United Coalition of Reason

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United Coalition of Reason
Abbreviation UnitedCoR
Formation 2009
Type non-profit
Legal status foundation
Purpose secularism, atheism
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Region served
  United States
Official language
 English
Key people
 Dr. Jason D. Heap, Director
Website http://unitedcor.org/national/page/home

The United Coalition of Reason, or UnitedCoR for short, is a national organization in the United States that works to raise the visibility of local groups in the community of reason. Nationally this is done by conducting campaigns which highlight the fact that nontheists live in every community across America.[1] Locally this is done by organizing local groups to communicate with each other and hold events.[2] The organization also works to support the separation of church and state in the United States through the court system.

Although not a full member, the national coalition has endorsed the mission of the Secular Coalition for America.[3] UnitedCoR has itself been endorsed by or has cooperative relations with American Atheists, the American Ethical Union, the American Humanist Association, the Center for Inquiry, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, FreeThoughtAction, the Richard Dawkins Foundation and the Secular Student Alliance.[4]

History

The organization was founded in early 2009. Its first year created a network of twenty local coalitions,[5][6] drawing worldwide notice.[7][8][9] This effort included the sponsoring of several ad/media campaigns around the country such as atheist billboard and bus ads in Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.[10][11][12] In 2010 the organization launched ten more local coalitions and paved the way for numerous others to launch in 2011. The most significant developments during 2010 were acts of vandalism against billboards or bus ads in Sacramento, California;[13] Detroit, Michigan;[14] and St. Augustine, Florida.[15] Also significant was a call by local clergy in Fort Worth, Texas, for a boycott of the bus system because of ads by the Dallas-Fort Worth Coalition of Reason.[16]

Participating Coalitions and Locations

The organization has local coalitions all over the United States and in Canada[17] at:

See also

References

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