Two days ago, a new political organization announced disturbing plans to target Members of Congress who champion the values we hold dear at the Center for Freethought Equality.
Founded by a group of conservative and religious extremists, the National Committee for Religious Freedom publicly says that religious liberty “is under relentless attack in the United States.”
But checking their National Advisory Board - truly a who's who of bigoted, misogynistic, and homophobic figures, like former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, and Penny Nance of Concerned Women of America - we know what they really mean.
They oppose LGBTQ equality and reproductive justice. They want to use public funds for religious indoctrination and garner religious exemptions from public health mandates.
This is their twisted version of “religious liberty under attack” - and starting this week - they’ll be able to engage in unlimited lobbying and electoral activities to oppose any candidate that doesn’t subscribe to their twisted views.
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Over the last several years, we’ve worked to support candidates that will champion policy solutions that are based on reason and science, not theism. In part because of this work, Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-2) announced in 2017 that he is a humanist and agnostic. Together with Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-8), Huffman went on to create the Congressional Freethought Caucus, of which there are currently 14 members.
