HFFC wants to promote a dialog within its membership on current of issues of concern to humanists and freethinkers. Here is an article from the March 27, 2020 issue of The Humanist magazine "Under a Spell: Faith vs. the Public Health Crisis." Despite strict “stay at home” orders and advisories against large crowds, some religious services are still going forward at great risk to public wellbeing. To read the article, click here: https://thehumanist.com/news/religion/under-a-spell-faith-vs-the-public-health-crisis.

Hemant Mehta, a.k.a the Friendly Atheist is an author, blogger, and atheist activist. Hemant was the keynote speaker and the title of his talk is, “What Atheists Can Learn from Churches… Seriously” He spoke at The Connecticut Assembly for Reason & Ethics (CARE) conference held at the Mark Twain House & Museum on Saturday April 2, 2016. Watch his talk at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdH-m-Shg3I.

We are excited that our HFFC president has been honored. Cary Shaw has been a tireless activist in the Connecticut atheist, humanist, and freethinker community for many years. Read the details at https://unitedcor.org/cary-shaw-named-the-2019-american-atheists-connecticut-activist-of-the-year/.

This article presents a great overview of Humanist values. It was published in the Connecticut Post, the Norwalk Hour and other newspapers in the area on November 29, 2019. https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/Jacqueline-Smith-Humanists-want-you-to-think-for-14867173.php

Don't miss the video of our August meeting. The presentation was "Fear of a Black Atheist." The video was widely viewed. Please click here for the September 2019 Newsletter.

In last night's Democratic Party debate, Buttigieg was the only candidate to mention separation of church and state. He said "The Republican party likes to cloak itself in the language of religion. Now, our party doesn’t talk about that as much, largely for a very good reason, which was we are committed to the separation of church and state, and we stand for people of any religion and people with no religion." See the video at https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=2156315214659648&_rdr.

Today, the Supreme Court acted against the separation of church and state. They ruled that Bladensburg, Maryland could keep their giant cross. See details at https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/supreme-court-giant-bladensburg-cross-church-state-kavanaugh.html&ved=2ahUKEwir4Ljgo_niAhWGxVkKHSYRClYQFjAAegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw2ImU01eQPYPPLhv0bdIzTv. What are your comments?