This week Secular Avenue announced its 501c3 status as a registered non-profit. We are ready to help people from all walks of life find their way to a SAFE autonomous path to independence. It’s under the directorship of my friend and fellow board member, Noelle George, who many of you may know from her work with the Foundation Beyond Belief. I didn’t think twice about saying yes when she asked me to join, because I too know what it’s like… Read more

This past week the world saw twelve slaughtered in a horrific act of what some news outlets call “extremists terror”. My heart goes out to the families of those killed in retaliation for a cartoon – an insult. This murderous deed instantaneously engendered global human solidarity in ways not often seen amongst believers and nonbelievers alike (mostly). CNN told me that freedom of expression and the freedom to criticize were “under siege”. Well damn. That was the sentiment across most… Read more

“The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.” – Malcolm X Agree with the man or not, the words are accurate and—more importantly—still very relevant in both general society and discretely in the secular community. We have many that have opened their eyes and escaped religious dogmatisms and ideologies, yet when it comes to the overall human condition (inequality,… Read more