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Texas Secular Convention 2015
The Texas Secular Convention will begin with a rally at the South Capitol Steps. After hearing from a few speakers, we will break up into groups and visit our legislators.
Friday evening through Sunday morning we will be graced with some of the best secular thinkers and experts in Texas and Nationwide sharing their knowledge, thoughts and insights with us.
Speakers include:
Annie Laurie Gaylor, Co-President, Freedom from Religion Foundation
Jamila Bey, Host, Sex, Politics And Religion Hour
Greta Christina, Blogger & Author, Coming Out Atheist
David Smalley, host of Dogma Debate
Alix Jules, Chair, DFW Coalition of Reason Diversity Council
Daniel Moran, Candidate, Texas House District 63
Margaret Downey, Founder, Freethought Society
Amanda Knief, Managing Director, American Atheist
Kathy Miller, President, Texas Freedom Network
Amanda Hernandez, Secular Activist, Secular Majority
Rep. Donna Howard, District 48, Texas House of Representatives
Dr. David Wiley, Prof. of Health Education, Texas State University
And more...
Texas has the lowest political and civil involvement among citizens of any state in the nation. Those Texans that are politically active are almost exclusively members of the Religious Right; their goal to encode their personal religious beliefs into the laws of the state.
Anybody paying attention to the news over the last few years knows that the Religious Right has been highly successful in Texas:
- Reproductive health services are at the lowest level of accessibility in Texas since Roe v. Wade.
- Almost three-quarters of Texas voters (which should not be confused with three-quarters of Texans) have voted to encode into our constitution discrimination against homosexual couples.
- City governments blatantly endorse the religious beliefs of elected officials by holding prayer events and sponsoring bible study with public money.
- Our politicians hold prayer rallies to beg their gods to fix the problems of the state instead of sitting down to do the actual work of our government.
- Abstinence-until-marriage sex education in Texas has led us to have the third highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation, the highest rate of repeat teen pregnancies and some of the highest risk sexual behavior among teens.
- And it doesn't stop there. Every session bills are proposed in the state legislature to undermine science education, breakdown the wall of separation between state and church and provide ever more privilege to Christians in Texas, at the expense of secular citizens. Texas is seen as a wild successes of the Religious Right.
Join us as we start the process of ensuring that the secular voice will be heard and respected in Texas.
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LocationSheraton's Hotel at the Capitol
701 East 11th Street
Austin, TX 78701
United States
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