Lori Lipman Brown
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Lori Lipman Brown has served as a state senator, lobbyist, lawyer, educator, and social worker supporter. Additionally, her political views have been secularist and civil libertarian and self-describes herself as an atheist humanist Jew. She served as a Nevada Senator from 1992-1994, advocating for repeals of consensual sex crimes. This led to her being named Civil Libertarian of the Year by the Nevadan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Additionally, she has organized numerous events for the Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada, the Secular Student Alliance, and the American Humanist Association. She was defeated for reelection to the State Senate by Kathy Augustine in 1994.
Outside of the secularist and nontheistic movement, Brown additionally worked in education and social work. From 1996-2000 she was the National Education Association's diversity trainer. Formerly a private lawyer, she taught United States constitutional law, education law, and American history at the University of Phoenix. Additionally, she taught high school drama, English, and speech. For social work friendly legislation, she won the Legislator of the Year by the Nevada chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.
On September 19, 2005, Brown became the director and lobbyist for the Secular Coalition for America’s campaigns on Congress. Three of the top priorities Brown immediately proposed included fighting policies based on religious grounds, opposing faith-based programs, and advocating for eliminating the God reference in the U.S. oath of citizenship. Brown also plans to get involved in the creation-evolution conflict.
On November 29, 2005, she appeared on The O'Reilly Factor to debate Christmas’s recognition as a national holiday from a secularist point of view.[1]
