Congress Passes Bill Protecting Atheists, Humanists, and Other Freethinkers

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December 16, 2016
by Michael Stone

Good news: Congress passes international religious freedom bill protecting atheists, humanists, and other non-theists.

With overwhelming bipartisan support Congress has passed a landmark religious freedom bill, HR 1150, the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act.

The new law upgrades the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act, and offers explicit protection to atheists. In particular, the legislation states:

The freedom of thought, conscience, and religion is understood to protect theistic and non-theistic beliefs as well as the right not to profess or practice any religion.

The Act also condemns “specific targeting of non-theists, humanists, and atheists because of their beliefs” and attempts to forcibly compel “non-believers or non-theists to recant their beliefs or to convert.”

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2016/12/congress-passes-bill-protecting-atheists-humanists-freethinkers/

The Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1150

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1. Shocked

I am shocked the repubs were ok with this. Being a deist I am very glad this passed.

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2. And they will follow this

with a bill that allows religion based discrimination in this country.

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3. Kickin'

for all the non believers!