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Washington D.C. — Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08) alongside fellow CFC members, national secular leaders and advocates joined together in a Capitol Hill reception room Tuesday evening for the third annual Congressional Reason Reception.
Washington, D.C. – This week, Representative Huffman (CA-02) and Representative Raskin (MD-08) alongside other democratic colleagues are introducing a resolution in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. As the United States prepares to celebrate its Semiquincentennial, the resolution recognizes the nation's long tradition of protecting religious liberty through a secular government, celebrates America's growing religious diversity, an
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Freethought Caucus Chairs Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) led their colleagues in a video regarding Trump's state-sponsored religious extremist event on the National Mall.
President Donald Trump and several top administration officials are joining with a cast of mostly conservative Christian clergy this Sunday on the National Mall in Washington for a prayer gathering billed as a "rededication of our country as One Nation Under God" upon America's 250th birthday.
But some critics call the Rededicate 250 event an effort to "hijack" U.S. history with a false, Christian nationalist narrative — one they say fuses American and Christian identities and threatens a constitutional separation of church and state.
A handful of Congressional Freethought Caucus members, including North Coast U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, called for an investigation into reports that military commanders are using religious ideology to justify the war in Iran.
WASHINGTON — Halfway across the world, President Donald Trump is waging a war against a theocratic regime that he considers a threat to American ideals. Back home, Rep. Jared Huffman is doing the same.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel Ranking Member Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) led 27 of their colleagues in requesting U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General Platte B. Moring III open an investigation into reports that servicemembers have lodged anonymous complaints about military commanders invoking religious prophecy and apocalyptic theology to justify the United States’ military actions in Iran.
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08), co-chairs of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, and James Clyburn (SC-06), Chair of the Democratic Faith Working Group, along with Senator Ron Wyden, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, led six of their colleagues in objecting to the Trump Administration’s attempts to exempt two specific organizations from the law.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) sent a letter to U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor expressing concerns regarding the Trump administration’s recent OPM guidance that inherently undermines church-state separation.
On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that he did not intend to ask for a vote on whether files concerning accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein should be released.