Herb Silverman
Herb Silverman is founder of the Secular Coalition for America and founder of the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry in Charleston, South Carolina. He ran for Governor in 1990 to challenge the state provision prohibiting atheists from holding public office. After an eight-year battle, he won a unanimous decision in the South Carolina Supreme Court that nullified the anti-atheist clause in the South Carolina Constitution. Herb Silverman is the recipient of the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Posts by Herb Silverman
FIRST PERSON | Where Did Bible Stories Come From?
We know that the Bible is mostly fiction, but did you ever wonder how some of the incredible stories got into the book? As... Read More
What I Learned from 11 Humanist Groups in 11 Days
I recently drove with my wife Sharon from our home in Charleston, South Carolina, to eleven locations in Florida in eleven days, covering over... Read More
In Defense of Trump’s Tweets… or Not
Both supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump often say his frequent tweets are not “presidential,” a poorly defined word. I don’t think presidents... Read More
His Porn, Her Pain: Confronting America’s PornPanic With Honest Talk About Sex
BY MARTY KLEIN PRAEGER, 2016 208 PP.; $24.00 I WAS ONE of those teenagers who really did read the articles in Playboy, though not... Read More
Last Leper in the Colony: An Atheist Runs for Congress in the Bible Belt
BOOK BY WYNNE LEGROW 380 PP.; $19.95 A white doctor in the rural South is presumed to be a Republican and a Christian. Wynne... Read More
Positive Atheism
On Sunday, April 3, 2016, the fourth annual Dr. Irving & Annabel Wolfson Lecture was held at the UU Church of Worcester in Worcester,... Read More
Creating Change through Humanism
Humanist leaders look for media opportunities to explain our positions to the general public, and are usually countered by decidedly non-humanist opponents. In his... Read More