For Immediate Release Contact: David Niose, 202-238-9088, dniose@americanhumanist.org Monica Miller, 202-238-9088,mmiller@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., May. 25, 2018)— Late afternoon yesterday, Judge Timothy J. Corrigan ruled in favor of the American Humanist Association in its case against the City of Ocala for an unconstitutional prayer vigil led by city officials in September 2014. “In sum, under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, the government cannot initiate, organize, sponsor, or conduct a community prayer vigil," explained Judge Corrigan. “That is what happened here.” In September 2016, the American Humanist Association’s Le

For Immediate Release Contact: Monica Miller, 202-238-9088, mmiller@americanhumanist.org (Little Rock, Arkansas, May 23, 2018) — The American Humanist Association (AHA), along with other parties, filed suit in federal court today to remove a controversial Ten Commandments display from the state capitol grounds in Little Rock, Arkansas. The lawsuit alleges that the Ten Commandments monument is an unconstitutional endorsement of religion, in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. “This monument has been controversial from its inception, because it is a divisive display that favors certain religious beliefs over others,” said David Niose, American

For Immediate Release Contact: Monica Miller, 202-238-9088, mmiller@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., May 21, 2018)—Today the American Humanist Association (AHA) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against a lower court ruling that legitimized the U.S. House of Representatives’ practice of excluding atheists and Humanists from participating in the legislative invocation practice. U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer ruled against plaintiff Dan Barker in his case against House Chaplain Patrick Conroy for preventing him from delivering a secular invocation. Also named as a defendant was Paul Ryan, speaker of the House, who oversees the chaplain's

For Immediate Release Contact: Monica Miller, 202-238-9088, mmiller@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., May 18, 2018)—Earlier this week, the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center joined the Center for Inquiry, American Atheists, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and the Secular Coalition for America in issuing a statement condemning the recently passed Oklahoma law which permits religiously run adoption agencies to discriminate based on their faith while still receiving taxpayer funding. “It is wholly incompatible with the United States Constitution, and specifically the First and Fourteenth Amendments, for the government to financially support discriminatory

For Immediate Release Contact: Monica Miller, Senior Counsel, mmiller@americanhumanist.org, 202-238-9088 (Atlanta, GA, May 16, 2018)—Today, the American Humanist Association’s (AHA) senior counsel, Monica Miller, presented oral arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit requesting the court to uphold the lower court’s decision that a giant Christian cross display on city grounds in Pensacola, Florida violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The AHA in conjunction with the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) filed a lawsuit in 2015 on behalf of Pensacola residents, asserting that a large cross prominently displayed in a city park and main

Media Advisory For Immediate Release (Atlanta, GA, May 15, 2018)—The American Humanist Association’s senior counsel will present oral arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia in response to the City of Pensacola’s appeal of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida’s decision that the City’s giant cross displayed on City grounds violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. When: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Where: Courtroom 339, Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building, 56 Forsyth Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia Panel: The Hon. Kevin C. Newsom, The Hon. Frank M. Hull, and C. Ashley Roya

For Immediate Release Contact: David Niose, 202-238-9088 ext. 119, dniose@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., May 11, 2018)—The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center demands that Governor Bryant of Mississippi end a plan to change the design of the state’s sole standard license plate to one that displays the words “In God We Trust.” Several Mississippi residents notified the American Humanist Association about a change, which would now display the state seal (containing the words “In God We Trust”) on the state’s standard license plate. This would force non-theistic motorists to purchase an alternative plate at a higher cost if they wish to avoid promoting the t

(Washington, D.C., May 2, 2018)—Today the American Humanist Association (AHA), together with the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in support of a lower court ruling that declared that the Christian cross prominently displayed on the Lehigh County seal violates the Establishment clause of the First Amendment. The lawsuit was filed in August 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by and four residents and the Freedom from Religion Foundation. The Lehigh Seal is displayed on documents, letterhead, official county forms and documents, the county’s website, displaye