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Atheists and others with no religious affiliation make up 21% of the U.S. Armed Forces, and yet they suffer harassment, discrimination and proselytizing in a military increasingly dominated by a powerful minority of evangelical Christians. The Secular Coalition for America calls for nontheistic service personnel to be extended the same institutional protections and support that traditional faith groups enjoy.
Secular Coalition for America Makes History with Administration Briefing
Wed, 03/03/2010On February 26, 2010, the Secular Coalition for America, along with a unified delegation of members of the secular movement from across the country, sat down with White House representatives for an official policy briefing—the first of its kind for American nontheists. The event opened up new channels of dialogue between American nontheists and the Obama administration, serving as the latest indication that we are gaining significant momentum, and that secular Americans, numbering in the tens of millions, are a constituency that must be included in national policy decisions. Read more »
Secular Coalition for America's Prepared Remarks to White House Officials
Wed, 03/03/2010Presented to the Obama Administration
February 26, 2010
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Surviving the Faith-based Medical Neglect of My Childhood: An Ex-Christian Scientist’s Story
By Liz Heywood (Presented by SCA Legislative Director Sasha Bartolf)
The last day of my childhood was Saturday, November 22, 1975. I was thirteen years old. Read more »
Kathleen Johnson briefing to White House Officials on Nontheists in the Military
Mon, 03/01/2010
Testimony to the Obama Administration, February 26, 2010
Presented by Kathleen Johnson, Vice President and Military Director of American Atheists Read more »
Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers briefing to White House Officials
Mon, 03/01/2010
Testimony to the Obama Administration, February 26, 2010
Presented by Jason Torpy, President of the Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers
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Secular Coalition for America to Meet with White House Officials on National Policy
Thu, 02/25/2010Marking the first time in history a presidential administration has met for a policy briefing with the American nontheist community, on February 26 the Secular Coalition for America will engage with White House officials on issues of great concern to the secular movement. Read more »
