Documents that Changed the World

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The Declaration of Independence

The Constitution of the United States of America

"If we stuck to the Constitution as written.."

Amendments to the Constitution
(a.k.a The Bill of Rights)

From the Bible- Romans 1:18-32


Humanist Manifesto I, 1933

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
(a sorry imitation of the American Bill of Rights)

Humanist Manifesto II, 1973

AHA STATEMENT ON THE FAMILY, 1980

AHA RESPONSE TO THE CHRISTIAN COALITION "CONTRACT WITH THE AMERICAN FAMILY", 1995

American Humanist Association Website

Council for Secular Humanism's Website

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Humanist Manifesto 2000
A Call for a New Planetary Humanism