Religious Right Wages War on Women

April 22, 2012 by Roy Speckhardt

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This "War on Women" really is a battle over values. While religious right national, state, and local groups that advocate for "traditional values" may differ in their scope of influence, the traditional value they share is the belief that their scripture is more important than the health or rights of women nationwide. Humanists, freethinkers, and progressive people of faith, on the other hand, value Americans' right to necessary health services and value open and non-discriminatory workplaces instead.

Until this "war" is settled, American women will continue to be threatened by the daily possibility of discrimination. A peace must be brokered to end this war, but a condition of this peace cannot be the acceptance of second-class status for women.

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Roy Speckhardt is the Executive Director of the American Humanist Association. He is also a board member of the organization providing Humanists leadership training, the Humanist Institute, and an advisory board member of Secular Student Alliance. Follow him at http://twitter.com/americnhumanist.

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