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Sean Faircloth on the Future of Church and State

How does government playing favorites with religion, such as fundamentalism, hurt the rest of us? What can be done? 

Hear Sean Faircloth, Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America, the first organization representing secular Americans to engage in a formal briefing with White House officials.

Sean will give us the latest scoop on the privileging of fundamentalist religious groups in matters of government funding, proselytizing in public schools, exemption from child welfare laws, even matters of sex and morality.  There’ll be plenty of opportunity for Q & A. 

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Two complementary events: Saturday, April 2, 2011 - 7:30 p.m. at The Unitarian Church in Westport
10 Lyons Plains Road; Westport, CT 06880  Contact: David Vita, 203-227-7205 x14, david@uuwestport.org

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Sunday, April 3, 2011 - 9:30 a.m. refreshments, 10 a.m. program provided by the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Fairfield County, Connecticut

at Bedford School; 88 North Ave; Westport, CT 06880  Contact: Cary Shaw, caryshaw@optonline.net, (203)505-3180

Only about five years old, the Secular Coalition for America is composed of ten diverse member organizations, and works on their behalf to increase visibility and respect for nontheistic viewpoints in the United States and to protect and strengthen the secular character of the U.S. government. The Coalition advocates that American politics espouse the complete separation of church and state as established by The Constitution.  The Coalition holds reason and science as its guiding tenets for public policy.

To get a feel for Sean Faircloth, you may want to see one of many YouTube shorts, such as

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BZewZQfCoA 

The view of SCA is that freedom of conscience must extend to people of all faiths and of none.   www.secular.org is their website.

Sean Faircloth was hired as the Secular Coalition for America’s Executive Director in June of 2009. He served a decade in the Maine State Legislature and in his last term was elected Majority Whip by his colleagues. Faircloth was an accomplished legislator, successfully spearheading over thirty pieces of legislation.

So, if you care about religious freedom of conscience, come to the meetings and find out what’s happening.

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