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Testing. everybody sees common core as testing. >> those two have been -- this is key, right? because youve defended common core, your union endorsed it, it was part of the coalition that put it together. >> absolutely. >> there has been a huge grass-roots movement against common core. >> right. >> teachers in upstate new york, lefties, righties, across the political spectrum, christian, secular, donald trump. >> right. because what happened was common core -- and if you look at the polling for ...

>> terrorism was suddenly moving from what had once been almost entirely a secular, politically ideological movement to something that is now motivated or fueled by religious fervor. >> in mecca, men described as religious deviants are holding hostages in the sacred grand mosque. >> 15,000 pilgrims were praying at dawn when the 30 giant doors were sealed off by hundreds of members of a muslim sect. they seek to purify the religion from what they say is the corrupt influence of the current saudi ...

Kill? >> the bullets do not kill the rights of the people. >> terrorism was suddenly moving from what had once been almost entirely a secular politically ideological movement to something that is now motivated or fueled by religious fervor. >> in mecca, men described as religious deef yats are holding hostages in the sacred grand mosque. >> 15,000 pilgrims were praying at dawn when the 30 giant doors were sealed off by hundreds of members of a months limb sect. they seek to purify the religion f...

Kill. >> the bullets do not kill the rights of people. >> terrorism was suddenly moving from what it was almost entirely a secular, politically ideological movement to something that is now motivated or fuelled by religious fervor. in mecca, men described as religious deviants are holding hostages in the sacred mosque. >> 15,000 pilgrims were praying at dawn when the 30 giant doors were sealed off by hundreds of members of a muslim sect. they seem to pure fie their religion from what they say ...

Decades. you have a muslim immigrant to the united states starting off secular. part of american secular society, becoming increasingly radicalized and it ends in violence. we have seen this story again and again. it would not be surprising if that crime fit that preexisting pattern. whats shocking to me is the unwillingness of the authorities and the administration in particular to acknowledge this. contrast this with the reaction to the shooting in charleston where he in effect said white raci...

Each of these nine supreme court justices know theyre not doing what they are compelled to do by the constitution. theyre not. okay three reasons why america is heading for secular paradise. number one -- >> are you trying to get me into a rick perry situation here? number one is charles darwin. this has been a secular -- the secularization of the west is a phenomenon at least 150 years old. and the main reason is the rise of science. we could spend a whole hour on that but it is happening every...

Compelled to do by the constitution. they are not. okay. three reasons why america is heading for secular paradise. number one -- >> -- you try to get me into a rick perry situation here? number one charles darwin. this has been a secular -- the secularization of the west is a phenomenon at least 150 years old. and the main reason is the rise of signs. we could spend a whole hour on that but its happened everywhere. the remarkable story about america is that were the least secularized. the pews ...

Youve heard so much and seen so much about isis, its easy to get anxious, its trying to scare you and confuse you. just recently the group took credit for a planned attack in garland, texas. but so far, it appears that two perpetrators were inspired by isis not actually a part of it. with that caveat let me offer a few tentative thoughts about the group. isis is clearly about religion, about its version of radical islam. but it is also about power. theres increasing evidence that the military ba...

Youve heard so much and seen so much about isis, its easy to get anxious. its trying to scare you and confuse you. just recently the group took credit for a planned attack in garland, texas. but so far, it appears that two perpetrators were simply inspired by isis and not actually part of it. let me offer a few tentative thoughts about the group. isis is clearly about religion, about its version of radical islam. but it is also about power. theres increasing evidence that the military backbone o...

Recorded at the same time the number of people unaffiliated secular or ignostic is shooting up sharply. in the sense of trends well, it looks like christianity is on the decline in the u.s. particularly something called the religious middle. joining me now to discuss this reverend dr. jackie lewis here in new york city michael hout professor of sociology at new york university who studies the changing perceptions of religion in this country. great to have you both here. so fascinating stuff here...