Today the Supreme Court reinstated equal marriage in California and opened the door to allow federal government agencies to recognize the marriages of military men and women throughout the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration. MAAF applauds this decision and will continue to support efforts to reform military culture and practices to ensure equal […]
This article is one of two on the issue. Read background on this issue including the MAAF position, arguments and additional resources. This article by Alexandra Meehan covers social media response. Also, the Secular Coalition Action Alert from 6/11 provides additional background. On the MAAF Facebook page, MAAF posted the following comment and link: “Congress ignorantly denouncing atheists and […]
The Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers and its thousands of current and prior military members are denouncing the ignorance and prejudice displayed by Representative Mike Conway who declared that atheists believe in nothing and would tell a grieving family their son was “worm food”. Representative Fleming worried a humanist chaplain would tell a dying soldier there […]
Click to go to the Add-A-Resource Form, enter militaryatheists.org, and use the quoted text below to recommend the MAAF site be added as a resource. More info below. The Air Force Reserve Command has created a Wingman Toolkit with a seemingly positive purpose: The Wingman Toolkit is an Air Force Reserve initiative to empower Airmen and their families […]
In the United States, humanist chaplains are decried as contradictions in terms or as abominations against the Christian establishment. Chaplains provide a valuable service to boost the morals and morale in the military, health care positions, the military and other specialized settings. MAAF continues to reach out to equal chaplain services for humanists. Thus far, […]