Author: Gordon Gamm
Gordon Gamm, JD, was the first lawyer to write amicus briefs to explain humanism for state and federal courts on behalf of all of the humanist organizations listed above.
Gorsuch’s Right Decision for the Wrong Reasons
Justice Neil Gorsuch made the right decision in Bostock v. Clayton County in which he applied the civil rights act to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ citizens. He just did so for the wrong reasons. Liberals, Democrats, and I rejoiced at the Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County,written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, declaring that …
A Humanist Perspective on the Sermon on the Mount
I received my religious education in Sunday school, as a Jew. It was shortly after the Holocaust, and the Jewish community was eager to ensure the perpetuation of Judaism. Intermarriage—even mere exposure to Christianity—were viewed as palpable threats. My religious education said nothing at all aboutChristianity. My parents’ understanding of Christianity was limited to a …
Introduction
Gordon Gamm, a lawyer and longtime humanist activist (among other positions, he has served on the board of directors of the American Humanist Association), approached Free Inquiry last year about the possibility of asking an historian to write an essay addressing the connections between the Enlightenment and contemporary humanism. Although humanists routinely reference the Enlightenment …