Welcome to CFI’s Office of Public Policy
The Office of Public Policy (OPP) is the Washington D.C. political arm of the Center for Inquiry. The OPP’s mandate is to lobby Congress and the Administration on issues related to science and secularism. This includes defending the separation of church and state, promoting science and reason as the basis of public policy, and advancing secular values.
Recent Blog Entries
House OKs Flawed Version of Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
Michael De Dora — May 16, 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon voted 222-205 to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), legislation designed to provide both local communities and women essential resources to help combat domestic abuse, sexual assault, and stalking.
URGENT: Tell the House to Reject Flawed Version of Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
Michael De Dora — May 16, 2012
Contact your Representative today and tell him or her to vote down the flawed version of the Violence Against Women Act, and push for the House to take up the Senate’s expanded version.
CFI, 22 Other Groups Urge Obama to Ban Anti-LGBT Discrimination by Federal Contractors
Michael De Dora — May 03, 2012 — 1 Comment
The Center for Inquiry today joined 22 faith and humanist groups in urging President Barack Obama to issue an executive order banning discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees of federal contractors.
