Reply Brief Filed in SCOTUS School Prayer Case
Amy Couch, (202)-238-9088, acouch@americanhumanist.org
Monica Miller, 202-238-9088, mmiller@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., October 30, 2017)—The American Humanist Association’s (AHA) Appignani Legal Center filed a reply brief today in the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision upholding a Texas school district’s practice of subjecting its students to prayers at school board meetings. For nearly thirty years, the Bir


AHLC LEGAL VICTORY: Appellate Court Rules Maryland Cross Unconstitutional
For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Couch, 202-238-9088, acouch@americanhumanist.org David Niose, 202-238-9088, dniose@americanhumanist.org (Washington, DC, October 18, 2017)—A federal appellate court ruled today, in a case brought by the American Humanist Association (AHA) and three of its members, that a large Christian cross on government property in Bladensburg, Maryland, violates the US Constitution. The ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturns an earlier d


Courts Declare Discrimination Against Nontheists Unconstitutional
For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Couch, 202-238-9088, acouch@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., October 3, 2017)—A federal court struck down a Florida county’s practice of denying atheists, humanists, and other non-theists the opportunity to offer invocations at the start of the county commission’s meetings. Two Humanist Society Celebrants, Keith Becher and David Williamson, were plaintiffs in the case. According to Americans United for Separation of Church and State (

