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Prior to the creation of "charitable chioce" in the 1990s and the faith-based initiatives of the Bush Administration, the constitutional rights of taxpayers and social service recipients were protected because entities receiving federal financial assistance had to abide by employment non-discrimination laws and constitutional religious liberty protections. The Secular Coalition for America opposes providing social service funding directly to religious organizations, seeing this practice as a clear violation of the separation of church and state.
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 »
Sean Faircloth briefing to White House Officials on Faith-Based Initiatives
Mon, 03/01/2010
Testimony to the Obama Administration, February 26, 2010
Presented by Sean Faircloth, Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America Read more »
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 »
U.S. House Members Ask President Obama to Heed Coalition Against Religious Discrimination
Wed, 02/17/2010Five members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed on to a letter in support of the Coalition Against Religious Discrimination (CARD), of which the Secular Coalition for America is a member, and its request that the Obama administration address the problem of religious discrimination in hiring practices by houses of worship receiving your tax dollars under the so-called "Faith-Based Initiatives" program. Read more »
