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Decline of the secular left (view source)
Revision as of 05:17, July 23, 2017
, 05:17, July 23, 2017→Right wing politics ascendant in secular Europe and the United States
In November of 2016, the politically left [[Obama administration|Barack Obama administration]] and [[Democratic Party]] received a huge loss in the midterm elections by losing control of the United States Senate and losing a historic amount of state legislature elections.<ref>[Republicans now have historic majorities in state legislatures. That's a really big deal. Republicans now have historic majorities in state legislatures. That's a really big deal], November 6, 2014</ref>
In November of 2016, the politically left [[Obama administration|Barack Obama administration]] and [[Democratic Party]] received a huge loss in the midterm elections by losing control of the United States Senate and losing a historic amount of state legislature elections.<ref>[Republicans now have historic majorities in state legislatures. That's a really big deal. Republicans now have historic majorities in state legislatures. That's a really big deal], November 6, 2014</ref>
The Obama administration became the first administration to met with an [[Atheism|atheist]] group. It met with the Secular Coalition for America which is a coalition which represents the [[American Atheists]], the American [[Secular Humanism|Humanist]] Association, and the Military Association of Atheists and [[Freethought|Freethinkers]].
According to the ''USA Today'', the group met with the White House officials to "discuss problems that they believe are fueled by religion."<ref name="content.usatoday.com">[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2010/02/atheists-meet-with-white-house-officials/1#.VypYTzEn_7Y Atheists meet with White House officials], USA Today</ref> Among the issues the group discussed were the issues of "military proselytizing" by [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] Christian members of the military and faith-based initiatives<ref name="content.usatoday.com"/>
The ''Religion News Service'' reported:
The ''Religion News Service'' reported: