Secular Coalition For America
Faircloth, while a sitting legislator, gave an opening "prayer" for the session that quoted, not scripture, but the book Freethinkers by Susan Jacoby, as well as Walt Whitman. Faircloth began as Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America in 2009. Faircloth’s duties include advocating on Capitol Hill and to the administration for a strong separation of church and state. Faircloth also advocates and speaks around the United States regarding secular public policy and the harm that he believes can come to average citizens if the secular nature of the American Constitution is not followed. Members of The Advisory Board of Secular Coalition for America have included Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Wendy Kaminer, Michael Newdow, Salman Rushdie, Julia Sweeney, Massimo Pigliucci, Steven Pinker, Ellery Schempp, Rob Boston, and Chair, Woody Kaplan.
As Executive Director, Faircloth has worked with the Secular Coalition for America board to create a ten-year plan called Our Secular Decade. Sean Faircloth was appointed as Director of Strategy and Policy at the Richard Dawkins Foundation in September 2011.
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