Secular Coalition for America News Archive (Pre-2009)
2008 - Year-End Report on the 110th Congress
- Dec. 19 - Obama Chooses Divisive Inaugural Pastor
- Dec. 18 - Bush Administration Puts Religion Above Medicine in HSS Conscience Rule; Undermines Patient Rights
- Nov. 30 - Unfair Comments, Coalition president Herb Silverman's letter to the editor of The Post and Courier Charleston.net addressing the paper's publication of unsubstantiated allegations about atheists
- Nov. 10 - Atheists in Foxholes: Preventing Religious Discrimination in the Military under an Obama Administration
[Also see: Secular Coalition Urges Changes To Religious Accommodation Practices In The Military(.pdf)] - Nov. 5 - Congressman Comes Out as Nontheist, Wins Re-election!
- Oct. 6 - Secular Values Voters Take The Movement Online, Buy Secular Swag
- Sep. 27 - Amidst Financial Crisis, Senate Passes Boy Scout Subsidy
- Sep. 23 - Secular Coalition for America Letter to U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Objecting to Proposed "Conscience Clause" Regulation (.pdf)
- Aug. 6 - Army Agrees to Safeguard Rights of Soldiers Who Decline Baptist Church's "Free Day Away"
- July 30 - Secular Coalition to DNC: "Unity" Event Should Include Us; Coalition Director Offers to Participate in Democratic Convention's Opening Ceremony
- July 23 - Are Atheists Welcome at the Democratic National Convention? Asks the Secular Coalition for America
- July 23 - House Members Pressure President Bush to Back Off on "Conscience Clause" for Healthcare Workers
- July 9 - Secular Coalition for America thanks Senate Appropriators for voting to reduce abstinence-only funding
- July 3 - Secular Coalition for America criticizes Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's praise of Barack Obama's church attendance
- July 1 - Obama Promises a Constitutional Faith-Based Program: An Oxymoron?
- June 30 - Don't Give Tax Dollars to Religious Schools (Washington Post letter to the editor)
- June 25 - Lobby Day 2008 - A Pilgrimage Worth Making
- June 25 - One in Five Atheists Believes in God
- June 23 - Religious and political connections steer government grants
- June 18 - House Subcommittee Votes to Continue D.C. Voucher Program
- June 17 - Republican Veep Hopeful Wants Creationism in Public Schools
- May 22 - Secular Coalition for America contacts Congressional offices about Boy Scouts commemorative coin bill
- May 14 - Religious Right Tries, Again, to Impose the Ten Commandments on American Citizens
- May 14 - Romney Continues to Call Atheists Immoral
- May 8 - Army Promotes Officer Previously Reprimanded for Proselytizing
- May 5 - Secular Coalition for America thanks House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn for opposition to religious discrimination by federal contractors
- May 5 - Secular Coalition for America thanks Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton for opposition to D.C. voucher program
- Apr. 25 - Secular Coalition for America Grows to Nine Members, Adds New Staff, Gains More Donors and Activists
- Apr. 16 - American Ethical Union to Vote on Joining Secular Coalition for America
- Apr. 2 - Constitutionally Suspect Earmarks in the FY2008 Congressional Appropriations REPORT | LETTER | RELEASE
- Mar. 26 - Ten Commandment Resolutions Have No Place in Congress
- Feb. 20 - Workplace Religious Freedom Goes Too Far
- Feb. 14 - Churches Seek Super Bowl Copyright Exemption
- Feb. 7 - Mukasey Admits Religious Discrimination is Wrong; the Secular Coalition for America Reacts
- Jan. 16 - Secular Coalition Responds to Gov. Huckabee's Proposal to Amend the Constitution
- Jan. 15 - Congress Aims to Dumb Down History, Pushes Fiction of Christian Nation in Public Schools
2007 - Year-End Report on the 110th Congress
- Dec. 19 - Historic Civil Rights Group Recognizes Nontheists' Struggle; Secular Coalition for America Joins Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Becomes First Member Advocating for Nontheist Americans
- Dec. 7 - The Secular Coalition for America Responds to Gov. Romney's Speech, "Faith in America"
- Dec. 6 - Wendy Kaminer: Mitt Romney Under God
- Dec. 5 - Mitt Romney is No Jack Kennedy: Kennedy's America is Gone and a Candidate's Religion is No Longer a Private Matter
- Aug. 22 - August break report on the 110th Congress
- Jul. 11 - Freethinkers censure House Committee for increasing abstinence-only-until-marriage funds, failing public school students
- Jul. 2 - Sam Harris joins lobbying coalition; author advances atheist advocacy
- Jun. 25 - Nontheists condemn Supreme Court decision in Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation
- Jun. 13 - Coalition reminds Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to avoid religious language during public policy debates in Congress
- Jun. 7 - President Bush: Sign the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act - Do not Impede Medical Research (Statement by Secular Coalition for America Director Lori Lipman Brown)
- Jun. 6 - Secular Coalition for America Responds to Sen. Jim DeMint's Resolution to Declare June 6th National Day of Prayer for the U.S. Armed Forces and their Mission; Appalled that DeMint Only Wants to Thank Troops Who Believe in a God
- May 31 - Report on the 110th Congress
- Mar. 15 - Christian Seniors Bash Atheists
- Mar. 15 - What a Difference a New Congress Makes
- Mar. 12 - Congressman Holds No God-Belief: Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) is first Congress member in history to acknowledge his nontheism
- Mar. 5 - Contest update: God and public service (nontheistic member of Congress identified)
- Feb. 21 - Rally against Faith-Based Initiatives
- Feb. 16 - A joint letter from the Military Assn. of Atheists and Freethinkers & the Secular Coalition for America
- Feb. 16 - Military Atheists join Secular Coalition
- Jan. 30 - Noted journalist Christopher Hitchens joins the advisory board of the Secular Coalition for America
2006 - Year-End Report on the 109th Congress
- Nov. 8 - Election analysis from Secular Coalition for America Director Lori Lipman Brown
- Nov. 2 - Make your voice heard: vote (a message to Coalition supporters)
- Oct. 10 - Find an Atheist, Humanist, Freethinker Elected Official Contest
- Oct. 2 - Secular Coalition for America responds to Rep. Jack Kingston's claim that military chaplains represent their own denominations
- Sep. 27 - Congressman Hostettler believes Jesus is celebrated in the Constitution; Secular Coalition for America responds
- Sep. 26 - Massachusetts delegation: best defender of the secular character of our government
- Sep. 7 - Secular Coalition grades 109th Congress
- Aug. 15 - Aug. 2006 Break Report of the 2nd Session of the 109th Congress: A report from the staff of the Secular Coalition for America
- Jul. 14 - Secular Coalition files amicus letter in Newdow's "under God" pledge case
- Jun. 27 - Congressman King knows only Moses; Secular Coalition for America responds
- Jun. 7 - Famed scientist Richard Dawkins joins the advisory board of the Secular Coalition for America
- May 24 - Secular Coalition for America and Scouting for All protest discriminaton
- Apr. 20 - Michael Newdow and Julia Sweeney join the advisory board of the Secular Coalition for America
- Feb. 15 - The 2nd Session of the 109th Congress: A report from the staff of the Secular Coalition for America
- Feb. 13 - Secular Coalition expands supporters by thousands