Sign This Petition

O mighty Ship of State!To the Shores of NeedPast the Reefs of GreedThrough the Squalls of HateSail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.It's coming to America first, the cradle of the best and of the worst.It's here they got the range and the machinery for change and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.It's here the family's broken and it's here the lonely saythat the heart has got to open in a fundamental way:Democracy is coming to the U.S.A."Democracy - "Leonard Cohen.Thanks to my friend vjack at the Atheist Revolution for this heads-up.This petition sums it up nicely: * Every American should have the right to make personal decisions -- about family life, reproductive health, end of life care and other matters of personal conscience. * American tax dollars should not go to charities that discriminate in hiring based on religious belief or that promote a particular religious faith as a requirement for receiving services. * Political candidates should not be endorsed or opposed by houses of worship. * Public schools should teach with academic integrity and without the promotion of religious preference or belief. * Decisions about scientific and health policies should be based on the best available scientific data, not on religious doctrine.So waste no time - raise your voices, your fists, and be heard.Religion, like any other right, has boundaries: it has transgressed these time and again, and in doing so, has trespassed where it has no right.Let us not be the silent majority - rather, let us be the loud minority. The pebble that begins the avalanche.Or, to co-opt a phrase, "Say it loud, say it proud, baby!"