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Permalink Reply by bay_naam on December 18, 2010 at 6:03am

I know one charity being human foundation of bollywood star  Salman Khan Of India, it sounds quite atheist and secular to me.

you could check it.

beinghumanfoundation.in

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Permalink Reply by Jason on December 18, 2010 at 6:20am

Don’t forget George Costanza’s “Human Fund”.

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Permalink Reply by Mo Trauen on December 18, 2010 at 8:41am

If you have any relatives who are against separation of church and state, give a donation to Freedom from Religion Foundation (www.ffrf.org) in their name!

 

Seriously, if you want to give money, the best places to give it right now are organizations that defend separation of church and state.

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Permalink Reply by bay_naam on December 18, 2010 at 12:11pm

Probably u wanna say "sepration of religion and state" as evident from the name of charity

freedom from religion foundation

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Permalink Reply by Mo Trauen on December 18, 2010 at 12:30pm

No, those are the phrases I should use.  The phrases and the name of the organization have an intertwined history.  I did not make them up or choose them randomly.  It's hard to explain briefly but in U.S. history we have talked about "separation of church and state" since even before we were a nation.  The phrase "freedom of religion" likewise has a long history here.  The Freedom From Religion Foundation chose its name as a play on "freedom of religion".  I don't know if they were the first to coin the new phrase or not.  Their point was that "separation of church and state" doesn't just guarantee freedom of religion, it also guarantees freedom from religion.  Visit their website and do a bit of googling on these phrase and you will find more and better explanations.

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Permalink Reply by John Garbutt on December 18, 2010 at 9:48am

How about the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science?

 

Or the James Randi Educational Foundation?

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