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*** Sometimes. Their track record on even-handedness is very uneven, both between various State chapters and between the local organizations and the national organization. As with all advocacy organizations, they have their own biases.

* For people who believe proprietary software is evil, Linux and other free/open source software can be a secular example. Quite a few packages exist solely to replace popular proprietary software, such as GIMP for Paint Shop Pro or Adobe Photoshop.

** Worth to note that most of these were never ''meant'' to be Moral Substitutes. GIMP, for instance, was created because Adobe ~~[[No Export for You|~~doesn't port]] (Photoshop) or [[~~Bad Export for~~ ~~You~~|only lazily ports]] (*cough*[[Adobe Flash|flashplayer]]*cough<ref>(It was infamous for crashing any Linux browser outside Firefox... and even that on its bad days, amongst other problems.)</ref>) its products to Linux, which in turn was made mostly out of monetary reasons.

** Worth to note that most of these were never ''meant'' to be Moral Substitutes. GIMP, for instance, was created because Adobe doesn't port (Photoshop) or [[Porting Disaster|only lazily ports]] (*cough*[[Adobe Flash|flashplayer]]*cough<ref>(It was infamous for crashing any Linux browser outside Firefox... and even that on its bad days, amongst other problems.)</ref>) its products to Linux, which in turn was made mostly out of monetary reasons.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106030727/http://churchofreality.org/ The Church of Reality] is a secular humanist alternative to religion, for people with an emotional or cultural need for religion but no belief in the supernatural.

* A whole industry of vegetarian products exists to provide replacements for burgers and bacon, among others.