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Ceremonies And Ceremonial Services ForNontheists
Education Issues
Discrimination In The Boy Scouts OfAmerica
Other Articles

Ceremonies And Ceremonial Services ForNontheists
- Humanist Celebrants: Who We Are And What We Do by Terri Mandell
  An introduction to humanist celebrants, the humanist equivalent of a chaplain. Includes information on how to contact them and how to become one yourself.
- A Humanist Child Dedication Ceremony by Patricia Burnet
  A ceremony for welcoming a new child to the world while reaffirming the worth of the new child's older siblings.
Education Issues
- Creationism In Science Classes
  - Creationism In The Public Schools
    Collection of documents for those fighting the religious right's attempt to introduce creation "science" into the public schools. Part of the Secular Web's Activists' Corner.
- Freethought Clubs In High Schools
  - Alabama's First High School Freethinkers Club Forms by Adam Butler
    Adam Butler tells of his fight to start a freethinkers club at his high school in Alabama.
  - Equal Access Strikes Back by Adam Butler
    Excerpted from a speech by Adam Butler, given at the Freedom From Religion Foundation convention in Madison, Wisconsin during October 1996. Recounts Butler's fight to start a freethinkers club at his high school.
- Mandated Prayer In Public Schools
  - The ACLU on School Prayer
    Why the American Civil Liberties Union opposes forced prayer in schools.
  - The Case Against Government-Sponsored Prayer
    The conservative argument for school prayer is based on flat distortions of the truth and a deaf ear to the Constitution, as this article shows.
  - The Case Against School Prayer
    Why forced prayer in public schools is a bad idea.
  - Church And State: ACLU Briefing Paper Number 3
    Answers several common questions about school prayer.
  - A Matter of Conscience: Why Faith Groups Oppose Government-Sponsored Prayers In Public Schools
    Most religious organizations in the United States actuallyopposeforced prayer in our public schools. Here's why.
  - Prayer In The Public Schools
    Debunks various myths about school prayer and briefly discusses several possible compromises.
- Other Education Issues
  - God And The Public Schools: Religion, Education & Your Rights
    Discusses the role of religion in public schools and argues in favor of keeping public schools religiously neutral.
  - People for the American Way: Education Issues
    A collection of articles about the religious right's assault on public schools.
  - Religious Expression in Public Schools by William D. Golden
    A collection of links and news articles relevant to religious expression. The site is ideologically neutral; it does not take a stand on the issues.
  - School Board Elections: Countering The Fundamentalists by Frank Prahl
    How to fight local fundamentalists who try to take over school boards.
  - Separation of Guru and State? Influence of the New Age Movement on Public Education by Frank Beckwith
    Discusses the growing influence of Eastern and New Age religions in the public schools. Although Beckwith is a Christian, this article will be of interest to nontheistic parents who oppose Eastern and New Age superstitions as well as their Western counterparts.
  - Should Tax Dollars Finance Parochial Schools?
    Argues against the use of tax dollars for parochial schools.
  - Teaching Fear: The Religious Right's Campaign Against Sexuality Education
    Exposes the religious right's efforts to eliminate sexuality education from the public schools.
Discrimination In The Boy Scouts OfAmerica
- Boy Scouts Of America Practices Discrimination by Annie Laurie Gaylor
  The Boy Scouts of America has earned a merit badge for hypocrisy by discriminating against atheist children.
- Ending Religious Discrimination in the Boy Scouts of America
  Collection of documents for those opposing bigotry in the Boy Scouts. Part of theSecular Web's Activists' Corner.
- How Your Tax Dollars Support the Boy Scouts of America by Larry Taylor
  Rebuts the BSA's assertion that it is a private, non-tax-funded organization, and may therefore legally discriminate against atheist children.
Other Articles
- Helping Your Child Learn Science
  Tips and techniques for imparting a love of science to your children.
- Raising Humanist Children by Terri Mandell
  On raising humanist children in a god-soaked society.
- A Rebuttal to the "Contract With the American Family" by Epp Jamieson
  A point-by-point rebuttal of the so-called "Contract with the American Family".

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