Coalition of Secular Voters

The Coalition of Secular Voters organized along with several other local Colorado organizations, including COCORE and the Boulder Atheists , to demonstrate at the Democratic National Convention . The two main demonstrations were at the Interfaith Gathering...

This is a letter that has been sent to the "Interfaith" organizer for the DNC at the address InterFaith@demconvention.com , in addition to several of the speakers who are scheduled to speak at the event as well as other secular advocacy groups...

It seems that one of the very popular movements around the nation at the moment is the use of "academic freedom" legislation to allow the teaching of unscientific beliefs in science classes at public schools. Apparently the fact that America...

The Secular Coalition for America (not affiliated with CSV) recently released an analysis of the congressional earmark appropriations for fiscal year 2008. In this analysis they found that over $30 million has been appropriated for overtly religious organizations...

Florida Budget and Taxation Reform Commission has recently put forward a ballot initiative, Proposal 20, to make a change to the state constitution that would remove the limitation on state funds going to religious organizations. This proposal will be...

House Bill 2211 was recently approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives. What House Bill 2211 does is it requires all public schools in the state of Oklahoma to provide public forums for all students to express their religious beliefs, and it goes...

Put this event down on your calendar. On Wednesday March 26th Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Interfaith Alliance will be hosting a national Separation of Church and State event with the participation of major activists and...

Despite a victory last on in Florida over the passing of new science standards that strongly support the, indeed mandate, the teaching of evolution in public schools, the fight is still not over. The state's science standards were revamped last month...

In 1993 a law called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was passed at the federal level. This act basically greatly empowers individuals to claim a religious reason for breaking the law, and puts a significant burden on law enforcement to show why...

There is currently a campaign underway to increase the display of the motto "In God We Trust" in public places. This campaign is most forcefully targeted at the public schools with "In God We Trust" posters. This campaign is being...

This posting is passing on information from the Secular Coalition for America. Honaker has not yet been confirmed for the position. Please visit the link at the bottom of the post for more information on how to take action. Honaker advocates that the...

Politicians have used religious references in their speeches for a long time, but over the past 30 years major politicians catering to the views of the Christian Right have increasingly used "religiously coded language" to attempt to appeal...

Being a recent transplant to Colorado, not only had I never caucused before but I had never even lived in a state that held caucuses before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Nevertheless things went pretty smoothly overall, given the circumstance...

This is regarding a proposed ballot initiative for a Constitutional Amendment to adopt a time for prayer and medication in public schools in the state of Colorado. As of this posting, this initiative had not yet been approved to make it only the ballot...

While this is not strictly a secular or church and state issue, the issue is nevertheless being driven by religious motives and is part a national Christian Conservative platform. The Coalition of Secular Voters does not take any position on this proposed...