Secular AZ Library

2025

• December 8, 2025: Save Your Spot at the Festival of Pies
• December 1, 2025:  Don’t Let Them Win
• November 24, 2025: Speak Up, Arizona!
• November 17, 2025: It’s the Grand Old Pedo Party
• November 10, 2025: Let Them Eat ̶C̶a̶k̶e̶ Nothing
• November 3, 2025: Still Time to Vote!
• October 27, 2025: Why Prop 409?
• October 20, 2025: Let’s Keep the Momentum Going, Arizona
• October 13, 2025: NO KINGS!
• October 6, 2o25: This Banned Books Week, Ban Bigots, Not Books
• September 29, 2025: Meet us in Tucson
• September 22, 2025: Under Attack
• September 15, 2025: Don’t Let Democracy Melt Away
• September 8, 2025: Maricopa County Library Banning and Censoring Books
• September 1, 2025: 100+ Strong and Growing
• August 25, 2025: Hotter Than an Arizona Sidewalk in August
• August 11, 2025: The Truth About DEI in Arizona Schools
• August 4, 2025: It’s Getting Hot in Here
• July 28, 2025: Secular Student Scholarship Deadline Approaching
• July 21, 2025: How Will Religious Legal Cases Affect YOUR Rights?
• July 13, 2025: Arizona Legislative Report – How Did Your Lawmakers Vote?
• July 6, 2025: This Week’s Secular News from Arizona and Beyond
• June 24, 2025: Fascism on the Rise
• June 16, 2025: Dangers of the Anti-Vax, Anti-Science Movement
• June 9, 2025: No Kings in Arizona
• June 3, 2025: Happy Pride Month!
• May 26, 2025: Voucher Expansion Off the Table?
• May 19, 2025: Gods of the Smoke Machine
• May 12, 2025: Katherine Stewart This Friday
• May 4, 2025: Is LifeWise Indoctrinating Students in YOUR School District?
• April 27m 2025: Victory in Vail
• April 19, 2025: Who’s the Secularist of the Week? (Hint: It’s Our Legal Director)
• April 13, 2025: No Chaplains in Public Schools!
• April 6, 2025: LDS Seminary at Cienega High School?
• March 30, 2025: Direct Democracy Under Attack
• March 24, 2025: Religious Chaplains in AZ Schools?
• March 17, 2025: Should Facts or Feelings Inform Public Policy?
• March 8, 2025: International Women’s Day: We Demand Our Rights
• March 3, 2025: Seth Andrews and Capitol Day Events
• February 25, 2025: An Evening with Seth Andrews (and More Bad Bills)
• February 17, 2025: Gender-Affirming Care Court Cases
• February 9, 2025: Speak Out Against Bad Bills
• February 3, 2025: Take Action Now
• January 29, 2025: Victory for the Establishment Clause: Rooks v Peoria Unified School District
• January 22, 2025: Moving Toward Reproductive Justice
• January 15, 2025: Beyond Belief
• January 9, 2025: Exvangelical and Beyond
• January 1, 2025: Pies and Summit, Oh My

2024

• December 26, 2024: Time for Pie
• December 12, 2024: So Many Events
• December 4, 2024: Misinformation is Killing Democracy
• November 27, 2024: Raise a Glass and Say “Ra’men!”
• November 20, 2024: Christian Nationalism on the Rise
• November 14, 2024: “Your Body, My Choice”?
• November 6, 2024: Where Do We Go From Here?
• October 30, 2024: Stand Up and Be Counted
• October 23, 2024: Is A Candidate a Christian Nationalist?
• October 16, 2024: It’s Spooky Season. Are You Scared Yet?
• October 9, 2024: Which Arizona Candidates Support Secular Government?
• October 3, 2024: Who Needs School Funding When You’ve Got the Grace of Christ For Free
• September 26, 2024: Banning Books and Criminalizing Educators
• September 21, 2024: Arizona has the Worst School System in the Nation
• September 14, 2024: Longest Arizona Ballot Ever?
• August 30, 2024: Do School Board Candidates Want Your Schools to Fail?
• July 24, 2024: Us to Phoenix New Times: “Kids are being told by elected officials that their life does not matter.”
• July 12, 2024: School Districts in Trouble
• June 21, 2024: Last Call to Turn in Abortion Access Petitions
• June 11, 2024: Report Illegal Church Electioneering
• May 29, 2024: Advocacy and Learning Opportunities for Summer
• May 25, 2024: Protecting Arizona’s Elections
• May 10, 2024: Vote Expected on Teacher Censorship
• May 3, 2024: Bill Targets Teachers, Equates Them with Pedophiles
• April 24, 2024: More Reproductive Rights Actions and School Board News
• April 19, 2024: Abortion Rights Updates
• March 15, 2024: Mesa Public School Rejects Pride Flag Ban, Adopts Ban on “Partisan” Books
• March 8, 2024: Anti-Transgender Legislation Meets Resistance at AZ Legislature
• February 23, 2024: Trans Student Discrimination Bill Moving in the Senate
• February 16, 2024: PUSD Reigns in Disruptive Comments
• February 3, 2024: GOP Bill Seeks to Unconstitutionally Outlaw Satanic Displays
• January 12, 2024: Extremist Bill Moving

2023

• December 29, 2023: Christian Nationalist Flag
• December 21, 2023: End-of-Year Legislative Report
• December 9, 2023: Cottonwood Censorship
• November 30, 2023: Christian Nationalists Deal Blows to Mesa, Deer Valley and Dysart School Districts
• November 17, 2023: Breaking – Magical Sugar Pills Not as Effective as Real Medicine (A Look at Homeopathy)
• November 10, 2023: School Board Doesn’t Cave to Pressure to Open with Prayer
• November 3, 2023: Updates From Several School Districts
• October 20, 2023: Hate Group Event Caught and Cancelled in Scottsdale
• October 13, 2023: News from Peoria City Council and Deer Valley Unified School District
• October 6, 2023: Action Needed at School Boards
• September 29, 2023: Extremists Go On Offensive Chasing Ruling on School Board Prayer
• September 22, 2023: Demands for Prayer Escalate in Casa Grande
• September 15, 2023: Christian Nationalists Stumble to Oppose Anti-Racism at School Board
• September 1, 2023: Update on Censorship Battle
• August 28, 2023: Christian Nationalist Surge is Not Sustainable
• August 18, 2023: Modesty Debate Highlights Victim Shaming
• August 12, 2023: Tons of Activity to Pay Attention To This Week
• August 4, 2023: Important Dates and a New Substack
• July 28, 2023: Why Are School Board Meetings Hotspots of Controversy and Anger?
• July 21, 2023: Book Ban Controversy in Northern Arizona
• July 14, 2023: Rooks Sued?
• July 7, 2023: Rooks Chairing PUSD Meeting Next Week
• July 5, 2023: PVUSD Updates
• June 23, 2023: PUSD Updates
• June 16, 2023: Rep. StahlHamilton Censured in Biblegate
• June 11, 2023: Christian Nationalists Work Really Hard to Create Conspiracies Out of Boring Stuff
• June 4, 2023: Why You Should Join Your Local Library Board
• May 26, 2023: Is it a School Board Meeting or a Church Sermon
• May 22, 2023: Let Your School Board Members Know You Support Them
• May 13, 2023: Stomping Their Feet, Not Stopping Progress
• May 5, 2023: WESD Folds to ADF
• April 29, 2023: Victory for Trans Students in PUSD
• April 23, 2023: Over-the-Top Public Comments
• April 17, 2023: Jeanne Casteen Testifies at Peoria Unified School Board Meeting
• April 6, 2023: Bill Would Let Extremists Enter School District Offices After Hours
• March 24, 2023: Surveillance on Pregnant People
• March 17, 2023: Andrew Seidel and Barbra Seville at Capitol Day
• February 24, 2023: Supporters of Sanity Making an Impact at School Boards
• February 18, 2023: Shenanigans at the Capitol
• February 11, 2023: Secular Day NEAR the Capitol
• February 3, 2023: Arizona Has a School Administrator Retention Crisis
• January 20, 2023: Two Religious Right “Trojan horse” Bills
• January 15, 2023: Standing Up to Politicians Targeting Drag Artists
• January 6, 2023: What Connects Evangelicals to Q-Anon?

2022

• December 29, 2022: The State of Church:State Separation in AZ in 2022/What We Accomplished This Year
• December 24, 2022: How to Deal with Your Q-Anon Uncle This Weekend
• December 16, 2022: Four Historical Legal Facts About the War on Christmas
• December 9, 2022: Another FLDS Cult Leader Busted in Arizona
• December 2, 2022: The Stars of Sister Wives Know They’re in a Cult
• November 25, 2022: Pulling Loved Ones Back From Extremism
• November 17, 2022: When Reason Prevails
• November 11, 2022: Arizona Election Results: Where We Stand So Far
• November 4, 2022: Religious Conservatives’ Hypocrisy on Full Display
• October 28, 2022: Senate Write-In Candidates in LD 22
• October 17, 2022: Secular AZ Voting Guide
• October 7, 2022: Candidates Running on Election Denial
• September 30, 2022: What Role Should Religion Play in Schools?
• September 23, 2022: Top Things to Know in Secular Politics This Week
• September 16, 2022: Time’s Almost Up to Stop School Vouchers
• September 9, 2022: You’re Paying for Fundamentalist Bible Books for Kids
• September 2, 2022: Vouchers Exposed… Again
• August 26, 2022: No, Abortion Bans Don’t “Help Women”
• August 19, 2022: We Need to Talk About Vouchers
• August 12, 2022: What Primary Results Mean for Separation of Church and State
• August 5, 2022: Calling All Secular Officiants!
• July 22, 2022: Which AZ Democrats Voted with the Religious Right?
• July 13, 2022: Our 2022 Legislative Scorecard is Ready!
• July 1, 2022: The Supreme Court Reshaped Church and State – But We Can Still Act
• June 24, 2022: What to Know and DO About Roe Today
• June 11, 2022: How Did You Celebrate “Equal Opportunity for Life on Behalf of Unborn Black Babies Day”?
• June 3, 2022: Senator Rick Gray Says Forced Religion Solution to Gun Violence
• May 20, 2022: “Appeal to Heaven” Flag (Finally, Quietly) Taken Down
• May 13, 2022: Rally to Keep Religious Beliefs Off Our Bodies
• May 6, 2022: Six Ways You Can Support Safe Abortion Access Right Now
• April 29, 2022: Top Ways to Raise One Another Up This Week
• April 8, 2022: Your Voice is Having an Impact. Volunteer With Us to Keep it Up!
• April 5, 2022: Clear the Air About Your (Non) Religious Identity
• March 25, 2022: Go On Record Against Religious Education Bills
• February 19, 2022: Small Victories, Calls to Action and In-Person Events
• January 29, 2022: Navigating the Religious Onslaught
• January 13, 2022: Public Education on the Chopping Block in 2022
• January 6, 2022: The Biggest Corruptor of Young Minds is… Books?

2021

• December 23, 2021: The New Definition of Religious Discrimination
• December 17, 2021: Protect a Secular Holiday Display at the Capitol
• December 6, 2021: Secular AZ Activists Shut Down Illegal Christian Nationalist Rally
• November 24, 2021: Honor Our Secular Stars on December 11
• November 17, 2021: Secular Summit Updates
• November 10, 2021: Powerhouse Panelists Join Our Secular Summit
• November 6, 2021: Drawing a Line at School Board Meetings
• October 28, 2021: Rep. Jamie Raskin at Secular Summit
• October 21, 2021: Aftermath of the Brutal 2021 Legislative Session
• October 15, 2021: The New Project Blitz Playbook
• October 8, 2021: Meet Secular AZ’s New Executive Director
• September 29, 2021: What’s Your Favorite Secular Invocation?
• September 22, 2021: Do You Know Who is Delivering Your Reproductive Healthcare?
• September 16, 2021: Wanted: Rogue Uteruses
• September 7, 2021: Let’s Talk About Christian Nationalism
• August 24, 2021: We’re Getting the Whole Picture on Legislative Prayer
• August 10, 2021: Could Religious Politics End with the Stroke of a Pen?
• July 30, 2021: Can Children Be Required to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance? 
• June 20, 2021: Foster Kids to Carry Burdens for Religious Freedoms
• May 9, 2021: Three Important Updates: Sex Ed, Title X Reform, Abortion Ban
• April 18, 2021: The Governor Must Oppose Bills Perpetuating In-School Violence
• April 9, 2021: Extremist Bills Could Pass at the Drop of a Hat
• March 28, 2021: A Double Whammy of Major Religious Privilege Bills is Headed to the Senate Floor
• March 14, 2021: Senators Sympathized with Non-Religious People This Week
• March 7, 2021: Secular Day at the Capitol is March 15
• February 21, 2021: The Blitz Continues
• February 13, 2021: They Blitzed Congress in Person. Now Their Bills are Blitzing the Legislature.
• January 23, 2021: Does This Communion Come With COVID?

2020

• August 13, 2020: Bad News from SCOTUS for the Secular Community
• August 8, 2020: Primary Election Analysis
• July 17, 2020: Voting Deadlines and Upcoming Events
• July 10, 2020: Secular Stars and Secular Voter Guides
• July 3, 2020: Mandatory Government Funding of Religious Schools?
• June 29, 2020: Upcoming Chances to Meet With Elected Officials
• June 5, 2020: Racism and Religion in America
• May 18, 2020: House Resumes Business as (Un)Usual
• May 11, 2020: Coming This Summer (Eventually?)
• May 1, 2020: Religious Right Steers COVID-19 Decision-Making in AZ
• April 24, 2020: To Sine Die or Not to Sine Die… That is the Question
• April 18, 2020: Bible Classes Under Secular Spotlight in Camp Verde
• April 3, 2020: Tell Ducey “Don’t Block Abortion Access During Lockdown”
• March 27, 2020: Legislative News Bites
• March 21, 2020: $50M in COVID Relief Hung Up in the House
• March 6, 2020: Bill Would Send AZ Taxpayer $ to New Mexico Religious Schools
• February 28, 2020: An Apology is Not Enough
• February 14, 2020: Hate Bills Target Transgender Kids
• January 27, 2020: Keeping Watch

2019

• December 20, 2019: Secular Summit RoundUp
• December 8, 2019: Scottsdale Set to Waste Thousand$ on Invocation Lawsuit
• November 23, 2019: Chandler Unified School District Cuts Sex Education for Grades 5-6
• November 15, 2019: Is It Legal for a Christian Nonprofit to Fire an Employee for Being Gay?
• November 11, 2019: Secret Recording Reveals Project Blitz is in Stealth Mode
• October 10, 2019: Can AZ Require Insurance to Cover Infertility Treatments? Not if Center for AZ Policy Has Its Way
• August 31, 2019: Now Scheduling Legislative Wrap-Ups
• August 24, 2019: Meet Secular Star Lawmakers at Phoenix and Tucson Happy Hours
• January 25, 2019: The 54th Legislature has Begun!