Author name: Casey Brescia

Nontheists Applaud The Announcement of a Congressional Freethought Caucus

Press Release

Washington, DC –Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), and Dan Kildee (D-MI) announced the formation of the first-ever Congressional Freethought Caucus. The mission of the caucus is to promote public policy based on reason and science, to protect the secular character of our government, and to champion the value of […]

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Secular Coalition Slams Navy For Rejecting Humanist Chaplain

Press Release

Washington, DC — The Secular Coalition for America released a statement today in response to the United States Department of the Navy rejecting the application of a secular humanist to serve in the Chaplain Corps. The Navy’s decision comes after Republican Members of the House and Senate sent letters to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer urging him to reject the

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Trump Administration Empowers Health Care Workers To Prescribe Religion To Patients

News, Press Release

The Secular Coalition for America released a statement today in response to the formation of a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. According to its new web page, the stated purpose of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division is to “restore federal enforcement

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Trump Administration Empowers Health Care Workers To Prescribe Religion To Patients

Press Release

Washington, DC — The Secular Coalition for America released a statement today in response to the formation of a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. According to its new web page, the stated purpose of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division is to

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Iowa Legislator Compares Atheist’s Invocation Request to Supporting Abortion

News

The Friendly Atheist blog reports that Iowa State Senator Craig Johnson refused to let an atheist constituent give a secular invocation. According to emails from Senator Johnson, giving an atheist constituent the opportunity to speak would be betraying his religious beliefs and akin to sponsoring a bill “for abortion.” Reporting on the incident, Hemant Mehta writes:

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North Carolina’s big school voucher problem

News

North Carolina’s voucher program is sending more than $40 million of taxpayer money to private religious schools. Now, some North Carolina residents are worried about how the program is sending public money to schools that can discriminate against students. Salon reports: “…upon implementation, critics slowly emerged, and many pin-pointed their concerns to religion and its

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