When Will We Have More Atheists in Congress?
AHA Executive Director Roy Speckhardt writes in The Huffington Post this week on the need for more secular elected leaders to represent the growing number of “nones” in the United States. Click here to read... Read More
Compassion and Nonviolence: The Humanism of Martin Luther King
This article previously appeared in Humanist Network News on January 18, 2011. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only... Read More
Post-Election Analysis: What Does It All Mean for Humanists?
Everyone, take a deep breath. The election is, at long last, over. That little ball of anxiety in your stomach that many of you probably got from worrying that Mitt Romney, who has supported the... Read More
Getting Congress Up To Date With American Secularism
As most nonreligious Americans know, this current Congress isn’t the biggest supporter of church-state separation or atheists in general. Bills favoring religious institutions or exempting them from discrimination laws are quite commonplace, as are attempts... Read More
Two Problems With the Push for Vouchers
In his latest Huffington Post article, AHA executive director Roy Speckhardt condemns recent efforts in Louisiana to allow public funding of religious private schools
Unelectable Atheists: U.S. States That Prohibit Godless Americans From Holding Public Office
With election season upon us, and a near constant stream of public jabs and rebuttals between incumbents and their challengers, we should focus on something besides the Americans that are running for office. Instead, let’s... Read More
Compassion and Nonviolence: The Humanism of Martin Luther King
This article is reprinted from the January 18, 2011 issue of Humanist Network News. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You... Read More