Action Alert

TAKE ACTION: Send a Letter to the Editor Regarding Bishops' "Fortnight for Freedom"

Thu, 06/28/2012 - 16:06

For months now, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has been pushing a false definition of “religious freedom” in an attempt to expand and strengthen religious privileging from the government and impose religion onto our secular laws. The worst part is that they are doing it all under a smoke screen of religious persecution.
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Vote NO on Measure 3, "Religious Freedom Amendment," Tomorrow

JUNE 11, 2012 - Tomorrow North Dakota voters will have the chance to add an amendment to your state’s constitution via the ballot initiative, Measure Three, or the so-called “Religious Freedom Amendment”—but voter beware: it’s not what it sounds like. We urge you to vote “No” on Measure Three—and encourage your friends and family to do the same.  Read more »

Tell the House to Reject Amendments Allowing Religious Discrimination

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 00:00

Two amendments that allow religious discrimination in our military were made to the National Defense Authorization Act during the House Armed Services Committee hearing on May 8, 2012. We must ensure that these amendments are removed from the NDAA before final passage.
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Tell HHS to Stop Funding Abstinence-Only Education Programs

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 00:00

In April, the Department of Health and Human Services added Heritage Keepers Abstinence Education, an abstinence-only education program, to its list of evidence-based pregnancy prevention programs that receive government funding. This decision was based upon unpublished, unreliable, and biased research conducted at Brigham Young University.
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Take the Challenge: Hold Your Representative Accountable

Thu, 01/26/2012 - 15:25
Last week we released our 2011 Congressional Report Card—which rated members of the 112th U.S. Congress based on seven votes last year, about issues important to the secular community.
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Tell HHS to Provide Contraceptive Coverage to All Women

Thu, 09/22/2011 - 11:56
On August 1, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that certain preventative health services for women must be included by insurers and employers providing health insurance. Among these benefits are contraceptive methods and counseling. HHS also included a narrowly defined exemption to the contraceptive coverage for “religious employers.”   Read more »
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