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This is plainly to impart to us the seriousness of their intentions but also perhaps to cloak the squalid …</p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="looking-back-posts" class="d-xs-block d-sm-block d-lg-none"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="article-stacked-list"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/category/featured/does-secular-humanism-have-a-political-agenda/" rel="tag">Does Secular Humanism Have a Political Agenda?</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/2012/10/cont-introduction-does-secular-humanism-have-a-political-agenda/"><h5>Introduction</h5></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/volume/vol-32/" class="grey-tags">Volume 32</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/volume/no-6-vol-32/" class="grey-tags">No. 6</a><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/volume/no-6-vol-32/" class="grey-tags">October / November 2012</a><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/authors/tom-flynn/" rel="tag">Tom Flynn</a><br/></span> <p><p>On Saturday, March 3, 2012, the Council for Secular Humanism and the Center for Inquiry presented one of the feature events of their cosponsored conference, “Moving Secularism Forward,” held at the Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida. Four distinguished speakers from across the political spectrum addressed the question, “Does Secular Humanism Have a …</p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="article-stacked-list"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/category/featured/does-secular-humanism-have-a-political-agenda/" rel="tag">Does Secular Humanism Have a Political Agenda?</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/2012/10/cont_schroeder_32_6/"><h5>Saddle Up, Progressives!</h5></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/volume/vol-32/" class="grey-tags">Volume 32</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/volume/no-6-vol-32/" class="grey-tags">No. 6</a><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/volume/no-6-vol-32/" class="grey-tags">October / November 2012</a><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/authors/schroeder-patricia/" rel="tag">Patricia Schroeder</a><br/></span> <p><p>Happy Women’s History Month to all of us. Let me just give you one historical fact: we all know about Paul Revere, but I bet you don’t know about the Ludington sisters. Paul Revere rode his horse through Boston, but the Ludington sisters covered the entire damn state of Connecticut, and no one wrote a …</p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </main> </div> </div> <div class="container-fluid blue d-block d-print-none"> <footer id="site-footer" class="site-footer page-footer" role="contentinfo"> <div id="footer-row" class="row contain-text m-5 mx-auto justify-content-center"> <div class="col-md-4 col-12 footer-left mr-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/"><img width="1080" height="161" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732im_/https://secularhumanism.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/10/FI-logo.png" class="d-md-none footer-logo" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732im_/https://secularhumanism.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/10/FI-logo.png 1080w, https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732im_/https://secularhumanism.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/10/FI-logo-300x45.png 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732im_/https://secularhumanism.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/10/FI-logo-768x114.png 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732im_/https://secularhumanism.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/10/FI-logo-1024x153.png 1024w, https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732im_/https://secularhumanism.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/10/FI-logo-600x89.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px"/></a> <p class="d-md-none mb-3" style="color:white">is a magazine published by the Center for Inquiry</p> <h3>Quick Links</h3> <hr class="mb-4"/> <div class="clearfix"></div> <ul class="navbar-nav"> <div class="footer-menu"><ul id="menu-footer" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-19059" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom current-menu-item current_page_item menu-item-home menu-item-19059"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/" aria-current="page">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-41726" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-41726"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/latest/">Our Latest Issue</a></li> <li id="menu-item-19061" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-19061"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/what-is-secular-humanism/">What is Secular Humanism?</a></li> <li id="menu-item-19060" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-19060"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/what-is-secular-humanism/about-the-council-for-secular-humanism/">About the Council for Secular Humanism</a></li> <li id="menu-item-133927" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-133927"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/forkosch-awards/">Forkosch Awards</a></li> <li id="menu-item-89999" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-89999"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/account-search/">Activate Digital Subscription</a></li> <li id="menu-item-40853" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-40853"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/update-subscription/">Update Subscription Information</a></li> <li id="menu-item-40857" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-40857"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/advertising/">Advertise in Free Inquiry</a></li> <li id="menu-item-19058" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-privacy-policy menu-item-19058"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://secularhumanism.org/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li id="menu-item-42051" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-42051"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://centerforinquiry.org/donate/to/free-inquiry/">Donate</a></li> </ul></div> </ul> <h5 class="mt-5">FOLLOW US</h5> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732/https://www.facebook.com/SecularHumanism/" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214732im_/https://centerforinquiry.org/img/social/cfi-facebook.png" class="header-icon mr-2"/></a>  </div> <div style="border-left: 3px solid #FFF; 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