[Lekooks] Fwd: BREAKING: President Obama signed the bill!
Gerflak at aol.com
Gerflak at aol.com
Wed Dec 21 15:59:44 CST 2016
This is important for us UU's, that the US Government has, by this law,
affirmed that, “The freedom of thought, conscience, and religion is
understood to protect theistic and non-theistic beliefs as well as the right not to
profess or practice any religion.”
This is a landmark law protecting the rights of non-Christians as well as
Christians here in America. We can thank the American Humanist Association
for this, as the UUA has not taken a position on it.
In religious freedom,
Gerry Flakas
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From: aha at americanhumanist.org
To: gerflak at aol.com
Sent: 12/16/2016 4:47:15 P.M. Central Standard Time
Subj: BREAKING: President Obama signed the bill!
Dear Gerald,
I wanted to be the first to share with you the big news: Just an hour
ago, President Obama signed the Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act
into law. It is the first law in history to recognize “non-theists” and
protect our community from discrimination.
This is a tremendous recognition of the humanist movement—we’re here, we’
re standing strong, and we will fight to protect our values.
This new law strengthens the government’s work to promote international
religious freedom and states, “The freedom of thought, conscience, and
religion is understood to protect theistic and non-theistic beliefs as well as
the right not to profess or practice any religion.”
The law also condemns “specific targeting of non-theists, humanists, and
atheists because of their beliefs” and all attempts to forcibly compel “
non-believers or non-theists to recant their beliefs or to convert.”
Celebrate with us, and share this historic achievement proudly with your
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show that you are proud to be a humanist. _And please—donate generously to
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Together, we made history. Thank you.
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