AHLC Calls for Removal of Texas Courthouse Nativity
For Immediate Release Contact: Merrill Miller, 202-238-9088 ext. 105, merrillmiller@americanhumanist.org Monica Miller, 202-238-9088 ext. 120, mmiller@americanhumanist.org (La Grange, TX, Dec. 20, 2016)—The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center demands that a stand-alone nativity scene displayed on the lawn of the Fayette County Courthouse in La Grange, Texas, be removed immediately. The nativity display, also called a crèche, depicts the Christian b
Missouri School Bribes Students with Donuts to Promote Bible Study
For Immediate Release Contact: Merrill Miller, 202-238-9088 ext. 105, merrillmiller@americanhumanist.org David Niose, 202-238-9088 ext. 119, dniose@americanhumanist.org (Joplin, MO, Dec. 20, 2016)—The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center demands that North Middle School in Joplin, Missouri, end a Bible study program in which teachers and outside clergy lead students in prayer and scripture readings in school during regular school hours. A parent who
AHA Presents Oral Arguments Defending First Amendment from Bladensburg Cross
For Immediate Release Contact: Merrill Miller, 202-238-9088 ext. 105, merrillmiller@americanhumanist.org Monica Miller, 202-238-9088 ext. 120, mmiller@americanhumanist.org (Richmond, VA, Dec. 7, 2016) — This morning, the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center will present oral arguments before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to defend the First Amendment, which it argues is being violated by government-sponsored Christian cross monument in Bladens
