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Humanist Network News, or HNN, is a weekly Internet magazine produced by the American Humanist Association (AHA). A typical edition of HNN contains news, opinion, lifestyle pieces, cartoons and humor...just like a regular newspaper except each piece addresses the nonreligious philosophy of humanism. HNN articles are written by the staff of the AHA and a variety of guest writers. HNN is published every Wednesday.

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Recent HNN Articles

Humanism on the Move

Posted March 17, 2010
The American Humanist Association disputes that we're one nation "under God;" the Appignani Humanist Legal Center supports a university's right to keep student groups from discriminating; the Secular Coalition for America fights to stop taxpayer funds from going to religious schools.

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How Should We React to Their Prayers?

Posted March 17, 2010
The Friendly Atheist ponders whether community prayers do any good even if they are for commendable reasons.

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Ask Richard: Does raising my kids to think for themselves mean allowing them to think the “wrong” thing?

Posted March 17, 2010
Richard counsels an atheist who is worried his children are gravitating toward religion.

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Letters to the Editor

Posted March 17, 2010
HNN Readers React.

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Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage in Washington, DC

Posted March 10, 2010
The District of Columbia, home to the American Humanist Association, becomes the sixth place in the country to recognize same-sex marriage.

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So Goes the Nation

Posted March 10, 2010
A Humanist Celebrant recounts the joy of winning the right to same-sex marriage in California--and the subsequent pain of losing it--and urges the humanist community to continue the fight for full marriage equality everywhere.

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Our Secular Decade: Goals and Tactics of the Nontheist Movement

Posted March 10, 2010
The executive director of the Secular Coalition for America lays out a strategy for the growth and success of our secular movement through a strategic approach to American public policy.

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Smut for Smut is a Bad Idea

Posted March 10, 2010
The Friendly Atheist argues that denigrating religion hurts the nontheist movement more than it helps.

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