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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
Date announced: June 26, 2026
Executive Order: Release of the Presidential Religious Liberty Commission Draft Report
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Date announced: December 17th, 2025 with changes instituted June 05 2026.
Executive Order: Secretary Hegseth Directs Changes to the Military Chaplain Corps
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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.
Date announced: May 1, 2025
Executive Order: Establishment of the Religious Liberty Commission
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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.
Date announced: February 5, 2026
Executive Order: White House Freedom 250 Initiative
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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.