On Saturday June 3rd American Atheists Connecticut State Director and co-chair of the Connecticut Coalition of Reason, Dennis Paul Himes, was challenged to a debate on the existence of God by a local evangelical preacher, Alexxander Medeiros. Mr. Medeiros is a Biblical literalist and his arguments, as expected, were circular and can be summed up …
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Get Ready for a Connecticut Darwin Day Trifecta in 2018!
On Tuesday, May 9th, members of the Secular Coalition for Connecticut and the Connecticut Coalition of Reason met with Governor Dannel P. Malloy. The purpose of the meeting was to thank the Governor for his service to Connecticut, introduce him to our very large and thriving secular community, and ask him to recognize us. We …
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Connecticut CoR Members Participate in Secular Lobby Day
On Monday, March 13th, the Secular Coalition for Connecticut held a Lobby Day at the state capitol. The occasion brought nontheists from across Connecticut together to lobby their state representatives and senators in support of secular and science-based public policy. Cary Shaw [L], President of the Humanists and Freethinkers of Fairfield County and Dennis Paul …
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Connecticut’s First Lobby Day A Success
The Secular Coalition for Connecticut (SCCT) organized its first Lobby Day at the Capitol in Hartford on Monday, March 13th. Know as “Secular Advocacy Day” the event attracted both Connecticut Coalition of Reason members and non members to the State Capitol to lobby on behalf of Connecticut’s large nonreligious population for three bills: Aid in …
Godless Constituents Converge on Connecticut Capitol
Media Advisory WHAT: Connecticut’s 1st Secular Advocacy Day at the Legislative Office Building and the State Capitol. WHEN: Monday March 13 beginning at 9 am at the Legislative Office Building, Private Dining Room. Remarks by Secular Coalition for Connecticut Chair Patrick McCann will occur at 9:30, followed by Coalition members Cary Shaw, Stan Greenberg, and …
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US Senator and Representative Tag-Team Connecticut’s Darwin Day Dinner
The Southern Connecticut Darwin Day Committee seems to outdo itself every year. In this ninth year of Connecticut’s premier Darwin Day event, BOTH sponsors of the national Darwin Day resolutions were on hand to help celebrate Darwin, extol the virtues of science, and emphasize importance of scientific innovation to the country. Representative Jim Himes (D-CT4) …
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Generous to the CoRe! Detroit and Connecticut
Below are updates from Connecticut and Detroit CoRs doing good without a god in their communities! Pat McCannConnecticut Coalition of Reason The table you see here is part of the Hartford Area Humanists’ holiday tradition. Every year for the past 4 years, Elisabeth Brown and I (CT CoR Co-chair and Hartford Area Humanist President) open …
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Chris Stedman to Step Down as YHC’s Executive Director
The Connecticut Coalition of Reason is sincerely grateful to Chris for his service as part of our coalition. His leadership, insights, and personal touch in working with communities across the state will be sorely missed. We wish him success in Minnesota and also in all of his future endeavors. Chris’s announcement is below. Dear community …
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Connecticut Coalition of Reason Elects New Officers for 2017
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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Jerry Bloom is the 2016 American Atheists’ Connecticut Activist of the Year
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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