The Case for Re-Enfranchisement
I was registering voters not too long before the California primary in June when two men came in. One registered, and the other thanked us but declined. We asked if he was a citizen and... Read More
Blasphemy Laws Attack Free Expression— Can Freethought Hit Back?
He dared to question God’s existence. His tweets did not go unnoticed. Now, an unidentified twenty-eight-year-old Saudi man faces $5,330 in fines, ten years in prison, and 2,000 lashes. And he’s hardly the first to... Read More
Bringing Visibility to Nonreligious Voters
On the opening day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), the Secular Coalition for America (SCA) hosted a Secular Democrat Reception for nonreligious delegates and attendees. The July 25 reception was an opportunity for nonreligious... Read More
The Call of the Rewild
Seventeen thousand years ago, Stone Age artists painted numerous beautiful pictures on rock walls of wild, cattle-like creatures called aurochs, indicating they must have been very important to the lives of our ancestors. Although these... Read More
Ban Cisgender White Men From Public Bathrooms: A Modest Proposal
With all the troubles in the world—radical Islamic terrorism, climate change, Donald Trump—it’s good that the religious right is focused on the biggest existential threat to America: transgender women wanting to pee in women’s bathrooms.... Read More
What is a Global Citizenry, and Can It Save Us?
Headlines this past spring claimed that for the first time ever, more than half of poll respondents around the world said they saw themselves more as global citizens than as citizens of a country. What... Read More
What Does the Boy Scouts-Unitarian Universalists Agreement Mean for Humanists?
I had mixed feelings when I learned that the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in late March. Unitarian Universalists are leaders in the... Read More
