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Wed, 04/01/2009 - 13:10

The Secular Coalition for America works on a variety of issues to protect and strengthen the secular character of our government and the rights of nontheistic Americans. Below we link to our position papers on a few of the issues we monitor in Congress and government agencies. For activist campaigns concerning specific legislation, please see our Current Action Alerts.

  • End Religious Discrimination in the Military
  • Protect Foreign Women from U.S. Religious Extremist Policies in Foreign Aid
  • Eliminate Health and Safety Standard Exemptions for Religious Child Care Centers
  • Protect Teen Students’ Rights to Form Atheist Clubs
  • End Marriage Discrimination and Oppose Theological Definitions of Marriage
  • Revoke Public Funding to the Boy Scouts Due to Religiously-Based Discrimination
  • Eliminate Religious Control of Sex Education in Public Schools
  • Remove "Under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance
  • End Public Funding of Religious Schools
  • Eliminate Taxpayer-Funded Housing for ‘Ministers of the Gospel’
  • Tax money used to mislead children for religious reasons
  • End Employment Discrimination by Religious Groups via 'Faith-Based' Initiatives
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