Posted by SDR on the 28th of June, 2008 at 12:34 pm under Announcements.    This post has no comments.

In the United States, the nonreligious (whether atheist, agnostic, secular humanist, etc.) is one of the last major minorities in which bigotry and discrimination is openly accepted, and in many places encouraged.  It is frankly Un-American, for instance, that although the U.S. is constitutionally prohibited from having a religious test for public office, it is clear that no admitted atheist would have any chance of being elected President.

The Secular Discrimination Report (SDR) is a weblog dedicated to exposing to the public the systematic discrimination against the nonreligious that many would be otherwise unaware of.  Although it will speak more to members of the nonreligious community, it is for all citizens, religious or not.  It exists so that more of the public can recognize that we all have the right to live our lives how we’d like and believe (or not believe) how we wish, without harassment and discrimination from others.

The battle for civil rights is never simply a fight for one group, but a fight for the rights of all.