But a new group launched this month aims to raise awareness and build community for homeschoolers who aren’t religious. “Secular homeschooling embraces mainstream science, including evolutionary biology, and is inclusive of people of whatever background, sexual orientation, gender expression, or neurodiversity,” reads the homepage of Secular Homeschoolers of Colorado (SHOC). ArmstrongThe group was launched by Ari Armstrong, a Colorado political commentator who writes for the conservative-libertarian Complete Colorado. “I have long seen a need for a public face for secular homeschooling in Colorado,” Armstrong wrote in an email to the Colorado Times Recorder. That goes doubly for secular homeschoolers,” Armstrong said.