Humanists Seek Loving Homes for All Children
For Immediate Release Contact: Sarah Henry, (202) 238-9088 ext. 105, shenry@americanhumanist.org (October 28, 2019, Washington, D.C.) – Attorneys at the American Humanist Association (AHA) have joined with other organizational legal teams to submit an amicus brief in support of adoption services free from religious discrimination. In December 2018, New Hope Family Services, a child welfare agency that receives public funding, filed a lawsuit arguing that a new regulation mand
Humanists Celebrate Constitutional Victory in Iowa Public Schools
For Immediate Release Contact: Sarah Henry, (202) 238-9088, shenry@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., October 17, 2019) – Impressionable first grade students will no longer be attending a Christian play at a private Christian college after the American Humanist Association (AHA) legal team raised constitutional concerns. The field trip, intended to take place today, unquestionably promoted Christianity by asking students to attend a depiction of the explicitly Christian
Humanist Meetings Begin at NC Correctional Facility – One Year After Ordered
For Immediate Release Contact: Sarah Henry, (202) 238-9088, shenry@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., October 15, 2019) – Incarcerated humanists at Nash Correctional Institution, in Nashville, NC, just attended the facility’s first ever humanist meeting. This victory has been a long-fought battle. After the North Carolina prison system refused to recognize humanism, the American Humanist Association’s legal team intervened. The case was filed in February 2015 on behalf o
Freethinkers Protest Iowa Public School Visit to Bible Play
For Immediate Release Contact: Sarah Henry, (202) 238-9088, shenry@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., October 14, 2019) – Attorneys at the American Humanist Association (AHA) sent a letter late Friday to officials at the Cherokee Community School District in Cherokee, Iowa, on behalf of a parent of a local first grade student. The student's class plans to visit a private Christian school (Northwestern College) in Orange City, Iowa, to attend a performance of "Jonah and t
MS School District Routinely Ignores Constitution, Atheists Argue
For Immediate Release Contact: Sarah Henry, (202) 238-9088, shenry@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., October 10, 2019) – The American Humanist Association (AHA) legal team just admonished leaders at the Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District in southern Mississippi after repeated constitutional violations. These egregious violations of the constitutionally-mandated separation of church and state include a football coach who hosts weekly meetings for the team at a local
The Human Cost of the Law: LGBTQ+ Employment Discrimination at the Supreme Court
This article originally appeared on TheHumanist.com. Today, in what will surely be one of the most discussed days of the 2019 term, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in three cases concerning the scope of Title VII’s prohibition against workplace discrimination “because of the individual’s . . . sex.” (42 U.S. Code § 2000e–2(a)(1-2). At issue is whether the words “because of the individual’s sex” address not only disparate treatment based on hostility toward an empl
Local Humanists Demand Respect and Recognition from Gov. Bevin
For Immediate Release Contact: Sarah Henry, shenry@americanhumanist.org, (202) 238-9088 (Washington, D.C., October 4, 2019) – Humanist and nontheist activists across Kentucky have joined with attorneys at the American Humanist Association in a warning letter following Governor Matthew Bevin’s (R) blatant Christian proselytization in a recent public video. On October 1, 2019, Bevin shared a video promoting Focus on the Family’s “Bring Your Bible to School Day” on his collected
CA School Recognizes Right to Boycott Pledge after Warning
For Immediate Release Contact: Sarah Henry, (202) 238-9088, shenry@americanhumanist.org (Washington, D.C., October 3, 2019) – The American Humanist Association received written assurances yesterday from the Manhattan Beach Unified School District in response to a warning letter sent to district administrators more than two weeks ago. Monica Miller, Legal Director and Senior Counsel at the American Humanist Association, warned that Mira Costa High School officials were in viol
