Category: The Humanist Activist

November 2, 2002, saw history’s largest gathering of politically active secular humanists in the United States’ capital city. An estimated 2,400 secular humanists, freethinkers, atheists, agnostics, and other nonreligious citizens attended the “Godless Americans March on Washington,” marching down the National Mall to a more than four-hour rally in front of the Capitol. Organized by American …

Will secular humanists ever succeed in organizing so as to wield political influence in our nation’s capital? Once again, we’re going to try. In Washington, D.C., from April 11 to 13, the Council for Secular Humanism will host a national conference entitled “One Nation Without God? Secularism, Society, and Justice.” Session topics include religious-political extremism, …