By "religion-based bigotry," we mean both (1) bigotry against people because of their religion (or lack thereof) and (2) bigotry rooted in or excused by religion, e.g. bigotry against gays. NYARBB aims to oppose the religious right wing on many different fronts.
For information about New Yorkers Against Religion-Based Bigotry, please see the NYARBB main website ( http://nyarbb.com/ ) and the NYARBB blog ( http://blog.nyarbb.org/ ). See especially the main site's "About NYARBB" page ( http://nyarbb.com/about.html ).
In addition to our own meetings, this Meetup site will also contain announcements of some non-NYARBB events that look interesting. These will be listed on the calendar as "Notes" rather than as "Meetups." If our next meeting is more than a week in the future, please scroll down below "Our next Meetup" to "More upcoming Meetups," where there will likely be notes about upcoming events that are scheduled sooner than our own next meeting.
Occasionally you may see "Our next Meetup: None scheduled," below. If so, please look further down this page to "More upcoming Meetups," where there will probably be some notes announcing other events. (And there WILL be more meetings of our own scheduled in the future, even if there isn't always a meeting announced here.)
We will discuss the current abortion rights situation, including what the religious right wingers are doing and how abortion rights activists are fighting back.
The meeting will feature a presentation by Sarah Harper, a NYARBB member who has been doing clinic defense in the Bronx recently. Read more
What members are saying
“ NYARBB promotes minority faith groups' rights to practice without harassment. ”
“ I'm very glad to have found a group which supports separation of church and state but isn't just for atheists. Separation of church and state is vital to the freedom of all of us. ”