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Humanists Launch 10th Annual Freedom of Thought Report

This is from the American Humanist Association: Today, the American Humanist Association (AHA) is proud to host the global launch event for the release of the 2021 Freedom of Thought Report, authored and published each year by Humanists International. This marks the 10th anniversary of the report, which tracks the

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Humanists Call for Full Investigation and Possible Impeachment of Brett Kavanaugh

From the American Humanist Association: The American Humanist Association (AHA), joins the Freedom from Religion Foundation, in calling for a full investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. If a new investigation finds that Kavanaugh had lied to Congress, the AHA will call for his immediate impeachment, since lying to

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American Humanist Association Announces Dr. Anthony Fauci as 2021 Humanist of the Year

From the American Humanist Association: Today, the American Humanist Association (AHA) announced scientist and immunologist Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. as the 2021 Humanist of the Year. AHA Executive Director Roy Speckhardt said, “We are honored that Dr. Fauci will receive our highest award at the AHA’s 80th Annual

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Humanists Raise Awareness of the Nonreligious Latinx Community

This is from the American Humanist Association: Today, the Latinx Humanist Alliance (LHA) officially launches the 1 in 5 campaign, which strives to raise awareness of the growing nonreligious Latinx population in the US. This marks the second year of this campaign, which initially launched in 2019 upon the creation

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Humanists Launch Project to Uplift Marginalized Writers

From the American Humanist Association: Today, the American Humanist Association (AHA) launches the Call for Voices project, which strives to increase the visibility of historically marginalized writers. This project was piloted in 2020 by the Feminist Humanist Alliance and LGBTQ Humanist Alliance and will now be a part of the

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National Day of Reason Resolution Introduced in the US House of Representatives

This is from the AHA: Today, Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) introduced a resolution to recognize May 7, 2021, as a “National Day of Reason.” The resolution is co-sponsored by fellow Congressional Freethought Caucus members Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA), Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Representative Hank Johnson

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Reflections on Dawkins and the AHA

The AHA have just rescinded an award they gave to Richard Dawkins in 1996. It seems like this episode has created something of a hubbub in the skeptical community - itself a bunch of people loosely associating with each other by hanging around on atheist websites like this. Herding cats,

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Statement from the AHA on the verdict of the Derek Chauvin trial

So, the verdict was "guilty on all counts", which means that about half the country will be satisfied with the result, and half of the country are still wishing they were in 1950s Mississippi. This is from the AHA: The American Humanist Association is satisfied by the verdict

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American Humanist Association Board Statement Withdrawing Honor from Richard Dawkins

I guess Dawkins has a bit of the Twitter-jitters about him, rather like you-know-who. This is from the American Humanist Association: Established in 1953, the Humanist of the Year Award is conferred annually by the American Humanist Association (AHA), recognizing the awardee as an exemplar of humanist values. Communication of

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Religious Rivals Unite in Celebration Over Today’s Supreme Court First Amendment Ruling

This is from the American Humanist Association: Today, the American Humanist Association (AHA) celebrates this morning’s Supreme Court’s ruling, Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, alongside typical opponent, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). This ruling upheld (8-1) a critical remedy in First Amendment cases. “Today’s ruling is a victory for the

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Humanists Halt Indoctrination of Kindergarteners in Texas Public School

Success! From the American Humanists Association: In response to the American Humanist Association (AHA)’s legal director threatening Texas school officials with legal action over indoctrination in kindergarten classrooms, Round Rock Independent School District counsel provided AHA’s lawyer today with written assurances that the unconstitutional conduct will not continue.

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Humanists Chastise Texas Public School For Indoctrinating Kindergarteners

This is form the American Humanists Associastion: Today, the American Humanist Association (AHA)’s legal director threatened Texas school officials with legal action over ongoing religious indoctrination occurring at Round Rock Independent School District in Texas. The AHA’s demand letter details that a kindergarten teacher at Chandler Oaks Elementary

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Longtime Executive Director of the American Humanist Association to Step Down, Calls for New Leadership

From the AHA: Roy Speckhardt announced that he will be leaving his position as American Humanist Association Executive Director by the fall of 2021 Speckhardt, who joined the American Humanist Association (“AHA”) staff 20 years ago and was appointed Executive Director in 2005, says his decision to open his position

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Humanists Celebrate as Congress Denounces Global Blasphemy Laws with Unified Voice

From the AHA: The American Humanist Association (AHA) applauds Congress, as the Senate joined the House in adopting a resolution calling for a global end to blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws Saturday evening. Senate Resolution 458, championed by Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), calls upon the

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Humanists Score Victory in Longstanding SC School Prayer Case

This is from the AHA: The American Humanist Association (AHA) scored a major victory for church-state separation in its seven-year lawsuit over school prayers and religious venues in Greenville, South Carolina. On Tuesday, the Greenville County School District voted 8-3 to drop its appeal and settle with the AHA on

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Humanist Witness Testifies at Federal Hearing on Global Blasphemy Laws

From the AHA: At a virtual hearing conducted today by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Humanists International director of advocacy Elizabeth O’Casey testified to how the United States can effectively work toward the repeal of blasphemy laws around the world within the scope of the

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Humanists Applaud House’s Commitment to Ending International Blasphemy Laws

This is from the AHA: In a momentous victory for the rights of humanists, nontheists, and religious minorities around the world, the American Humanist Association (AHA) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing House Resolution 512, which calls for a global end to blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws.

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Humanists Call Out State Department Commission’s Overly Narrow Interpretation of Human Rights Advocacy

From the American Humanist Association: Humanist leaders take issue with the recently released draft report from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights, which examined the United States’ founding documents to prioritize commitments to international rights and liberties around the world. The commission interpreted that Christian values

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Atheists Call Out Kentucky Sheriff’s Religious Promotion

From the American Humanist Association: Following blatant promotion of Christian nationalism by the sheriff of Ohio County, KY, attorneys at the American Humanist Association are warning the publicly-funded office of future legal ramifications. On November 24, 2019, the office’s public Facebook page posted an explicitly Christian prayer, reading in

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Nations Criminalizing Blasphemy Blasted in NEW Report

This is from the American Humanist Association: A report on the human rights of nonreligious people warns “the world is divided” on blasphemy and apostasy laws, “with many states still enforcing these laws, and several states tightening or introducing new blasphemy legislation in the past few years.” The Freedom of

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Humanists Seek Loving Homes for All Children

This is from the American Humanist Association: Attorneys at the American Humanist Association (AHA) have joined with other organizational legal teams to submit an amicus brief in support of adoption services free from religious discrimination. In December 2018, New Hope Family Services, a child welfare agency that receives public funding,

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Humanists Respond to Weekend of Christian Nationalism from Trump Officials

Another one from the American Humanist Association: Leaders at the American Humanist Association are deeply troubled by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s advancement of Christian leadership in a speech on Saturday, October 12th and the subsequent promotion of that speech on the homepage of the official website of the

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Freethinkers Protest Iowa Public School Visit to Bible Play

From the American Humanist Association: Attorneys at the American Humanist Association (AHA) sent a letter late Friday to officials at the Cherokee Community School District in Cherokee, Iowa, on behalf of a parent of a local first grade student. The student's class plans to visit a private Christian

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MS School District Routinely Ignores Constitution, Atheists Argue

From the American Humanist Association: The American Humanist Association (AHA) legal team just admonished leaders at the Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District in southern Mississippi after repeated constitutional violations. These egregious violations of the constitutionally-mandated separation of church and state include prayer over the intercom at football games, a football

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Abortion Access Is a Religious Freedom Issue, Say Humanists

From the American Humanist Association: Leaders at the American Humanist Association were disappointed to learn that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the challenge to abortion access in Louisiana, as announced this morning. “This is just one manifestation of the extremism present in the federal judiciary,” explained Sunil Panikkath,