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

In his latest Huffington Post article, AHA executive director Roy Speckhardt condemns recent efforts in Louisiana to allow public funding of religious private schools

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

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

Kids, despite their inexperience, are not dumb. In fact, their ability to comprehend vast quantities of new information continually astounds their parents and teachers. This capacity to learn rapidly is a crucial part of human... Read More

Last week, the North Carolina Senate passed a motion to amend the state constitution with a measure effectively banning “marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships and other relationship recognition” between members of the same sex. The... Read More

House conservatives have recently revived the debate over government sponsored abortions, specifically over the extent to which our government wishes to indirectly fund the procedure. Their efforts have largely been centered around the Protect Life... Read More