Mark Your Calendars: Secular Holiday Parties Planned across the Country
If you don’t want to attend a traditional holiday party this year, have no fear! Many AHA chapters throughout the country are hosting HumanLight and Winter Solstice celebrations (learn more about HumanLight here). Party with... Read More
Massachusetts Pastafarian Wins Right to Wear a Colander in Driver’s License Photo, Thanks to AHA
The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center is pleased that the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is permitting a Pastafarian woman to wear a colander in her driver’s license photo, a development that... Read More
What Do Secular Voters Want? Center for Freethought Equality Polls Secular Americans
Over the past several months, we’ve gotten a sense of how the 2016 presidential elections are shaping up. Well, at least for the primary. We’ve seen the candidates at their podiums giving speeches that feed... Read More
Open and Expanding One year in, the Openly Secular campaign continues to promote acceptance of nonreligious Americans
In 1995, devout Catholic Todd Stiefel rejected his faith and became an agnostic. At the time Stiefel was enrolled in an Old Testament history course at the Duke University Divinity School. “It was the first... Read More
“Liberty is the Child of Intelligence”: Why We Celebrate Robert G. Ingersoll Day
Last week, ten presidential hopefuls from the Republican Party gathered together for an event that was more like reality TV than a serious political debate. The art of a true debate, in which ideas are... Read More
Would You Pay for One-on-One Time with a Secular Celeb? An Interview with Secular Backstage Creator Bo Bennett
Bo Bennett is an author and host of the American Humanist Association’s podcast The Humanist Hour. His latest project is called “Secular Backstage,” an auction website where people can bid on opportunities to spend one-on-one... Read More
Celebrating the Celebrants: An Interview with Humanist Officiants Jennifer and Tim Bailey
I had the pleasure of meeting Jennifer and Tim Bailey, co-owners of Celebrating Times of Change, at their exhibitor booth at the American Humanist Association’s Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. Their exhibitor table was well... Read More