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Army officially recognizes Humanism as a religion.

Courtesy of Business Insider:

Members of the U.S. Army can now proudly and officially list their religion as "Humanist," after years of not being able to do so, according to the ACLU.

The Army's faith code allows for designation of Wiccans, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and over 100 denominations of Christians, among other faiths, but until now had few offerings for those who follow a non-theistic belief system.

However, this week, the Army changed its faith code to allow Humanists to identify themselves as such.

I personally would not consider being a humanist a religion, but anything that helps the non-religious get equal rights is not a bad thing in my book.

Here is the official Merriam-Webster definition:

a system of values and beliefs that is based on the idea that people are basically good and that problems can be solved using reason instead of religion.

As I said, hardly a religion, but still good news.

After all, every little victory helps.

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