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Madison, Wis., first city to ban discrimination against atheists

Posted: April 3, 2015 at 5:51 am

MADISON, Wis., April 2 (UPI) -- Discrimination against atheism was banned on Tuesday in Madison, Wis., after a city council vote -- a first in the United States.

"Nonreligion" was added as a protected class by the Common Council under the city's equal opportunity ordinance. The legislation was co-sponsored by 14 of the council's 20 members and was approved without objection.

"This is important because I believe it is only fair that if we protect religion, in all its varieties, we should also protect non-religion from discrimination. It's only fair," ordinance sponsor Anita Weier said. "There are many categories that are protected... and it did occur to me that if religion was then perhaps the opposite should be."

The ordinance states: "Atheism means the disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods." The ordinance protects people who don't believe in God, commonly called atheists, from discrimination in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodations.

Former Atheists Humanists and Agnostics president Chris Calvey spoke in favor of the legislation.

"It's actually something we're commonly very concerned about, just because atheism is viewed as such a taboo in this country, and there's such a stigma with it," Calvey said. "People in my student group, for example, are very hesitant to be honest about their lack of belief in God out of fear that they are going to be discriminated against... if that came up in a job interview that's held against them."

The Common Council approved the legislation in the last meeting before elections.

"Having it on the books, where we're legally a protected class, that'll make things much easier for atheists," Calvey added. "And we'll be able to be confident that at least if we're honest about what we actually believe, then we have the law backing us up so we can't legally be discriminated against."

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NATO Chief On Russian Propaganda: Jens Stoltenberg gives interview to Voice of America – Video

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Vojislav Seselj burns flag of NATO pact ,USA and Kosovo – Video

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New low in Russia-NATO relations: Analysts

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MOSCOW: Since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, relations between Moscow and NATO have dramatically worsened. The Kremlin has threatened a range of responses if NATO moves more forces into Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia.

Mr Evgengy Volk, a political analyst, said: "I believe that at present, the relations between Russian and NATO are at the worst point since the end of the Cold War. I believe that during the Cold War, the relationship was actually sometimes better."

Since early March, NATO warships have participated in naval drills in the Black Sea. The US has also delivered over 120 armoured units, including tanks, to Latvia in March.

But according to the NATO's Secretary-General, Russian military flights close to alliance members' airspace in Europe were intercepted more than 400 times last year.

In mid-December last year, a Russian military jet with its location determining transponders switched off nearly collided with a passenger plane over Sweden.

"I think that the reality is that when youre flying military aircraft around Europe with the transponders turned off, theres always a danger of another black swan event," said political analyst Chris Weafer. "So long as these exercises are continuing, theres always the potential for another accident that can also negatively impact the situation.

Earlier in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Northern Fleet onto full combat alert in a 'snap readiness exercise' in the Arctic as the US and several Eastern European NATO countries conducted a series of military exercises near Russia's border.

Russia has been spending more money on its military and has been boosting military capabilities which were weakened during the 1990s. When Vladimir Putin became president in 2000, Russia spent more than US$9 billion on its military. This has since risen 10 times and is likely to increase again this year despite a sluggish economy.

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