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 Distr
AHLC Decries Commission’s Withdrawal of Invitation to Humanist Celebrant
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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 Lega
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
