SB 1834 (2022) passed the senate Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 Only Berman, Jones, and Polksy voted no. Discussion of SB 1834 starts around the 40 minute mark, You can find the link to the video at this link: https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/Show/ED/ and look for the February 8th meeting. Next it goes to the appropriation committee. IF …
Susan
Susan joined the First Coast Freethought Society in 2008 after hearing about the organization on NPR. Susan has coordinated the FCFS book group since 2016. She retired in 2018 after working as a CPA for 42 years! Now, she is a member of the Advocacy Overview Committee for FCFS.
HB 5- 2022
Please email it today if you agree. The committee meets January 19th. To: <Will.Robinson@myfloridahouse.gov>, <john.snyder@myfloridahouse.gov>, <carlos.smith@myfloridahouse.gov>, <alex.andrade@myfloridahouse.gov>, <kristen.arrington@myfloridahouse.gov>, <david.borrero@myfloridahouse.gov>, <Anna.Eskamani@myfloridahouse.gov>, <JuanF.Barquin@myfloridahouse.gov>, <sam.garrison@myfloridahouse.gov>, <michael.gottlieb@myfloridahouse.gov>, <randy.maggard@myfloridahouse.gov>, <stan.mcclain@myfloridahouse.gov>, <michele.rayner@myfloridahouse.gov>, <alex.rizo@myfloridahouse.gov>, <Bob.Rommel@myfloridahouse.gov>, <Tyler.Sirois@myfloridahouse.gov>, <kelly.skidmore@myfloridahouse.gov>, <kaylee.tuck@myfloridahouse.gov> Dear members of the Florida House Professions & Public Health Subcommittee,HB 5 is on your agenda for tomorrow 1/19/2021 at 1:00 p.m. Let’s be clear: Abortion is health …
SB 148
This is a June 2021 statement but it directly addresses SB 148 which was just introduced by Diaz and is being heard in the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday—January 18, 2022 Please write the Senators on the committee and ask them to vote NO!Excerpts from link:We, the undersigned associations and organizations, state our firm opposition …
Women’s Health Care Bills before the Florida legislature
The decision to continue her pregnancy rests with the woman as do her other health care decisions. As with all people, the woman may consult her family, her doctor, or/and other trusted advisors about her health care decisions BUT the government should not decrease her access to quality health care. Urge the chairs of the …
1998 Article about the beginning of the FCFS
Freethought Society forming – Florida Times-Union, The (Jacksonville, FL) –September 4, 1998 | Florida Times-Union, The (Jacksonville, FL) | Monica Richardson, Times-Union staff writer | Page B-6 Earl Douglas Coggins has questioned religion all his life. When he joined the U.S. Coast Guard and an examiner asked for his religious belief, he didn’t know what …
The Danger of Privatizing Our Public Schools
Ashley Berner wants taxpayers to fund religious schools. She thinks religious schools that make a religious-liberty case for segregation should get our tax money for vouchers to their schools. A 2020 News4Jax video which featured Ashley Berner as an “expert” was produced by Gary Chartrand (former Rick Scott appointee). Be careful if you watch it as …
Exercise Your Right To Vote!
Don’t forget to VOTE for City Council at-large. You can still vote early today and tomorrow (Sunday). Election is Tuesday 12/7. Turn-out will be low, so your vote will count MORE!! Early voting 10 am to 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday at any of the early voting sites listed at this link: https://www.duvalelections.com/General-Information/Learn-About-Elections/About-Early-Voting#early On …
2022-HB 51
Please ask your state representative to co-sponsor HB 51. This is the gist of HB 51: Each school district, charter school, and private school that received voucher money must include in their school curriculum instruction required under f.s. 1003.42(2)(g) and (h), relating to the history of the Holocaust and the history of African Americans. https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/51/ Some people …
Accurate Election Results
We need people to feel secure that the election results are accurate. The House already passed similar legislation. Please call or write your Senators about this important legislation.Excerpt from article:**The bill requires states to replace old, paperless electronic voting machines with voting systems that provide voter-verified paper records and provides grants for states to purchase …
Do No Harm Act
Do No Harm Act will correct the problems created by the RFRA Please check out Americans United for Separation of Church and State press release about the Do No Harm Act:https://www.au.org/media/press-releases/Senate-Booker-Do-No-Harm-Act There is an action alert at the link below. They make it easy to write and ask your U.S. Representative and Senators to co-sponsor …