This week, we are featuring some of the worst state bills that have been pre-filed. (Pre-filing is a process to expedite the legislative process by filing a bill before the legislative session starts.) These include some of the most terrible anti-education, anti-choice, and anti-LGBTQ bills in recent memory. Here, for example, is what we are…
This year’s midterm elections proved how important the nonreligious voting bloc is—and people are finally realizing it.Nonreligious Americans “are making their presence felt,” wrote Associated Press reporter Peter Smith about the outcome of the midterm elections.As the AP reported, we are now 22% of the electorate! That makes us just as powerful of a voting…
The Secular Recovery Bill (A.8163/S.7313) is a life-saving bill. It would ensure that atheists and religious minorities in court-ordered rehab programs can recover, without religion forced on them.But now Governor Hochul is threatening to veto this legislation. We must encourage her to protect New Yorkers from attacks on their religious freedom when they’re at their most…
It too often goes unsaid that nonreligious people around the world face stigma, discrimination, and persecution.To draw attention to this problem, we held a launch event in Washington D.C. for Humanists International’s 2022 Freedom of Thought Report, which assesses how every country in the world treats humanists, atheists, and other nonreligious people.And we made sure…