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    AHLC and FFRF File for Summary Judgment in Case Pensacola Cross

    For Immediate Release Contact: Patrick Hudson, Communications Assistant, (202) 238-9088 ex. 105, phudson@americanhumanist.org Monica Miller, Senior Counsel at the Appignani Humanist Legal Center, 202-238-9088, mmiller@americanhumanist.org (Pensacola, FL, April 24, 2017)—The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Legal Center, along with the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FRFF), today filed for summary judgment in their lawsuit challenging a large Christian cross owned, displayed, and funded by the City of Pensacola, FL. In 2015, the American Humanist Association (AHA), joined by the FFRF, filed a lawsuit against the city after being contacted by residents of Pensacola who objected to t

    Texas School District Removes Christian Crosses from Elementary School Classroom In Response to AHLC

    For Immediate Release Contact: Patrick Hudson, Communications Assistant, (202) 238-9088 ex. 105, phudson@americanhumanist.org Monica Miller, Senior Counsel at the Appignani Humanist Legal Center, 202-238-9088, mmiller@americanhumanist.org (Quanah, TX, April 17, 2017)— The American Humanist Association (AHA) successfully had two Christian crosses removed that were displayed in an elementary school in Quanah, Texas. In February, the AHA’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center was notified by a concerned parent that her child’s teacher was displaying two prominent Christian crosses in a public school classroom. The AHA promptly sent the school district a letter demanding that the religious iconograp

    AHLC Files For Rehearing in Texas School Board Prayers Case

    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, April 4, 2017)—The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Legal Center filed a petition for an en banc hearing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in its case against the Birdville Independent School District (BISD) in Fort Worth, Texas. The petition seeks to overturn a unanimous ruling by a panel of three judges from Fifth Circuit last month which allowed student-led prayers at meetings of the BISD school board. For two decades, the BISD

    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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