Actions to Take This Week

 
Crossover week is over, so the list of bills is shrinking. Unfortunately, many that remain are aligned with the white Christian nationalist/Project 2025 agenda, promoting bigotry and racism.  Please take a minute to log into RTScontact committee members, or contact your own representatives and fight these bills:
  • Oppose SB1269: Allows volunteer school chaplains into district/charter schools without specifying chaplains' roles, requiring any training or certification, or requiring accommodation of a range of belief systems be accommodated. An attempt to replace trained social workers, take away parents' rights to manage children's religious education, and track students' religious affiliations. Use RTS and contact members of the Senate Education Committee before Tuesday.
  • Oppose HCR2042: Would  prevent school districts from specifically hiring BIPOC educators or having clubs related to DEI, prevent state contracts to BIPOC-owned companies, and ban content related to history, DEI, and certain topics such as diversity and inclusion from schools. Use RTS and contact members of Senate Government Committee before Wednesday. 
  • Oppose HB2113: Would ban certain flags, such as LGBTQ+ rainbow, Black Lives Matter, etc. from public property. Only flags approved by legislature could be flown. Use RTS and contact members of Senate Government Committee before Wednesday. 
  • Oppose HB2126:  Would require health care provider to give parents of minors access to electronic data, including records of procedures that do not require parental consent. Could keep minors from accessing contraceptive, sexual health, gender-affirming care.Use RTS and contact members of Senate Health and Human Services Committee before Wednesday. 
  • Oppose HB2216: Forces taxpayers to fund fake “pregnancy clinics” that are a front to push anti-choice propaganda based on a specific religious perspective. Contact your own representatives directly.
  • Oppose HB2439: Refers to a website that isn't required to discuss the full range of reproductive health; such as abortion care, and promotes fake "pregnancy clinics." Use RTS and contact members of Senate Government Committee before Wednesday. 
  • Oppose HB2547: Bars state funding to any healthcare provider that promotes or performs abortion, even to save the mother’s life. Use RTS and contact members of Senate Government Committee before Wednesday. 
  • Oppose HB2728: Allows courts to order DUI defendants to attend a religiously based program. Use RTS and contact members of the Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee before Wednesday.

Thank you for defending separation of church and state. 

 
 
 
 
 

International Women's Day

The roots of International Women's Day lie in the fight for labor rights. In 1908, almost 20,000 women marched in NYC to demand shorter working hours, better pay, and voting rights. On March 8 1917, Russian women went on strike, eventually leading to a revolution and suffrage. The UN made the holiday official in 1975. 

Today, it's a global day celebrating women's achievements and advocating for gender equality... but religious extremists are still waging war on women's rights. For related presentations, check out our Secular Speaker Series on YouTube. 

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Secular Day at the Capitol

We had so much fun at Secular Day at the Capitol this week! We loved seeing secular supporters from across our state gather for inspiration, community-building and great speakers like Seth Andrews, Will Humble, Rep. Quantá Crews, Rev. Sandy Johnson and more. 

Thanks so much to our wonderful sponsors who helped make this event possible. 

Enjoy Secular Day Photos

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 14, 12p: Jack Jenkins: "American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country"

March 15 & 16: Secular AZ at the Tucson Festival of Books; stop by booth 422

March 21, 12p: Bethany Brookshire: "Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains"

March 28, 12pEducateUS & Jaclyn Friedman: The Importance of Comprehensive Sex Ed

 

 
 
 
 
 

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