Secular Coalition for America
Secular Coalition for America confronts Trump’s attacks against atheists
By Fiona André — July 12, 2023
(RNS) — ‘He has used nonreligious people as a punching bag, as he has with many other groups for many years,’ said the director of the coalition.
California congressman demands more transparency from health care sharing ministries
By Alejandra Molina — September 6, 2022
(RNS) — ‘These are businesses … masquerading as health plans that somehow follow biblical principles,’ said U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman.
Rashad Hussain confirmed as first Muslim US religious freedom ambassador
By Adelle M. Banks — December 17, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Ambassador Hussain is well placed to advance the US government’s promotion of international religious freedom,’ said the chair of a religious freedom watchdog.
Biden White House officials hold first meeting with atheist, secular groups
By Adelle M. Banks — May 17, 2021
(RNS) — The May 14 meeting followed previous meetings representatives of the secular community had with the Obama administration in 2010 and 2013.
Atheist summits aim to find community, and power, in networking nonbelievers
By Heather Adams — March 8, 2019
TEMECULA, CALIF. (RNS) — At the first of three planned meetings for secular leaders, atheists and humanists gathered here to discuss politics, social issues and, like any faith organization, how to attract members.
Athena Salman, atheist legislator, on secular values and godless invocations
By Kimberly Winston — June 19, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Arizona native may be the only openly atheist woman state legislator in the country, but she hopes more will join her soon.
Dealt a body blow, atheists and humanists regroup
By Kimberly Winston — November 9, 2016
(RNS) Trump's victory is forcing them to rethink their strategy for coming elections.
Clinton or Trump? The choice is unclear for some atheists
By Kimberly Winston — October 27, 2016
(RNS) Atheists are in a pickle -- should they vote for the seemingly irreligious Donald Trump or lifelong Methodist Hillary Clinton? Many are taking to the internet and social media to fight it out.
Reason Rally organizes atheist vote
By Kimberly Winston — May 31, 2016
(RNS) The rally's main goal is to show that nonbelievers have the numbers, the clout and the organizational skills to be a voting bloc worth courting.
New head of major secular group is a Christian
By Kimberly Winston — January 13, 2016
(RNS) Once again, the Secular Coalition for America has turned to an outsider to lead its 18 member organizations.
Can there be an ‘atheist vote’? Nonreligious set sights on 2016
By Kimberly Winston — May 28, 2015
(RNS) As the 2016 election approaches, atheist, humanist and other freethinking activists are encouraged by a Pew Research Center survey that found a growing number of religiously unaffiliated -- or "nones."
Hobby Lobby protesters ‘Knit a Brick’
By Kimberly Winston — July 17, 2014
(RNS) The Secular Coalition for America wants anyone upset by the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling last month to knit or crochet rectangles, or “bricks,” to shore up what the coalition sees as the crumbling wall of separation between church and state.
After Edwina Rogers’ ouster, secular community regroups
By Kimberly Winston — June 10, 2014
(RNS) The departure of a high-ranking lobbyist after an embezzlement scandal has the secular community in disarray before its biggest event of the year.
Atheists lose fight over ‘under God’ at Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
By Kimberly Winston — May 9, 2014
(RNS) The loss is also a setback for a new legal strategy that argued that "under God" violated the state constitution’s guarantee against discrimination rather than the U.S. Constitution’s promise of separation of church and state.
Supreme Court prayer ruling may spur new alliances
By Kimberly Winston — May 7, 2014
STANFORD, Calif. (RNS) While the Supreme Court decision allowing sectarian prayer at government meetings was a blow to secular organizations, it may also lead to some unlikely alliances.
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