Current Action Alerts

July 14, 2010 - Tell Congress to Protect Kids from Corporal Punishment in Religious Schools

June 30, 2010 - Tell the President to Keep His Word to End Religious Discrimination in Faith-Based Initiatives

June 10, 2010 - Action Alert: End Religious Harassment in Rehab

May 25, 2010 - Tell Congress: Stop Pharmacists From Playing God with Women's Health

May 10, 2010 - Don't Let Public School Curricula Be Decided by Theocrats

April 27, 2010 - Tell Congress to Permanently Repeal the Global Gag Rule

April 13, 2010 - Tell President Obama: Give Us a Justice Who Will Uphold the Legacy of John Paul Stevens

March 4, 2010 - Stop the Federal Funding of Religious Schools

Feb. 4, 2010 - Tell Obama to Reform the Faith Based Initiative Program

The Secular Coalition actively tracks and lobbies in support of the following legislation:

H.R.872: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research, to direct the National Institutes of Health to issue guidelines for such stem cell research, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] (introduced 2/4/2009)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.873 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
Sponsor: Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] (introduced 2/4/2009)      Cosponsors (111)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.1551: To provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/17/2009)      Cosponsors (90)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

S.611: A bill to provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] (introduced 3/17/2009)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

H.R.3017: To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 6/24/2009)      Cosponsors (159)
Committees: House Education and Labor; House Administration; House Oversight and Government Reform; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

S.1584: A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Sponsor: Sen Merkley, Jeff [OR] (introduced 8/5/2009)      Cosponsors (39)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 8/5/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

H.R.3567: To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage.
Sponsor: Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] (introduced 9/15/2009)      Cosponsors (94)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 9/15/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

The Secular Coalition also actively tracks and lobbies in opposition to the following legislation:

H.R.268: To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that every military chaplain has the prerogative to close a prayer outside of a religious service according to the dictates of the chaplain's own conscience.
Sponsor: Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] (introduced 1/7/2009)      Cosponsors (34)
Latest Major Action: 1/30/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

H.J.RES.6: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary school prayer.
Sponsor: Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] (introduced 1/7/2009)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

H.R.3477: To direct the Architect of the Capitol to acquire and place a historical plaque to be permanently displayed in National Statuary Hall recognizing the seven decades of Christian church services being held in the Capitol from 1800 to 1868, which included attendees James Madison and Thomas Jefferson.
Sponsor: Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] (introduced 7/31/2009)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 7/31/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

S.RES.112: A resolution designating February 8, 2010, as "Boy Scouts of America Day", in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the largest youth scouting organization in the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin [NE] (introduced 4/23/2009)      Cosponsors (27)
Related Bills: H.RES.116, H.RES.356
Latest Major Action: 4/23/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.CON.RES.149: Calling upon the Capitol Preservation Commission and the Office of the Architect of the Capitol to place the Lincoln-Obama Bible and a copy of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address on permanent display upon the Lincoln table at the Capitol Visitor Center for the benefit of all its visitors to fully understand and appreciate America's history and Godly heritage.
Sponsor: Rep Forbes, J. Randy [VA-4] (introduced 6/11/2009)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 6/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

H.R.310: To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] (introduced 1/8/2009)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

H.R.338: To authorize the Boy Scouts of America to exchange certain land in the State of Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.
Sponsor: Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] (introduced 1/8/2009)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

S.215: A bill to authorize the Boy Scouts of America to exchange certain land in the State of Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.
Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 1/13/2009)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/13/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.