Our Issues
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
