Atheist Lobbying Group Organizes In D.C.

[rug]

This post was updated at 5:49 p.m. to add comment from the Family Research Council.

By Elizabeth Flock
September 6, 2012

An atheist lobbying group announced Thursday that it was organizing a state chapter in Washington, D.C., just a day after delegates at the Democratic National Convention protested adding the word "God" back into their party's platform,

The Secular Coalition for America has spent the last 10 years lobbying at the federal level for a strong separation of church and state. SCA represents 11 member groups made up of "atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, and other nontheistic Americans," according to the group.

"But we realized recently that the most egregious legislation was coming from the state level," SCA spokeswoman Lauren Anderson Youngblood told Whispers. Over the next several months, SCA plans to organize chapters in all 50 states for more effective state-level lobbying.

These chapters will fight against legislation that attempts to insert religion or "religious privilege" into the law, she said.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/09/06/atheist-lobbying-group-organizes-in-dc

[Kurovski]

1. And the following excerpt--unfortunately--is why a few too many consider themselves religious...

*The SCA plans to challenge a Michigan law that seeks to prevent bullying in schools but gives exemptions to bullies who hold "a sincerely held religious belief."*

It's a license to hate and destroy.

[cbayer]

2. I think this is a good idea.

Glad to see they will be taking on the Michigan bullying situation and hope they continue to focus on big issues like this. This would probably be a great opportunity to join forces with some of the religiously based lgbt rights groups.