Join Jason Torpy, President of MAAF and Army Captain, and Jason Lemieux, CFI Director of Government Affairs and former Marine Sergeant, for training on advocacy about and by military members and veterans. Both are also Iraq war veterans. The discussion will be hosted by the Sarah Levin, Director of Grass Roots and Community Programs for […]
This January, the Dutch military agreed to send representatives to visit the US. The United States has a troubling shortage of Humanist chaplains. Despite an promising memorandum from the Department of Defense last year, 0 is the exact number of Humanist Chaplains currently serving in the military while atheists and agnostics now outnumber all non-Christian […]
Update: The family has set up a fundraiser. This is confirmed and a good spot to give. https://www.gofundme.com/HelpTheSmithGirls Scott Smith killed his wife Jennifer yesterday morning, Nov 27th, 2017, and then himself. He left their two daughters and his son without parents. This is a tragedy and a time to mourn. MAAF expresses sincere condolences […]
2017 Memorial Day Post courtesy of United Coalition of Reason No Atheists in Foxholes? Look Again! Last Sunday (Memorial Day), I attended as the Head of the Humanist Chaplaincy in the Netherlands – a guest at the American Cemetery in Margraten (Limburg). More than 8,000 American soldiers are buried here. The Humanist Association ask me to […]
Update 8/7: A 7/21 update made the following changes, which all seem to be grammatical and category errors, nothing related to content. Deleted: American Council Christian Catholic Church, Presbyterian Council for Chaplains, National Association of Evangelicals, Chaplaincy Full Gospel Churches, Associated Gospel Churches, and Tioga River (no active members). Entries for Reform Judaism, LDS, Open […]