Candidate without a Prayer

In this episode, humanist and humorist Herb Silverman tells the tale of his ultimately successful attempts to repeal the South Carolina constitutional prohibition of atheists holding public office. You will be surprised by how it worked out.

Herb Silverman is founder and president emeritus of the Secular Coalition for America; founder of the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry in Charleston, South Carolina; and founder and former faculty advisor to the College of Charleston student Atheist/Humanist Alliance. Herb has written for “On Faith” at the Washington Post, Huffington Post, The Humanist, and other magazines and blogs.