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The Orbit: Why Social Justice Atheism Needs Many Homes - C C - Apr 20, 2016
http://thehumanist.com/magazine/may-june-2016/fierce-humanism/orbit-social-justice-atheism-needs-many-homes
EXCERPT: You may have already heard the news. There’s a new kid in town—The Orbit, at the-orbit.net, a diverse collective of atheist and nonreligious bloggers committed to social justice within and outside the secular community. Launched in March 2016 and home to over twenty bloggers, The Orbit is the first atheist media site founded explicitly to work on all forms of social justice. I’m one of the members of the collective—it’s my new baby (albeit a baby I share with over twenty other parents), and of course I’m hugely excited about it. But we’re not the only game in town. The American Humanist Association, to give an obvious example, has recently adopted social justice as an explicit part of its mission. The Secular Student Alliance has done the same. The Foundation Beyond Belief has always been dedicated to translating humanist values into action, and has long been a supporter of marginalized people and communities. And other online sites and communities, including Freethought Blogs and Skepchick, are home to atheist advocates of social justice and work to make the secular movement more welcoming to marginalized people. So what makes The Orbit different? And why should humanists care....