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URGENT: Add Your Voice to Support Jailed Atheist in Indonesia

In January, Alexander Aan, a 30-year-old in West Sumatra, Indonesia, posted messages to Facebook expressing his lack of belief in God, as well as some satirical cartoons about the prophet Muhammad, and as a result was attacked by an angry mob and then arrested by police under the charge of blasphemy. The Center for Inquiry needs you to help come to Alexander’s aid.

April 26, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Mixing religion and politics

April 19, 2012 No Comment

It seems a bit odd that a Mormon and a Catholic (two Catholics, until recently) are the leading presidential candidates in a Republican party dominated by Protestant evangelicals. Unfortunately, this is not a sign of the religious diversity espoused by presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in 1960, when he assured Protestant ministers in Houston that he believed in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.

Harmed by Homeopathy? CFI wants to hear from tou

April 19, 2012 1 Comment

T he Canadian affiliate of the Center for Inquiry (CFI) recently announced that it is lending its scientific support to assist with a monumental $30 million lawsuit against two Canadian retailers for their peddling of a useless homeopathic product in violation of consumer protection laws. Oscillococcinum, a product marketed as a remedy for flu-like symptoms, is in reality merely sugar water with no medicinal properties whatsoever.

Harmed by Homeopathy? CFI wants to hear from you

April 19, 2012 No Comment

AHA signs Interfaith Alliance letter to Congress on religious liberty

April 18, 2012 No Comment

The AHA is a signatory on a letter to Congress from the Interfaith Alliance following a hearing on racial profiling.

Catholic bishops wage war on true religious freedom

April 18, 2012 1 Comment

Last week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a proclamation that called for every priest, parish and layperson to participate in a “great national campaign” to “defend religious liberty”. But what they want is the ability to impose their beliefs on all Americans.

Center for Inquiry supports Unite Women: Rallies Nationwide on April 28

April 17, 2012 No Comment

Every day, the news tells us about another move by politicians and interest groups to curtail the rights of women to make their own choices about their health, their bodies, and their day-to-day lives. And without failure, these initiatives are undertaken by those who take their cues from outmoded and archaic notions of women’s roles as dictated by some people’s (usually men’s) interpretations of religious doctrine.

It is inescapable. Every day, the news tells us about another move by politicians and interest groups to curtail the rights of women to make their own choices about their health, their bodies, and their day-t…