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The NY Times covered MAAF efforts to endorse humanist chaplains. MAAF operates a chaplain outreach program with opportunities for candidates to opt into the program. Media including Alan Colmes, Mike Smerconish, and Michael Medved on Fox News, Lockwood Phillips, Canada TV, the BBC, and Sirius. International media including US, Europe, and Egypt have taken notice. Religious […]
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Local groups are starting on post as a result of local leaders agreeing to stand up and stand out. There are 17 current organizations, 7 of which are working through the chaplains for greater assistance. There have been delays, but no direct opposition as yet. Local groups at military academies, major US and international installations, […]
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MAAF has selected 32 articles of interest in the areas of atheism & humanism in the media and military and church-state separation. Humanist chaplains and local military atheist groups were most prominent in the news, and there are separate entries about those items. The current Executive Officer of Naval Station Great Lakes denied the service […]
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The front page of the NY Times today covered the efforts of MAAF to better support atheists and humanists and to endorse humanist chaplains in the military. The Chaplain Outreach program at MAAF also seeks to ensure that the 3000 chaplains already serving in our military underst and both why and how they should support […]
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Trending stories about Atheists, Atheists in the Military, MAAF, and occasional other news items of interest. Atheists in foxholes in the media Justin Griffith makes news with local MASH Ft Bragg chapter Army NG Chaplain Steven Veinotte in Kuwait disparages atheists in foxholes Hospital chaplain converts sick atheists Christopher Hitchens shows there are atheists in […]