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    AHLC Seeks Rehearing in Case Challenging Texas School Prayers

    For Immediate Release Contact: Patrick Hudson, Communications Assistant, 202-238-9088, phudson@americanhumanist.org Monica Miller, Senior Counsel at the Appignani Humanist Legal Center, 202-238-9088, mmiller@americanhumanist.org (Fort Worth, TX, March 22, 2017) The American Humanist Association (AHA) has announced that it will challenge the decision rendered by a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, which allows Birdville Independent School District in Fort Worth, Texas, to continue subjecting students to prayers at school board meetings. Oral arguments were held on February 7 in New Orleans, Louisiana, where AHA’s Senior Counsel, Monica Miller, argued that the

    AHLC Decries Commission’s Withdrawal of Invitation to Humanist Celebrant

    For Immediate Release Contact: Patrick Hudson, 202-238-9088 ext. 105, phudson@americanhumanist.org Monica Miller, (202) 238-9088, mmiller@americanhumanist.org (Escambia County, FL, March 13, 2017)— The Escambia County Commission’s withdrawal of an invitation to a certified Humanist Celebrant to perform the ceremonial invocation at the start of its meeting was discriminatory and unconstitutional, says the American Humanist Association (AHA). The AHA’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center sent a letter to the county commissioners today, objecting to the commission’s last-minute decision to revoke the invitation it had extended to an area Humanist Celebrant, Andre Ryland, without explanation. The

    AHLC Applauds Court Ruling Against Religious Field Trips

    For Immediate Release Contact: Patrick Hudson, 202-238-9088 ext. 105, phudson@americanhumanist.org David Niose, (202) 238-9088, dniose@americanhumanist.org (JOPLIN, MO, March 3rd, 2017) – The American Humanist Association applauds the ruling of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri that the Joplin School District in Joplin, Missouri, violated the Establishment Clause in sending students on field trips to a Christian ministry. The federal court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment yesterday. The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center was made aware of this violation by a concerned Humanist parent, when she disc

    Legal Analysis
    The Human Cost of the Law: LGBTQ+ Employment Discrimination at the Supreme Court

    The Human Cost of the Law: LGBTQ+ Employment Discrimination at the Supreme Court

    FROM THE HUMANIST MAGAZINE | Before and After the Court: The Humanist Interview with Monica L. Mille

    FROM THE HUMANIST MAGAZINE | Before and After the Court: The Humanist Interview with Monica L. Mille

    Uh, No, Establishment Clause Law Is Not a “Hot Mess”

    Uh, No, Establishment Clause Law Is Not a “Hot Mess”

    “Narrow Rulings” Mean Little to the Christian Right

    “Narrow Rulings” Mean Little to the Christian Right

    The Cross and American Militarism

    The Cross and American Militarism

    Bladensburg Cross Case FAQs

    Bladensburg Cross Case FAQs

    The Framers Weren’t Cross Enthusiasts

    The Framers Weren’t Cross Enthusiasts

    Humanists Going All the Way: AHA to Defend Church-State Separation at the Supreme Court

    Humanists Going All the Way: AHA to Defend Church-State Separation at the Supreme Court

    Ruling against Truth: NIFLA v. Becerra

    Ruling against Truth: NIFLA v. Becerra

    The Ticking Time Bomb in Masterpiece Cakeshop

    The Ticking Time Bomb in Masterpiece Cakeshop

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