[Phys-L] Secularists lean politics. Was: Finally the secularists strike back
From: anngeorg at PACBELL.NET (Bernard Cleyet)
Date: Tue Aug 30 17:06:43 2005
SECULARISTS TO GET LOBBYIST IN DC
INSTITUTE FOR HUMANIST STUDIES - A coalition of non-religious
organizations has hired the first lobbyist in Washington D.C. to
represent the rights of humanists, atheists and other freethinkers. On
Sept. 19, former Nevada State Senator Lori Lipman Brown will begin her
duties as director/lobbyist of the Secular Coalition for America.
"Bias against nonbelievers is the last civil rights struggle in which
blatant discrimination by politicians is viewed as acceptable
behavior," said Herb Silverman, president of the Secular Coalition for
America. "That situation is about to change."
As a Nevada state senator, from 1992 to 1994, Brown worked to pass
bills dealing with the repeal of consensual sex crimes, mental health
care reform and school curricula. "