Search Results
In Need of a Doorstop A Humanist Response to the Immigration Crisis
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” ... Read More
Sacrilegious Selfies: Is Taking Photos at “Sacred” Places Inappropriate? A Humanist Response to the Immigration Crisis
Do you think it’s inappropriate to take a selfie at places thought by most people to be somehow sacred? Read the article and take our poll below. Earlier this year Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary announced that it... Read More
Religion in America: Crisis of Faith or Crisis in Faith? A Humanist Response to the Immigration Crisis
Leaders of religious right groups are fond of claiming that the United States faces a crisis of faith. They’re right, but they’re off by one word. It’s not a crisis of faith, it’s a crisis in... Read More
On Eating Animals A Humanist Response to the Immigration Crisis
Some years ago in a Montana slaughterhouse, a Black Angus cow awaiting execution suddenly went berserk, jumped a five-foot fence, and escaped. She ran through the streets for hours, dodging cops, animal control officers, cars, trucks,... Read More
Good Works: Humanists of Rhode Island Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity A Humanist Response to the Immigration Crisis
by Steve Ahlquist As a humanist interested in service work, I have to say that I approached my first Habitat for Humanity build with some trepidation. Though the charity is well regarded for having provided thousands... Read More
Hiroshima and Nagasaki—Sixty-Five Years Later A Humanist Response to the Immigration Crisis
On Friday, May 27, 2016, President Obama will become the first U.S. President to visit Hiroshima, Japan, site of the 1945 atomic bombing that remains controversial to this day. While President Obama has indicated he will... Read More
Justice John Paul Stevens: Champion of the Church-State Wall A Humanist Response to the Immigration Crisis
By ROB BOSTON For HumanistNetworkNews.org Apr. 14, 2010 With the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court is losing one of its most stalwart defenders of church-state separation and religious liberty. Stevens, the longest-serving... Read More
LOCKDOWN: Are Teens (and Taxpayers) Paying the Price at Christian Reform Schools? A Humanist Response to the Immigration Crisis
The year was 1986. I was a somewhat normal sixteen-year-old, enjoying the Southern California summer weather, trips to the beach, and preparing to start my junior year of high school in Orange County. However, my puberty-driven... Read More
The Bishop, the Statesman, and the Wren Cross: A Lesson in American Secularism A Humanist Response to the Immigration Crisis
Halfway down one wall of the Wren Chapel at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is a plaque in honor of Bishop James Madison, who is often confused with his more famous cousin,... Read More