Welcome to CFI’s Office of Public Policy
The Office of Public Policy (OPP) is the Washington D.C. political arm of the Center for Inquiry. The OPP’s mandate is to lobby Congress and the Administration on issues related to science and secularism. This includes defending the separation of church and state, promoting science and reason as the basis of public policy, and advancing secular values.
Recent Blog Entries
Indiana Senate OKs Amended, but Still Flawed, Creationist Bill
Michael De Dora — February 01, 2012
The Indiana Senate on Tuesday voted 28-22 in favor of an amended version of Senate Bill 89, which would allow public schools across the state to teach children the creation stories of various mainstream religions.
Indiana Senate Panel Approves Creationist Bill Despite Center for Inquiry’s Letter, Testimony
Michael De Dora — January 26, 2012
Despite CFI's best efforts, an Indiana Senate panel has approved a bill that would allow school boards to “require the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life, including creation science, within the school corporation.”
CFI Applauds Obama Administration for Standing up to Religious Lobbying on Birth Control Rule
Michael De Dora — January 22, 2012
The Center for Inquiry (CFI) would like to thank President Barack Obama and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for rejecting pressure from organized religion and keeping in place new guidelines that require health insurance providers and organizations providing health care plans to cover preventive health services, such as contraception, without charging a co-payment.
