As the Secular Coalition for America prepared to engage with representatives of the Obama Administration for our historic policy briefing on February 26, we invited you to take part in a poll on our website, telling us what you would want to bring up if you had a precious-few minutes to sit down with White House officials and represent your fellow Secular Americans.  Read more »

Statement regarding the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision ruling the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance constitutional.

The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892.  Our pledge was officially recognized in 1942 by the United States Congress. The Secular Coalition for America supports this pledge.

During the vicious Joe McCarthy era the U.S. Congress added the phrase “Under God” to the Pledge. The Secular Coalition for America supports the original Pledge of Allegiance which did not then -- and should not now -- include the phrase “under God.”   Read more »

On February 26, 2010, the Secular Coalition for America, along with a unified delegation of members of the secular movement from across the country, sat down with White House representatives for an official policy briefing—the first of its kind for American nontheists. The event opened up new channels of dialogue between American nontheists and the Obama administration, serving as the latest indication that we are gaining significant momentum, and that secular Americans, numbering in the tens of millions, are a constituency that must be included in national policy decisions.  Read more »

Marking the first time in history a presidential administration has met for a policy briefing with the American nontheist community, on February 26 the Secular Coalition for America will engage with White House officials on issues of great concern to the secular movement.  Read more »

Five members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed on to a letter in support of the Coalition Against Religious Discrimination (CARD), of which the Secular Coalition for America is a member, and its request that the Obama administration address the problem of religious discrimination in hiring practices by houses of worship receiving your tax dollars under the so-called "Faith-Based Initiatives" program.  Read more »