Meet us at an event near you

A free festival consisting of secular speakers and musicians, both big name and small.

The Secular Coalition for America is proud to host the Lobby Day for Reason on March 23, 2012, an event to allow atheists, agnostics, humanists, and secular Americans to directly lobby their members of Congress on the issues that matter to us. The Lobby Day for Reason will be held in conjunction with the Reason Rally to take place the following day on March 24, 2012 in Washington, DC.

Herb ran for governor of South Carolina in 1990 to challenge its unconstitutional provision that barred atheists from holding public office. After an eight-year battle, he won a unanimous decision in the South Carolina Supreme Court, which struck down this religious test requirement. Herb will discuss his experiences and the new book he has written about them.

Sunday Morning Forum: Never one to shy from controversy, Silverman relates many of his high-profile battles with the Religious Right, including his decision to run for governor of South Carolina to challenge the state's constitutional provision that prohibited atheists from holding public office.

Come hear Herb Silverman speak about his new book, Candidate Without a Prayer. Silverman will relate many of his experiences facing Christian fundamentalists of all stripes, as well as the battles he has faced in the secular community itself and the many hurdles he overcame in the historic step of politically uniting the country’s major secular, humanist, and atheist groups under the banner of the Secular Coalition for America.