Jason Heap
2014: The top stories in atheism
By Chris Stedman — December 22, 2014
From the popularity of 'Cosmos' on Fox-TV to the Roku launch of 'Atheist TV', from open atheist James Woods's inspiring congressional campaign to Richard Dawkins's less-than-inspiring tweets, atheists made headlines all year.
Navy faces suit over denying humanist chaplain
By Adelle M. Banks — November 6, 2014
(RNS) The suit charges that the Navy inconsistently requires accommodation of religious practices for sailors while not permitting a humanist chaplain because “the Navy does not consider Humanism to be a religion.”
Why I’m trying to be the military’s first Humanist chaplain: An interview with Jason Heap
By Chris Stedman — November 6, 2014
"It feels as if there is no consistency in the decisions being made—and as such, it rings alarm bells in my mind," Dr. Jason Heap, the first Humanist chaplain applicant for the U.S. Navy, tells RNS.
Navy rejects request for first humanist chaplain
By Adelle M. Banks — June 3, 2014
(RNS) The Navy has rejected a request to commission its first humanist chaplain.
House rejects call to allow nonreligious military chaplains
By Kimberly Winston — July 24, 2013
(RNS) The Pentagon recognizes more than 200 endorsing agents, all of them based on a belief in God. But there has been a recent push by Humanists to endorse their own military chaplains.
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