Nine Decades of Secular Humanism

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : A 1987 high court ruling forbade public schools to teach "creationism."
51% : The movement soared three centuries ago in The Enlightenment, when bold thinkers sought to end the divine right of kings, end church abuses, create democracy, launch human rights, halt the privileges of aristocrats, and bring other reforms such as personal equality, free speech and a social safety net.
50% : Other progressive advances included marijuana legalization in many states, and the beginning of "right to die with dignity" laws.
44% : His "New Deal" passed Social Security pensions for retirees, gave unions a right to organize, provided unemployment compensation for the jobless and workers compensation for those injured at work, banned child labor, set a 40-hour work week and a minimum wage, created food stamps and welfare for the poor, launched massive public works to make jobs, created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect bank depositors, and much more.

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