bow. Hands fold. Someone nudges me because I’m still standing straight. I don’t know what to do… Read More