Chris Line

Chris Line received his B.S. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2012. He began working for FFRF in 2015 as a legal intern while attending law school at the University of Wisconsin. Shortly after receiving his Juris Doctor in 2017, Chris began working full-time for FFRF as a Patrick O’Reiley Legal Fellow. He became an FFRF staff attorney in September 2019. He is an accomplished photographer whose work has appeared in The Humanist magazine, The Progressive, and FFRF’s own Freethought Today. His work can even be found on display in Freethought Hall.

Weekly Watch – March 24, 2025

This week, we look at the alarming encroachment of religious ideology into the public sphere, from the aggressive push to inject Christian doctrine into Texas public schools to the dangerous precedent set by Arizona’s chaplain legislation. The lines separating state and church are being deliberately blurred.

In Texas, Christian right grows confident and assertive

Emboldened by court rulings and election victories, the Christian right is outspoken as it pushes its moral views through the Texas Legislature.

An Arizona bill to let chaplains in schools would ban atheists from participating

The unconstitutional bill requires chaplains to acknowledge “the existence of… one or more supernatural entities”

A Movement to Destroy Democracy

Journalist Katherine Stewart on the Christian Right’s long march towards authoritarianism.

‘This Is Our Land’: Christian Nationalist William Wolfe Rejoices After Meeting With Trump

Christian nationalist William Wolfe rejoices after meeting with President Trump, saying that had Kamala Harris been elected, Christians would have been sent “to the gulags.”

America’s (lack of) separation between church and state, explained

And how religion became a force in US politics.