Well, that didn’t take long. HR 172, which would repeal the Johnson Amendment, has been reintroduced in the US House of Representatives by Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC). Incidentally, Jones has introduced the bill in almost... Read More

The new session of a Republican-controlled Congress is now underway, and President-elect Donald J. Trump will be sworn into office in just a few days. Given the circumstances, most humanists expect that anti-science legislation is... Read More

In an increasingly partisan political era, one of the few issues that still has bi-partisan support is addressing the plight of military veterans. It’s in this spirit of unity that an event was held last... Read More

In May of this year I attended an event in Congress supporting the introduction of the Freedom of Religion Act of 2016. After lobbying by the American Humanist Association, the act was altered to specifically... Read More

Last week forty-two US senators came together to oppose the anti-LGBTQ Russell Amendment in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). If passed, the amendment would allow any religious organization to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans... Read More

Recently, the American Humanist Association signed on to a coalition letter authored by a number of liberal, conservative, religious, and nontheistic organizations supporting the passage of an international religious freedom bill that would help protect... Read More

When most people think of the countries where religious rights are under threat, they think of the Middle East and countries like Saudi Arabia, where atheists and religious minorities are under constant threat of violence... Read More