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 …
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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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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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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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Godless CT Demands Apology from Bridgeport Police Chief
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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Connecticut Nontheists Represented at Connecticut Forum
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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Connecticut CoR Protests Franklin Graham Event and Promotes Inclusive Community Politics
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 …
Godless Plan Political Action in Connecticut
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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Mark Twain House Hosts Nontheist Conference
by UnitedCoR’s Executive Director Executive Director—UnitedCoR It was certainly a pleasure for UnitedCoR to help the folks in Connecticut CoR with the CARE (Connecticut Assembly for Reason and Ethics) conference this past weekend, held at the famous Mark Twain House and museum in beautiful Hartford, CT. Around 125 people braved the rain (and snow later …
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Announcing the Connecticut Assembly for Reason & Ethics Conference
For Immediate Release: Connecticut Assembly for Reason & Ethics (CARE) Conference To Be Held At The Mark Twain House (Hartford, CT, March 29th, 2016) This coming Saturday, April 2, 2016, the Connecticut Coalition of Reason is holding its second conference for atheists, freethinkers, humanists, agnostics, and anyone else interested in non-theistic communities at the historic Mark Twain House …
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