The World’s Biggest Secular Coalition

Where Churches and Nonbelief Groups Agree

Secularism simply means separation of church and state, and the groups in our coalition do not oppose religion. In fact many of our members are churches with deep faith. Others are skeptic, science, and philosophical groups whose members may or may not be religious. We also list many groups whose members do not believe in God. What we all have in common are our shared goals:

• Separation of Church and State. Religious conviction and religious authority are not trump cards that should claim to speak for all people or demand the final say in public discourse. You don’t need to oppose religion to feel that faith dominates politics too completely.
• End to Discrimination Based on Belief and Nonbelief. No one should be harassed or ostracized for their religious beliefs, or for not having a religion. We seek to normalize the role of those who do not believe in God in society. Everyone can get behind that.
• More Science in Decision-Making. We promote rational thinking, using scientific evidence to establish facts, when governments or communities make shared decisions. We’ve all seen the power of science to bring us gadgets and human progress. We should use it in government as well.

Do you run a group that supports secular values? Joining our coalition is free, and there is no obligation, though we hope you’ll take an active role. Learn about the benefits to joining!

We started outreach at the start of 2015, and already have 305 coalition participants from all over the world!

67 National and International Groups

Argentina

• Argentine Ethical Humanist Association (Asociacin Humanista Etica Argentina, Deodoro Roca) (other website)

Australia

• Atheist Foundation of Australia
• Australian Skeptics Inc
• Imaginary Friends Show
• Macquarie University Atheist League (other website)
• Peninsula Atheists
• Philaxiom
• Rationalist Association of NSW
• Rationalist Society of Australia
• Token Skeptic
• University of Melbourne Secular Society

Belgium

• Lichtpunt

Canada

• Ancestors Trail Hike
• Atheists, Agnostics, and Freethinkers of Waterloo (other website) (other website)
• Cafe Scientifique
• Canadian Secular Alliance
• Fondation humaniste du Quebec
• Freethought Association at McGill
• Good Atheist, The
• Grey Bruce Humanists
• Halton-Peel Humanist Community (other website) (other website)
• Humanist Association of British Columbia
• Humanist Association of London and Area
• Humanist Association of Ottawa (other website)
• Humanist Association of Toronto (other website)
• Niagara Secular Humanists
• Ontario Humanist Association
• Radio Free Thinker
• Secular Connexion Seculaire (SCS)
• Universal Church Triumphant of the Apathetic Agnostic
• University of Alberta Atheists and Agnostics (other website)
• University of Toronto Secular Alliance (other website) (other website) (other website)
• Windsor Humanist Society (other website)

China

• Humanist Group of Unitarian Universalists Hong Kong

Finland

• Atheist Association of Finland
• Atheists Association of Western Uusimaa (Lnsi-Uudenmaan Ateistit ry)
• Freethinkers Association of the University of Helsinki (Helsingin Yliopiston Vapaa-ajattelijayhdistys Prometheus ry)
• Freethinkers of Tampere
• Rationalist International (other website)
• Union of Freethinkers of Finland (Vapaa-ajattelijain liitto ry)

France

• Technoprog! (French Technoprogressive Association, Association Franaise Transhumaniste)

Greece

• Atheist Union of Greece (other website) (other website) (other website)

Guatemala

• Guatemalan Secular Humanist Association (Asociacin Guatemalteca de Humanistas Seculares)

Iceland

• Sidmennt, the Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association

India

• Atheist Centre, India (other website)
• Indian Rationalist Association (other website) (other website)
• Kalinga Sanskruti Unnayan Abhijan (other website)
• The International School of Humanitarian Thoughts and Practice (Manavatavadi Vishwa Sansthan) (other website)

Indonesia

• Indonesian Atheists (other website)
• South-East Asian Atheists

Ireland

• Atheist Ireland
• Humanist Association of Ireland (other website)
• Mid West Humanists

Italy

• Center for Free Inquiry, Italy (Centro per la Libera Ricerca ONLUS)

Malawi

• Association for Secular Humanism (ASH) (other website)

Nepal

• Society for Humanism Nepal (SOCH, Manavbadi Samaj)

Netherlands

• Centre for Humanist Ethical and Worldview Education (Humanistisch Vormingsonderwijs)
• Dutch Freethinkers Association / The FreeThought (De Vrije Gedachte)
• Dutch Party for Reason (Voorzitter van de Partij van de Rede – ASP)

New Zealand

• New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists (other website) (other website)

Norway

• Norwegian Society of Heathens (Hedningsamfunnet)

Peru

• Peruvian Rationalist Humanists (Humanistas Racionalistas del Peru)

Phillipines

• Filipino Freethinkers (other website)

Poland

• CFI Poland
• Polish Humanist Association (Towarzystwo Humanistyczne)
• Polish Secular Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Kultury ?wieckiej)
• Res Humana

Romania

• Romanian Secular Humanist Association (Asociatia Secular-Umanista din Romania)

Russia

• Union of Atheists
• Zdravomyslie Foundation (other website) (other website) (other website) (other website) (other website)

Singapore

• Humanist Society (Singapore) (other website)

South Africa

• Association of South African Humanists
• Free Society Institute
• South African Secular Society

Spain

• ARP Society for the Advancement of Critical Thinking (ARP Sociedad por el Avance del Pensamiento Crtico) (other website)

Turkey

• Association of Atheism (Ateizm Dernegi)

Uganda

• Center for Inquiry – Uganda (other website)
• Freethought Gulu
• Humanist Empowerment of Livelihoods in Uganda
• Kasese Humanist Botanical Gardens
• Kasese Humanist Primary School
• Kasese United Humanist Association (other website)
• Uganda Humanist Association (other website)
• Uganda Humanist Schools Trust

United Kingdom

• Bad News About Christianity
• Birmingham Humanists
• Camp Quest UK
• Central London Humanists (other website)
• Conway Hall Ethical Society (other website) (other website)
• Dorset Humanists (other website) (other website)
• Gloucestershire Humanists
• London Skeptics in the Pub (other website)
• National Secular Society, England
• North London Humanist Group (other website)
• Pink Triangle Trust (other website)
• Skeptics in the Pub (other website)
• The Freethinker (other website)
• Watford Area Humanists

USA – Arizona

• Americans United for Separation of Church and State – Greater Phoenix Chapter (Phoenix)
• Freedom From Religion Foundation – Valley of the Sun Chapter (Phoenix)

USA – Arkansas

• Arkansas Society of Freethinkers (Big Rock) (Regional Group) (other website) (other website) (other website)
• Facing Addiction Without Gods (Rogers)
• Northwest Arkansas Humanist Association (Elkins) (other website)

USA – California

• Americans United for Separation of Church and State – San Diego (San Diego)
• Antelope Valley Freethinkers (Lancaster)
• Atheist Advocates of San Francisco (San Francisco) (other website)
• Atheists and Agnostics Group of Rossmoor (Walnut Creek)
• Atheists of Butte County (Chico)
• Backyard Skeptics (Villa Park) (other website)
• Bruin Alliance of Skeptics and Secularists (BASS) – University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
• Butte County Coalition of Reason (Chico)
• Central Valley Alliance of Atheists and Skeptics (Fresno) (other website)
• Chico Skeptics (Chico)
• Church of Reality (Gilroy) (Regional Group)
• Contra Costa Atheists and Freethinkers (CCAF) (Walnut Creek)
• East Bay Atheists (San Francisco) (other website)
• Foundation For Critical Thinking (Tomales) (National Group)
• Freethinkers of the Coachella Valley (Palm Desert)
• Freethinkers of Ventura County (Thousand Oaks)
• Holy Smoke (other website)
• Humanist Association of Los Angeles (San Jacinto)
• Humanist Association of Orange County (Santa Ana) (other website)
• Humanist Association of San Diego (San Diego) (other website) (other website) (other website) (other website)
• Humanist Community in Silicon Valley (Palo Alta) (other website)
• Humanist Society of Redding (Shasta Lake) (other website)
• Kahal Am – The Humanistic Jewish Community of San Diego (San Diego)
• Morongo Basin Freethought (Yucca Valley)
• San Diego Coalition of Reason (San Diego) (other website)
• San Francisco Atheists (San Francisco)
• San Joaquin Valley CoR (Fresno)
• Secular Avenue (Los Angeles)
• Secular Student Alliance at Northwood High (Irvine)
• Secular Student Alliance at UC Riverside (Riverside)
• Skeptic Magazine (other website)
• Skeptics Dictionary, The
• Skeptics Society, The (Altadena) (International Group)
• Society for Humanistic Mormonism (Los Angeles) (other website)
• What Happens Next Productions

 

USA – Colorado

• Atheists and Freethinkers of Denver (Denver) (other website)
• Bertrand Russell Society (Windsor) (International Group)
• Beth Ami (Denver)
• Central Colorado Humanists (Salida)
• Freethinkers of Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs) (other website) (other website)
• Stephenson Movie LLC (Colorado Springs)

USA – Connecticut

• Humanists and Freethinkers of Fairfield County (Fairfield)

USA – District of Columbia

• Atheist Alliance International (Washington) (International Group)
• Atheist Alliance of America (Washington) (National Group)
• Ex-Muslims of North America (Washington) (National Group) (other website)
• George Washington Secular Society (GWSS) (Washington) (other website)
• Humanist Chaplaincy at American University (Washington) (other website)
• International Federation for Secular & Humanistic Judaism (Washington) (International Group)
• Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers (MAAF) (Washington) (National Group)
• Sunday Assembly DC (Washington)

USA – Delaware

• Delaware Association for Humanism (Wilmington) (Regional Group) (other website)

USA – Florida

• Atheists of Florida (Tampa) (Regional Group) (other website) (other website) (other website) (other website) (other website)
• Central Florida Freethought Community (Oviedo) (other website) (other website)
• Central Florida Mothers Beyond Belief (Winter Springs)
• Clergy Project, The
• Evolution Institute (Wesley Chapel) (National Group)
• Humanist Families of Greater Tampa (Tampa)
• Humanists of North Central Florida (Ocala)
• Humanists of Sarasota Bay (Sarasota) (other website) (other website)
• Humanists of the Treasure Coast (Stuart) (other website) (other website)
• Institute for Science and Human Values, The (Tampa) (International Group)
• International Freethought Film Festival Foundation (Orlando) (International Group)
• Secular Student Alliance – University of West Florida (Pensacola)

USA – Georgia

• 21st Century Humanism (Alpharetta)
• American Freethought Podcast
• Atlanta Freethought Society (Roswell)
• Fayette Freethought Society (Peachtree City)
• Skepticality Podcast

USA – Iowa

• Central Iowa Coalition of Reason (Des Moines)
• Eastern Iowa Coalition of Reason (Davenport)
• Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers (Lee) (other website)
• Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City (Iowa City)
• University of Northern Iowa Freethinkers and Inquirers (Cedar Falls)

USA – Idaho

• Boise State University Secular Student Alliance (Nampa) (other website) (other website)
• Humanists of Idaho (Boise) (Regional Group) (other website) (other website)
• Idaho Atheists (Boise) (Regional Group) (other website)
• Treasure Valley Coalition of Reason (Boise)

USA – Illinois

• No Gods Land (other website)
• Peoria Secular Humanist Society (Peoria) (other website)
• Secular Events in Chicago (Chicago)

USA – Indiana

• Atheist Roundtable
• Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics of the Wabash Valley (Silver Lake)
• Secular Student Alliance at Purdue Cal (North)

USA – Kansas

• Air Capital Skeptics (Wichita) (other website)

USA – Kentucky

• Louisville Area Skeptics (Louisville) (other website)
• Louisville Atheists and Freethinkers (Louisville) (other website) (other website)

USA – Louisiana

• Freethoughtpedia
• New Orleans Secular Humanist Association (Metairie) (other website) (other website)

USA – Massachusetts

• Center for Naturalism (Somerville) (other website)
• Legion of Dynamic Discord
• Secular Society of MIT (Cambridge) (other website)

USA – Maryland

• LGBTQ Humanist Council of Baltimore (Baltimore)

USA – Michigan

• Atheist Scholar, The (other website)
• Detroit Coalition of Reason (Detroit) (Regional Group)
• Michigan Atheists (Allen Park) (Regional Group) (other website)
• Public Reality Radio

USA – Minnesota

• Atheists For Human Rights (Minneapolis)
• Minnesota Skeptics (Minneapolis) (Regional Group) (other website) (other website)
• Or Emet – The Minn. Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (Minneapolis) (other website)

USA – Missouri

• University of Missouri Skeptics, Atheists, Secular Humanists, and Agnostics (MU SASHA) (Missouri) (other website) (other website)

USA – Montana

• Secular Humanist Society of Bozeman (Bozeman)

USA – North Carolina

• Abandoning Eden
• Bible Geek Show, The (other website)
• Charlotte Coalition of Reason (Charlotte)
• Charlotte Freethinkers (Charlotte) (other website)
• Exploring Humanism (Charlotte) (other website) (other website)
• FreeThoughtAction (Charlotte) (National Group)
• Freethinkers, Agnostics, Atheists & Secularists of the Triangle (FAAST) (Morrisville)
• Hickory Humanist Alliance (Hickory)
• Military Atheists & Secular Humanists – Ft. Bragg (Manchester) (other website)
• Ratio Primoris (Reason Foremost)
• Society of Celebrations (Wilmington) (National Group)
• Sunday Assembly Charlotte (Charlotte) (other website)
• Western North Carolina Coalition of Reason (Asheville)
• Western North Carolina Humanists (Asheville)

USA – North Dakota

• Freethinkers of the University of North Dakota (Grand Forks) (other website) (other website)
• Red River Freethinkers (Fargo) (other website)

USA – Nebraska

• Lincoln Atheists (Lincoln) (other website)
• Lincoln Secular Humanists (Lincoln) (other website)
• Omaha Atheists (Omaha) (other website) (other website) (other website)
• Omaha Coalition of Reason (Omaha) (other website)
• Omaha Metro Area Humanist Association (OMAHA) (Omaha)

USA – New Jersey

• Jersey Shore Freethought Society (Toms River)

USA – New Mexico

• Humanist Society of New Mexico (Albuquerque) (Regional Group) (other website) (other website)
• Roswatheists (Roswell)

USA – Nevada

• Humanists and Atheists of Las Vegas (HALV) (Las Vegas)
• Reno Coalition of Reason (Reno)
• Reno Freethinkers (Reno) (other website) (other website)
• Sunday Assembly Las Vegas (Las Vegas)
• United Church of Bacon (Las Vegas) (International Group)

USA – New┬áJersey

• Enlighten the Vote (Parsippany)

USA – New York

• Atheist Community of Rochester (Brighton)
• Black Atheists of America (Garden City) (National Group)
• Capital District Humanist Society (Colonie) (other website)
• Corliss Lamont Chapter of New York City (New York)
• Gotham Atheists (New York)
• Half-Moon Foundation, The (Ossining) (Regional Group)
• Hudson Valley Humanists (New Paltz) (other website) (other website)
• Humanist Society of Metropolitan New York (New York) (other website)
• New York City Atheists (New York) (other website) (other website) (other website)
• Philosophers Forum, The (New York)
• Westchester Community for Humanistic Judaism (White Plains)

USA – Ohio

• Church of the SubGenius (Cleveland) (Regional Group)
• Cleveland Freethinkers (Cleveland) (other website) (other website)
• Mid Ohio Atheists (Mansfield)
• Northeast Ohio Coalition of Reason (NEO CoR) (Cleveland) (other website)
• Northern Ohio Freethought Society (Cleveland) (other website)
• Secular Student Alliance at North Central State College and OSU Mansfield (Ashland)

USA – Oklahoma

• Atheist Community of Tulsa (Tulsa) (other website)
• Oklahoma Atheists (Oklahoma City) (other website) (other website)
• UCO Skeptics (Edmond)

USA – Pennsylvania

• First Church of Atheism (Langhorne) (National Group)
• Freethought Society (Pocopson) (National Group) (other website)
• Geologic Podcast, The
• Off the Derech (Off the Path) (Philadelphia) (Regional Group)
• Philadelphia Coalition of Reason (PhillyCoR) (Philadelphia)
• Steel City Skeptics (Pittsburgh) (other website)

USA – South Carolina

• Parents for Free Thought (Greenville)
• Secular Humanist Families of Charleston (Charleston)
• Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry (Charleston) (other website) (other website)
• Secular Student Alliance at the College of Charleston (Charleston) (other website)

USA – Tennessee

• Digital Freethought
• Middle Tennessee Skeptics (Nashville) (other website)
• Rationalists of East Tennessee (Maryville)
• Secular Student Alliance at Vanderbilt University (Nashville)

USA – Texas

• Houston Church of Freethought (Houston)
• Humanists of Fort Worth (Fort Worth) (other website)
• Metroplex Atheists (Arlington) (other website)
• North Texas Skeptics (Carrollton) (other website) (other website)
• Secular Student Alliance at the University of North Texas (Denton) (other website)
• Secular Students at Collin College (Plano) (other website) (other website) (other website) (other website)
• Texas Citizens for Science

USA – Utah

• Atheists of Utah (Salt Lake City) (other website) (other website)
• Atheists of Utah Zion Sect, Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City)

USA – Virginia

• Blue Ridge Coalition of Reason (Lynchburg)
• Hispanic American Freethinkers (HAFree) (Reston) (National Group) (other website)
• JMU Freethinkers (Ashby) (other website)
• Secular Student Alliance – George Mason University (Fairfax) (other website)

USA – Washington

• Cross Examined (other website)
• FreeThunk!
• Freethinkers of Western Washington University (Bellingham) (other website)
• Freethought Nation
• Humanists of North Puget Sound (La Conner) (other website) (other website) (other website)
• Inland Northwest Freethought Society (Spokane) (Regional Group)
• Mid-Columbia Coalition of Reason (Kennewick)
• Tri-City Freethinkers (Pasco) (other website)

USA – Wisconsin

• La Crosse Area Freethought Society (La Crosse)
• Madison Area Coalition of Reason (Mad CoR) (Madison)

USA – West Virginia

• Morgantown Atheists (Morgantown) (other website) (other website)
• West Virginians for Science & Reason (Leadsville)