Author Archive for: mkreidler
Entries by Marc Kreidler
Secular Repression: An anonymous atheist’s story
Editor’s note: the following is an interview with an anonymous atheist in the Middle East. His words have not been altered. I started having doubts about religion when I was around fifteen. We were taking Quran studies (Tafseer) and explanations and so on in school, and every verse seemed more hateful than the last. Hate […]
God’s Not Dead 2: Twisting The Facts About Discrimination
It is no secret that God’s Not Dead 2, released last Friday by Pure Flix Entertainment, has an agenda. This movie wants to show a Christian standing up for her faith against an atheist establishment that wants nothing more than to suppress her right to believe as she chooses. Much has been said by others […]
Openly Secular Allies with Interfaith Alliance
The Openly Secular campaign is honored to announce that Interfaith Alliance is now an official allied organization. Interfaith Alliance was founded in 1994 to celebrate religious freedom and to challenge the bigotry and hatred arising from religious and political extremism infiltrating American politics. Today, Interfaith Alliance has a membership representing more than 75 faith traditions, […]
U.S. Corporations Should Ask Boy Scouts: Why Are Nonreligious Boys Still Unwelcome?
Following the vote Monday by the Boy Scouts of America to end its ban on gay leaders, a group of secular Americans has a message for the the corporations that stopped funding BSA due to their biases: do not donate again until everyone is welcome in the Boy Scouts.
For Spouses and Partners: Understanding Your Secular Significant Other
This brochure is intended to help religious spouses and partners understand what secular people face in a relationship, and how they can be open and accepting of their secular partner. Click here to download this brochure in PDF format.
Shared Values, Different Perspective: A Guide for Clergy
This brochure is intended for clergy members who wish to understand how someone who is openly secular may feel after disclosing their views to their community, and how they can mitigate these problems by leading by example with tolerance. Click here to download this toolkit in PDF format.