Bishops Hold Back Progress, Say Humanists
Posted on June 15th, 2008 by armineh
Catholic Bishops Decry Potentially Life-Saving Stem Cell Research. To read more …
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Free speech or hate speech?
Posted on June 12th, 2008 by armineh
Unlike others, U.S. defends freedom to offend in speech.
Read American Exception
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How changes proposed by the Bush brothers will undermine public schools
Posted on June 9th, 2008 by armineh
Jeb Bush And His Cronies Have Provoked A Church-State Showdown In Florida With National Ramifications
President Bush Urges Repeal Of State Constitutional Provisions Barring Aid To Religious Schools
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Military Makes Mincemeat of Church-State Separation
Posted on May 5th, 2008 by armineh
There is something deeply amiss when we send soldiers on a mission to engender peaceful coexistence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, yet our military doesn’t seem able to offer religious tolerance to its own.
See article by by Robyn Blumner published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Common Dreams.
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Apr 13: The Electoral College: The Framers’ Folly
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Alex
Professor John Gilbert, a recently retired political scientist from North Carolina State University and current Chairman of the Wake County (Raleigh) Board of Elections, will discuss the origins and evolution of the Electoral College. (Or, why it takes 4 California voters to equal one Wyoming voter.)
The Humanist Community Forum will meet at 11am at Mitchell […]
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Pointed Questions for Presidential Candidates
Posted on March 10th, 2008 by armineh
Over the past seven years we’ve watched as the president and congress have repeatedly breached Thomas Jefferson’s wall of separation between church and state. But now you can act to prevent a continuation of this process.
At every opportunity you have, ask the candidates pointed questions on this issue. Read more…
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Winter Soldier Hearings
Posted on March 9th, 2008 by armineh
A message from Gerry Gras:
On March 13-16 there will be “Winter Soldier Hearings” about U.S. soldiers’ experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“Video and photographic evidence will also be presented, and the Winter Soldier testimony and panels will be broadcast live on nationally Pacifica Radio and satellite television station Free Speech TV Channel 9415. Streaming video on […]
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Interview-Fate of Pakistan pivotal - historian Karen Armstrong
Posted on February 7th, 2008 by armineh
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The future of Pakistan, and how it balances the need for Muslim symbols with the secularism needed to run a modern state, will be important for the future of the world, according to historian and theologian Karen Armstrong. Read more…
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Humanists Monitor Church Polling Places
Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by armineh
Lipman concluded “Recent studies reveal that environmental cues have a measurable effect on electoral results. Therefore, the government must provide a neutral setting for voters, free from religious or other influences.“
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Renewed Bush Push For ‘Faith-Based’ Initiative Is Unlikely To Succeed, Says Americans United
Posted on January 29th, 2008 by armineh
President’s Plan Has Been A Colossal Constitutional And Public Policy Failure, Says AU’s Lynn.
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