Connecticut Coalition of Reason
Connecticut's Secular Community
At the Connecticut Coalition of Reason’s (CT CoR) annual meeting on January 15th Richard Siddall, President of the Humanist Association of Connecticut (HAC) and resident of Southbury, was re-elected co-chair; Dennis Paul Himes, Connecticut State Director for American Atheists and resident of Vernon was elected co-chair; and Rebecca Williams, secretary of the Hartford Area Humanists …
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Dennis Paul Himes Connecticut State Director–American Atheists On Wednesday, December 21st, I was proud to award the 2016 American Atheists’ Connecticut Activist of the Year Award to Jerry Bloom. The town of Shelton had for years allowed a religious display on town property every Christmas season, and when Bloom objected he was rebuffed. When he …
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Tis the season to be jolly! And the season keeps getting jollier for the 39% of Connecticut’s population that are non-theistic, as two Atheist displays are up on public property in response to religious displays. You may recall that around this time last year Shelton, CT resident, Jerry Bloom, was denied the right to display …
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This October and through March 2017 Humanist organizations will be raising the living to talk about death, dying and the meaning of life at Death Cafes throughout Connecticut. Humanist Celebrants Dan Blinn, Anita Peters and Yale Humanist Chaplain Chris Stedman are inviting the public to engage in friendly conversation, eat cake, drink a cup o’joe, …
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Bridgeport’s Chief of Police, Armando Perez, recently made public remarks pointing to a lack of belief in the supernatural as the reason for the city’s crime challenges. Chief Perez was quoted as saying, “The problems that we’re having is because people have abandoned church, people have abandoned God, and that cannot happen.” He continued, “Let’s …
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by Susan, Education Officer and National Coordinator, United Coalition of Reason Members of the Connecticut Coalition of Reason were in the front-and-center of the public’s eye last week when they hosted a table at the Religion in America 2016 panel discussion, hosted by the Connecticut Forum. This highly-attended conference wasn’t a place you would normally find …
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by Dan Blinn Vice-President–Hartford Area Humanists and Former Co-Chair–Connecticut Coalition of Reason Members of several Connecticut secular organizations participated in the Second Annual Hartford Pride event in Bushnell Park. Two of the groups, Connecticut Valley Atheists (CVA) and Hartford Area Humanists (HAH), co-sponsored a booth at the Hartford Pride. Secular and LGBTQ communities have many shared …
by Jase, Executive Director, United Coalition of Reason As the rain poured on the night of Wednesday, August 31st, part of me thought that Franklin Graham’s Decision America 2016 stop in Hartford, Connecticut would be a wash-out. The Facebook event that was posted by the Connecticut Coalition of Reason provided information that they’d been informed Graham …
The Political Action Committee of the Connecticut Coalition of Reason is teaming up with the Secular Coalition for Connecticut to rally the large non-religious population of Connecticut around three important pieces of legislation. These three legislation include: Aid in Dying, Standardization of Oaths, and Patient’s Right to Know. The two secular groups are planning to …
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The Reason Rally is now three weeks behind us so we asked a number of the Connecticut CoR members for their thoughts: “Dozens of people took up my offer to have their picture taken on their cell phone or camera with my poster. The poster said, ‘I believe in an America where the separation of church …
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