The House Foreign Affairs Committee has subpoenaed a group over not handing over documents to the GOP-led committee related to a $500,000 grant it received from the State Department to promote atheism abroad.
The committee’s chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), announced the subpoena on Aug. 8, citing the group, Humanists International, for not being transparent with Congress.
Humanism is a secular, atheist doctrine. The website for Humanists International describes the creed as rejecting “supernatural or divine beliefs.”
Humanists International is one of the groups that received funding from the State Department grant in question, titled “Promoting and Defending Religious Freedom Inclusive of Atheist, Humanist, Non-Practicing and Non-Affiliated Individuals.”…