Contact: David Reinbold, dreinbold@americanhumanist.org
(Nov. 6, 2024, Washington, D.C.) — While Christian Nationalists appear to have lied their way to the levers of power that will allow them to advance their radical, dangerous Project 2025 agenda, humanists are not giving up our secular democracy without a fight.
While it will not happen overnight, our fears for what another Trump term means for this country are grounded in what’s been prescribed in the over 900 pages of Project 2025. And while we’re certain there will be resistance to this radical, Christian Nationalist blueprint that plays out in our courts, our halls of government, and along our borders, over the next four years, the outlook remains sobering.
The Christian Nationalists have made their radical plans clear: they’ll soon start working to ban abortion nationwide, subject women, BIPOC communities, and LGBTQ+ people to second-class citizenship, and destroy our fundamental Constitutional principles by tearing down Jefferson’s wall of separation between church and state.
The AHA commits to resisting the attempts to impose religious law in our country to the fullest extent and will be communicating with members shortly about the path forward for defending our freedoms, in partnership with our allies in the secular movement.
“The Christian Nationalists behind Project 2025 cannot take away our democracy unless we allow them to,” said Fish Stark, Executive Director of the American Humanist Association. “As we’ve done for over 80 years, we will continue to lead the resistance to the overreach of the religious right, remaining a bulwark for humanist values and the separation of church and state.”
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The American Humanist Association (AHA) works to protect the rights of humanists, atheists, and other nontheistic Americans. The AHA advances the ethical and life-affirming worldview of humanism, which—without beliefs in gods or other supernatural forces—encourages individuals to live informed and meaningful lives that aspire to the greater good of humanity.