(Washington, D.C., April 24, 2018)—Today the American Humanist Association (AHA) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in support of a lower court ruling that declared that excluding atheists and Humanists from legislative invocation practices violates both the U.S. and Florida Constitutions. Two Humanist Society Celebrants, Keith Becher and David Williamson, are plaintiffs in the case. Both are also leaders of local AHA groups in Florida. In October, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida ruled that the Brevard County Florida’s Board of County Commissioners invocation policy showed favoritism for certain faiths in direct viol
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