[Lekooks] Fwd: BREAKING: President Obama signed the bill!

[Gerflak at aol.com]

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  
friends and family. Post it on Facebook. Tweet about it.  Take a selfie and 
show that you are proud to be a humanist.  _And  please—donate generously to 
help make more of these legislative  victories possible_ 
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Together,  we made history. Thank you.      
Sincerely,

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