American Atheists advocates for the rights of atheists, religious equality, and the separation of religion from government in all 50 states by empowering local activists to engage with state legislators and by partnering with allies on key areas of concern.
Oklahoma became the 17th state in the country to ban child marriage after lawmakers approved Senate Bill 504, setting the minimum marriage age at 18, with no exceptions.
These model bills would ensure public schools remain inclusive, nonsectarian learning environments for all students, regardless of their religious beliefs.
American Atheists encourages Oklahomans of all faiths and none to contact their local school administrators, who actually have the authority to determine which instructional materials are used in their classrooms.
Thanks to the Patients’ Right to Know Act, when a Colorado health care facility denies care based on religious beliefs or other non-medical reasons, they must now be transparent and disclose this information to the public.
Governor Hochul vetoed a law that would have simply required courts to inform New Yorkers of their constitutional right to object to mandatory religious substance abuse programs.
The Patients’ Right to Know Act is the first legislative attempt to combat the dangerous rise in religiously-motivated denials of care in health care settings.
The bill would have simply required courts to inform New Yorkers of their constitutional right to object to religious 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and instead participate in a nonreligious substance abuse treatment program.
American Atheists urges more states to follow Connecticut’s example and eliminate dangerous exemptions that put children at risk, especially those who can’t be vaccinated for medical reasons
By rejecting this creationism bill, Arkansas will be spared unnecessary lawsuits that would drain needed resources from an educational system already ranked near the bottom by measures of student attainment.
Arkansas’s Denial of Healthcare bill allows doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, and even insurance companies and employers to cite religious beliefs to deny patients necessary care during a scheduled visit or during an emergency.
Patients often do not have the ability to determine whether the hospital in their area provides the care they seek, because information about how hospitals’ restrictions impact options for care is too difficult to obtain.
Florida State Rep. Randy Fine exploited the three-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting to promote teacher-led, coercive prayer in public schools.
