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Category: Political

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NJHN Joins Other Organizations in Signing Statement Affirming Commitment to Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights

On January 17, the NJHN Board of Directors voted to sign on to the following Statement Affirming Commitment to Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights which was also signed by 16 national organizations …

Events / NJHN Community / Political

NJHN October 27 Program [Hybrid]: Nick Fish, American Atheists: Rising to the Moment

Our speaker this month is Nick Fish, President of American Atheists. Nick’s talk title is Rising to the Moment: Our Role in Stopping Religious Nationalism, Protecting Democracy, and Standing Up …

Action / News / Political

ACTION ALERT: Stand up for LGBTQ+ Students – Help Ban the Book Bans!

The BAD NEWS: Books are being banned in several NJ school districts and protections for LGBTQ+ students are being rolled back by some school boards where right-wing activists have been …

Action / Political

AHA Action Alert: Tell Representatives to Support the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal & Transparency Act

The American Humanist Association is asking that we contact our representatives now to urge them to co-sponsor and support the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (HR 7647) that would establish a code of conduct …

Action / Political

AHA Action Alert: Tell Representatives to Support Health Share Transparency Act

The American Humanist Association is asking that we contact our representatives now to urge them to co-sponsor and support the Health Share Transparency Act (HR 8324) that calls for healthcare sharing ministries to be …

News / Political

Congressional Freethought Caucus grows to 16 with 2 new members

From the Center for Freethought Equality: We have humanists to thank for the growth of the Congressional Freethought Caucus today Great things happen when humanists talk to their members of …

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NJHN October Program with Avram Alpert: What Could a Good-Enough Future Look Like? @ Monroe Twp Public Library
                  Our speaker this month is Avram Alpert, author of The Good-Enough Life. In 2022, Avram Alpert released his book, The Good-Enough Life, in which ...
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NJHN Monthly Dinner @ Omega Diner & Cafe
We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Omega Diner in North Brunswick for dinner with fellow humanists and atheists. It’s pretty informal and newcomers are always ...
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7:30 pm NJHN Book Club
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NJHN Book Club @ Zoom
NJHN’s Book Club is held on the 4th Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM on Zoom (holidays excluded). To join (no registration), click this recurring link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81619245436?pwd=T1NoOXNGMms3VXZBRWR2aklRenJOUT09 For information ...

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Freethought Quotes

  • “The world holds two classes of men - intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.”
    by Abu Ala Al-Maarri
  • “A Humanist or an Atheist can't tell you to go to hell, but a Christian can and will.”
    by Anonymous
  • “At an 1870 Anti-Slavery Society convention, Frederick Douglass proclaimed, 'I bow to no priests either of faith or of unfaith. I claim as against all sorts of people, simply perfect freedom of thought.' Douglass' comments were in response to black preachers' insistence he 'thank' God for Emancipation. His failure to be appropriately devout elicited a firestorm. After his speech, a group of prominent black preachers passed a Resolution censuring him.... This rebuke was perhaps one of the first documented instances of the black 'authenticity police' trying to silence an eminent thinker. ”
    by Sikivu Hutchinson
    Moral Combat: Black Atheists Gender Politics and the Values Wars
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