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Protection by law for non theist, atheists, etc.

Con gran entusiasmo se ha recibido esto en mi correo y lo comparto. No me pueden ahora discriminar por ser ateo o no creyente. President Obama signed the bill! BREAKING: President Obama signed the bill! 1 message Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 2:47 PM Dear Ivan, I wanted to be the first to share with you the big news: Just an hour ago, President Obama signed the Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act into law. It is the first law in history to recognize “nontheists” and protect our community from discrimination. This is a tremendous recognition of the humanist movement—we’re here, we’re standing strong, and we will fight to protect our values. This new law strengthens the government’s work to promote international religious freedom and states, “The freedom of thought, conscience, and religion is understood to protect theistic and nontheistic beliefs as well as the right not to profess or practice any religion.” The law also condemns “specific targeting of nontheists,