Secular humanism
Life stance that embraces human reason
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| April 2025 |
RationalWiki
The RationalMedia Foundation was hit with multiple defamation lawsuits and announced potential dissolution due to lack of legal funding and absence of pro bono legal representation.
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| 2024 | Columnist Charles M. Blow was recognized by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. |
| 2024 | Amy Goodman receives the Humanist of the Year award. |
| December 29 2024 | Jerry Coyne resigned from the FFRF honorary board, following earlier resignations by Steven Pinker and Richard Dawkins, leading to the dissolution of the honorary board. |
| December 27 2024 | FFRF published a statement retracting Jerry Coyne's article and stating it did not reflect their values. |
| November 7 2024 | Kat Grant published an article titled 'What is a woman' on Freethought Now!, sparking a controversy about gender definition. |
| 2023 | Comedian and writer Lizz Winstead was honored by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. |
| 2023 | Felinton, alongside other parents, students, and the FFRF, settled a lawsuit against the Cabell County Board of Education to ban teacher-run religious events during school hours. |
| 2023 | Michael E. Mann is named Humanist of the Year. |
| 2023 | The Ministry of Defence awarded Humanists UK endorsing authority status to provide humanist pastoral carers in the army, navy, and air force. |
| 2022 | Samuel Felinton, a high school junior at Huntington High School, was forced to attend a Christian revival assembly and was unable to leave. |
| 2022 | Author John Irving received recognition from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. |
| 2022 | No Humanist of the Year award is given. |
| 2022 | Achieved a major legal win concerning Religious Education curriculums, leading to humanists joining most Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education as full members. |
| December 6 2022 | Joseph Richardson delivered a secular invocation on behalf of non-religious citizens at a Lake County, Florida commission meeting. |
| 2021 | Ann Druyan, science writer and producer, was recognized by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. |
| 2021 | Richard Dawkins made a controversial tweet about gender identity and Rachel Dolezal, which sparked significant criticism. |
| 2021 | Richard Dawkins' 1996 Humanist of the Year award is revoked. |
| 2021 | Anthony Fauci receives the Humanist of the Year award. |
| 2021 | Humanists UK launched its strategic plan for 2021-2025, outlining three key outcomes: increasing awareness of humanism, supporting non-religious people, and promoting freedom of thought and choice. |
| 2021 | Humanists UK's Chief Executive was invited by NHS England to lead a national ceremony of commemoration for NHS staff. |
| 2021 | Humanists UK celebrated its 125th anniversary, launching a Humanist Heritage website and receiving cross-party video messages of congratulations from political leaders. |
| 2020 | During the Covid-19 pandemic, Humanists UK joined the Government's moral and ethical advisory group and organized a virtual national memorial ceremony led by President Alice Roberts, Mark Gatiss, and Joan Bakewell. |
| 2020 | Humanists UK became an integral part of the spiritual care sector, with non-religious pastoral carers embedded in NHS trusts and local prisons following updated NHS England and prison service guidelines. |
| 2020 | England adopted an 'opt-out' organ donor register. |
| December 2020 | FFRF argued to limit the official role of Pastor Mark Thornton at Boise State University, specifically challenging his involvement with the football team. |
| November 17 2020 |
Brights movement
Paul Geisert, co-founder of the Brights movement, passes away.
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| 2019 |
RationalWiki
Researchers from RWTH Aachen University conducted a bias analysis of RationalWiki, finding it had gender biases but less pronounced compared to other wikis like Conservapedia and Wikipedia.
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| 2019 | Freedom From Religion Foundation honored comedian Trae Crowder and humanist scholar Anthony B. Pinn. |
| 2019 | The annual camp focused on the theme of Sustainable Futures, encouraging children to think about environmental and societal challenges. |
| 2019 | Jersey followed Wales in adopting an 'opt-out' organ donor register. |
| 2019 | Humanists UK backed two parents in a human rights challenge against collective worship laws in UK schools, arguing for equal treatment of non-religious pupils. |
| 2019 | Humanists UK's Wales Humanists branch revived the anti-creationism campaign in partnership with David Attenborough after the Welsh Department of Education omitted safeguards against teaching creationism in schools. |
| 2019 | Launched the Assemblies for All website, providing inclusive school assembly resources from various sources as an alternative to mandatory Christian-character assemblies. |
| February 2019 | Helped form the Assisted Dying Coalition, a group seeking to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill or incurably suffering individuals. |
| 2018 | A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that FFRF's rights were violated regarding their state capitol display, vacating the trial court's previous ruling and sending the case back for further consideration of FFRF's injunction request. |
| 2018 | Freedom From Religion Foundation recognized multiple notable recipients including comedian Paula Poundstone, Congressman Jared Huffman, author Salman Rushdie, and science communicator Adam Savage. |
| 2018 | A lighted cross in a public park in Honesdale, Pennsylvania was removed after complaints from FFRF. |
| 2018 | Camp Quest UK explored the theme of Thought, continuing its tradition of philosophical and critical thinking education. |
| 2018 | Lawrence M. Krauss' 2015 Humanist of the Year award is revoked. |
| 2018 | By this year, Humanist Disaster Recovery had raised over $250,000 for various humanitarian causes including Syrian Refugee Crisis, Refugee Children at U.S. Border, Tropical Cyclone Sam, Nepal and Ecuador Earthquakes, Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, and Hurricanes Irma and Maria. |
| 2018 | Humanists UK celebrants gained the legal right to conduct marriages in Northern Ireland following a court case supported by the organization, involving patrons Laura Lacole and Eunan O'Kane. |
| 2018 | The Northern Ireland Humanist Campaigners (Laura Lacole, Eunan O'Kane, Steven McQuitty, Ciaran Moynagh, Caolfhionn Gallagher QC, Janet Farrell, and Sarah Ewart) collectively received the Humanists of the Year Award. |
| 2018 | Secured a UK Government commitment to ban gay conversion therapy, following years of advocacy by the organization. |
| 2018 | Lindsay van Dijk was appointed as the first humanist to lead an NHS chaplaincy team at the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS trust, including the world-renowned spinal injuries unit at Stoke Mandeville hospital. |
| 2017 | The camp theme was Space, and the camp expanded its outdoor activities to include archery, zip wire, climbing, high ropes, rafting, air rifle shooting, mountain biking, night line, abseiling, and an assault course. |
| 2017 | British Humanist Association rebrands as Humanists UK. |
| 2017 | Joan Bakewell was honored with the Humanist of the Year Award by Humanists UK. |
| June 2017 | Supported a humanist couple's legal challenge in Belfast that resulted in the legalization of humanist marriages in Northern Ireland. |
| May 2017 | Renamed from British Humanist Association (BHA) to Humanists UK, marking a significant rebranding of the organization. |
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