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CFI defends society against religious ideology and pseudoscience. Founded and inspired by great minds, such as Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, James Randi, Paul Kurtz, and Richard Dawkins, CFI advocates for science, secularism, and critical thinking worldwide.

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The Center for Inquiry’s core mission is defending reason, science, and secular values. Here is how we carry out our vision.

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TIES gives middle school teachers the tools they need to effectively teach evolution and answer its critics based on new Next Generation Science Standards.

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Secular Rescue provides emergency assistance to writers, bloggers, publishers, and activists who face threats due to their beliefs or expressions regarding religion.

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Clear Thinking about Climate with Guest Editor Bill Nye

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Clear Thinking about Climate

Bill Nye

In every issue of Skeptical Inquirer, you’ll find references to the astronomer Carl Sagan, and worthy references they are. After all, he repeatedly, articulately expressed concern about what nowadays we call the “disconnect” between what humankind has learned about nature and its natural laws and what most humans know about scientific discoveries, the process of science, and countless provable scientific facts.

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Can America Survive as a Secular Democracy?

Thomas Ricento

Historians of the American experience have spilled oceans of ink attempting to explain the heart and soul of the country, and the attempts to do so will never cease. Part of the explanation for this quest is that social and cultural development is not stagnant, and succeeding generations of scholars and activists are motivated by …

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Michigan: Tell Your State Representative to Support Pending Secular Celebrant Bill
 December 13, 2024

The Center for Inquiry (CFI) is lobbying in favor of legislation in Michigan that would allow marrying couples to choose a secular celebrant, rather than a religious official, to solemnize their wedding. Now, CFI needs its supporters in Michigan to make their own voices heard in favor of this bill. The Michigan bill, SB 1044, …

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“He is Actively Dangerous” – CFI West and the L.A. Fires, Doctors Denounce RFK Jr., and Johnson’s False Prayer
 January 10, 2025


Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. As a series of devastating wildfires continue to roar through the Los Angeles area, CFI West has teamed with Sunday Assembly LA and Atheists United to aid those impacted by the fires. If you have been displaced by the fires, …

“A Faith in Human Intelligence” – Religion in Congress, the Latest from Skeptical Inquirer, and RFK Jr. on the Hill
 January 8, 2025


Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Richard Dawkins wrote an essay for The Spectator, which has since been republished at Free Inquiry, taking on “The Myth of the God-Shaped Hole.” How patronising, how insulting to imply that, if deprived of a religion, humanity must ignominiously …

“This Is Not a Gig We Auditioned For” – Bill Nye, Clear Thinking About Climate Change, and Charlie Hebdo
 January 6, 2025


Happy new year! Welcome back to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Let’s kick off our first column of 2025 with big congratulations to 2023 Richard Dawkins Award winner, CSI Fellow, and new Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Bill Nye. He was one of nineteen luminaries presented …

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‘The Worst Possible Choice’: Center for Inquiry Blasts Selection of RFK, Jr. to Head Health and Human Services
 November 15, 2024

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Following the announcement that President-elect Donald Trump has selected Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Inquiry (CFI) President and CEO Robyn Blumner issued the following statement: “Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is wholly unqualified and manifestly unfit to lead America’s top public health agency—or any public …

The Circumstances Have Changed. Our Mission Has Not.
 November 6, 2024

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The Center for Inquiry is dedicated to promoting reason, science, and secular values. That has been true since this organization was founded. It was true yesterday. And it remains true today. It is likely that the election results will usher in efforts at retrenchment on all three fronts, but that’s not the end of the …

Center for Inquiry Files Suit in Texas Seeking Legal Recognition for Secular Celebrants
 October 28, 2024

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The Center for Inquiry (CFI) is going back to court to challenge the privileged status granted religious organizations and individuals under Texas marriage law. In a new lawsuit filed Friday in United States District Court, CFI is demanding legal recognition of marriage officiants who are trained and certified through its groundbreaking Secular Celebrant program. Currently, …