AHLC Sues Kansas Department of Corrections
For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Couch, 202-238-9088, acouch@americanhumanist.org David Niose, 202-238-9088, dniose@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., September 20, 2017)—The American Humanist Association’s (AHA) Appignani Legal Center filed a lawsuit today challenging church-state violations by the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC). With a complaint filed in federal court in Kansas City on behalf of an inmate and the AHA, the lawsuit objects to displaying religi
School Prayer Event Cancelled after AHLC Objects
For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Couch, 202-238-9088, acouch@americanhumanist.org David Niose, 202-238-9088, dniose@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., September 5, 2017) The Appignani Humanist Legal Center has won another victory in the its battle to protect the separation of church and state. The AHLC was alerted to a prayer event scheduled to take place at an Ohio high school on August 19. The principal’s social media posts strongly urged all to attend the prayer gr
AHLC Sues Virginia Prison over Censorship
For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Couch, 202-238-9088, acouch@americanhumanist.org David Niose, 202-238-9088, dniose@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., August 31, 2017)—The American Humanist Association’s (AHA) Appignani Legal Center filed a complaint today against the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) regarding their refusal to allow the July/August issue of the Humanist to be delivered to a prisoner because it contained a picture of a painting, by the renowned
