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Activists call for removal of Ten Commandments monument in Hobbs Read More »

Another Ten Commandments monument is stirring up controversy, this time in the southern New Mexico city of Hobbs. The monument sits outside City Hall and activists advocating for religious freedom want it taken down. According to the Hobbs News-Sun, members of the Freedom from Religion Foundation asked the Hobbs City Commission at a recent meeting,

Feb 7 2018

Mississippi lawmakers considers a ban on most abortions after 15 weeks

Mississippi lawmakers considers a ban on most abortions after 15 weeks Read More »

State lawmakers are considering a bill that would make this state’s abortion laws among the most restrictive in the nation. “We’ve seen a little over 200 women this past year that fell in that range,” Brewer explained. So, that’s 200 women that it would’ve affected.” Bill sponsor Representative Andy Gipson and other supporters argued the bill

State Lawmakers Introduce New Faith Adoption Legislation

State Lawmakers Introduce New Faith Adoption Legislation Read More »

State lawmakers approved an adoption bill to overhaul the state’s system. But now they will consider another bill, Senate Bill 375, that would let adoption agencies that receive state funding deny services based on “sincerely held religious beliefs.” Last year, Georgia’s adoption bill failed in the Senate due to a provision that let adoption agencies that got state

NM Candidate: Opponents of Our Ten Commandments Display Want a “Secular Utopia”

NM Candidate: Opponents of Our Ten Commandments Display Want a “Secular Utopia” Read More »

Hobbs, New Mexico is one of those cities that has a Ten Commandments monument outside the local courthouse. It’s been up there for decades. A couple of weeks ago, when an atheist activist spoke at a city council meeting about why it needed to be removed, he was essentially mocked by the elected officials. One of

The complex history of ‘In God We Trust’

The complex history of ‘In God We Trust’ Read More »

In his first State of the Union address President Donald Trump sought to link religion with American identity: “Together, we are rediscovering the American way. In America, we know that faith and family, not government and bureaucracy, are the center of the American life. The motto is ‘In God We Trust,’” Trump declared. But the history of

What’s behind America’s promotion of religious liberty abroad

What’s behind America’s promotion of religious liberty abroad Read More »

On Jan. 24, the Senate confirmed Sam Brownback, the governor of Kansas – a Methodist, who converted to Catholicism and today attends an evangelical church – for the position of ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. On Jan. 30, President Donald Trump touted in his State of the Union address the “historic actions to protect religious liberty” as a major

Atheists and Christians Joined Forces to Help the Homeless in Texas

Atheists and Christians Joined Forces to Help the Homeless in Texas Read More »

Demolishing the fundamentalist myth that atheists have no morals, the Southeast Texas Atheists Helping the Homeless chapter worked with a church in Beaumont, Texas — on a Sunday, no less — to pass out necessities to the homeless. Volunteers from Northpoint Community Church and Southeast Texas Atheists Helping the Homeless gathered near Weiss Park to give items to

Record number of scientists running for office in 2018

Record number of scientists running for office in 2018 Read More »

At least 200 individuals with backgrounds in science, math, engineering and technology have launched bids for state House seats across the country, according to HuffPost. The PAC 314 Action told the outlet that the candidates were running in elections for 7,000 state legislature seats. “The sheer number is really astonishing,” the group’s founder, Shaughnessy Naughton, told the outlet. The

Nontheist Organizations Band Together — A Match Made in Heaven Read More »

Nontheist Organizations Band Together — A Match Made in Heaven

Announcements, News

Washington, DC — Today the Secular Coalition for America and the United Coalition of Reason (UnitedCoR) announced a bold new partnership to engage nontheistic communities across the country and begin mobilizing the one-quarter of Americans with no religious affiliation into a unified voting bloc. To better facilitate cooperation between the two organizations, the Secular Coalition