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rug

(82,333 posts) Wed May 30, 2012, 05:53 PM May 2012

Secular Coalition will bring lobbyists to Virginia Capitol by 2013 to advance atheist views

By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, May 30, 4:35 PM

RICHMOND, Va. — A national secular group is planning to have a lobbying interest in Virginia by next January with an unabashedly godless agenda.

Virginia is among the first group of states the Secular Coalition for America is targeting for opening chapters with trained lobbyists in the statehouses.

Spokeswoman Lauren Youngblood says SCA will focus on the states because that’s where the group sees the most egregious legislation emerging. SCA already lobbies Congress and federal agencies in Washington, espousing secular public laws free of religious influence.

The group this year spoke out against Virginia legislation that shields religious-affiliated child-placement organizations from being forced to place adoptive children with same-sex couples.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/secular-coalition-will-bring-lobbyists-to-virginia-capitol-by-2013-to-advance-atheist-views/2012/05/30/gJQAKe4Q2U_story.html

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Secular Coalition will bring lobbyists to Virginia Capitol by 2013 to advance atheist views (Original Post) rug May 2012 OP

SCA is a lobbying group of which I approve. longship May 2012 #1

Thumbs up from me OriginalGeek May 2012 #3

Sounds good to me. cbayer May 2012 #2

I like the group, but not the headline... Humanist_Activist May 2012 #4

Agree. The headline is very misleading and could drive some away. cbayer May 2012 #5

longship

(40,416 posts)

1. SCA is a lobbying group of which I approve.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2012, 06:43 PM

May 2012

Somebody has to step up and speak up against the lunatic fundementalist religionists. Atheists and agnostics are already there. But there are many theists on board, too. The SCA gladly courts all.

The big issue for many of us is the SCOTUS. We lose this November and we may not recover for decades, if ever

Support the Secular Coalition for America.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

3. Thumbs up from me

Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Wed May 30, 2012, 06:49 PM

May 2012

I hope they come to Florida soon. (Although I was surprised by a graphic elsewhere that seemed to indicate that FL is not one of the most religious states.)

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

2. Sounds good to me.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2012, 06:47 PM

May 2012

How are they going to get funding, though? Lobbying is seriously expensive.

Humanist_Activist

(7,670 posts)

4. I like the group, but not the headline...

Reply to rug (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2012, 07:05 PM

May 2012

not criticizing the poster, just AP, they aren't "atheistic views" but secular views, something anyone, religious or not, should uphold.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

5. Agree. The headline is very misleading and could drive some away.

Reply to Humanist_Activist (Reply #4)

Wed May 30, 2012, 07:10 PM

May 2012

If they are going to pursue cases like the adoption issue mentioned in the article, I think there could be wide support from both theists and atheists.

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