Coalition Updates

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August 5th- The Secular Coalition for America, along with thirty-five other international and domestic advocacy groups, has sent letters to the Senate asking Senators to support an amendment included in the FY 2010 State Department, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations bill to permanently protect international family planning providers from the egregious Global Gag Rule.  Read more »

September 14- The Secular Coalition for America has submitted written testimony for a September 16th hearing on the reauthorization of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. The Secular Coalition thinks it is unconstitutional for federal tax dollars to be funnelled to D.C. schools like the Ambassador Baptist Church Christian School, Calvary Christian Academy  First Rock Baptist Christian Church School, Muhammad University of Islam, Clara Muhammad School and Dupont Park Seventh-day Adventist School.  Read more »

This report outlines the Secular Coalition for America's advocacy efforts in the first eight months of 2009.

The Secular Coalition successfully opposed:  Read more »

For Immediate Release: June 16, 2009
David Silverman, dsilverman@atheists.org, 732-648-9333

The nontheistic movement expanded its unified front this week as American Atheists joined the Secular Coalition for America.  Their application to become a member was unanimously approved on Sunday June 14^th.  Along with the recent addition of Camp Quest in January 2009, this brings the number of groups in the Secular Coalition to ten.   Read more »

For Immediate Release: June 4, 2009
Contact: Jesse Galef, (202) 299-1091

(Washington, D.C., June 4, 2009) The Secular Coalition for America, the nation's leading nontheistic advocacy group, proudly announced the selection of Sean Faircloth as its new executive director today.  Faircloth has been a vocal champion for the separation of church and state throughout his decade of service as an elected official in the Maine Legislature.  Read more »