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Bishops Hold Back Progress, Say Humanists

Posted June 13, 2008 at 11:38am The American Humanist Association denounced today's document issued by the United States’ Roman Catholic bishops in which the bishops "warned" against the "moral dangers" of embryonic stem cell research. The document states that "no commitment to a hoped-for 'greater good' can erase or diminish the wrong of directly taking innocent human lives here and now."

Humanists Applaud U.S. Supreme Court for Upholding Detainee Rights

Posted June 12, 2008 at 11:39am (Washington, D.C., June 12, 2008) Humanists applauded today's U.S. Supreme Court decision that backed habeas corpus rights for foreign terrorism suspects. In Boumediene v. Bush, the court ruled 5-4 that prisoners cannot be held indefinitely and without charges at Guantanamo, the U.S. naval base in Cuba. It is the third such ruling against the Bush administration's treatment of prisoners. But here the Court said that the political branches don't have "the power to switch the Constitution on or off at will" by deciding for themselves when and where the Constitution's terms apply or to say "what the law is."

Humanism Gets Million Dollar Boost from Louis Appignani

Posted June 10, 2008 at 11:39am (Washington, D.C., June 10, 2008) During an awards ceremony at the 67th annual conference of the American Humanist Association (AHA) Friday night, humanists from across the United States witnessed a turning point for a movement which has been edging closer to "mainstream." Louis Appignani, a well-known entrepreneur and philanthropist from Miami, Florida, and current chairman and founder of Louja Realty Inc., awarded the AHA a check in the amount of $250,000 and indicated it was a down payment on his million dollar challenge grant. (See photos at: www.americanhumanist.org/press/appignani_press.php)

Representative Pete Stark Named 2008 Humanist of the Year: Nontheist Leaders Gather in Washington to Unify Efforts and Honor Trailblazers

Posted June 06, 2008 at 11:40am Friday evening, June 6, Rep. Fortney H. "Pete" Stark will be named the American Humanist Association's 2008 Humanist of the Year at the 67th annual AHA conference. This year's conference will be held in conjunction with the IHEU World Congress in Washington, DC.

Humanists Praise California Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Posted May 15, 2008 at 11:40am (Washington, D.C., May 15, 2008) Humanists across the nation expressed jubilation in the wake of today's California high court decision in favor of same-sex marriage. "Despite resistance, times are clearly changing," declared American Humanist Association (AHA) executive director Roy Speckhardt. "Basic equality cannot be forever denied, and this historic decision points the way to a brighter future for all."

New Center Launches "Secular Sunday Schools"

Posted May 14, 2008 at 11:41am (Washington, D.C., May 14, 2008) The Kochhar Humanist Education Center (KHEC) was launched today by the American Humanist Association at a Washington DC press conference. The new center is already developing curriculum for the humanist equivalent of Sunday schools, which include programs in ethics geared to serve the children of atheists, agnostics and freethinkers. It is also developing similar curriculums to serve high school and college students, parents and older adults. And to support this endeavor, the KHEC launched an online resource center, together with the first books of what will become a massive online freethought library. (Go to www.americanhumanist.org/khec/ to see it now.)

Humanists Decry Faith-Based Trickery by Wisconsin Village

Posted May 09, 2008 at 11:42am (Washington, D.C., May 9, 2008) The American Humanist Association cried foul today over what it calls "faith-based sleight of hand" by the village board of Holmen, Wisconsin. The village owns land upon which sits a Christian cross that is illuminated during Lent. When a local resident complained in March that this constitutes local government endorsement of religion in violation of the U.S. Constitution, the village opted in a closed-door meeting to sell a tiny, 30 foot by 33 foot, plot of land under the cross to the local Lion's Club, which would then maintain the cross on this parcel surrounded on all four sides by village property.

Humanists Up Ante for Star Hill Site

Posted April 21, 2008 at 8:00pm (Washington, D.C., April 22, 2008) The American Humanist Association has informed the Holmen, Wisconsin, Village Board that it will pay ten times the appraised value of the Star Hill site that displays a cross and a star on public land. The local Lions Club has offered the $100 appraised value and the American Humanist Association has offered $1,000. Both the Lions Club and the Association made their intentions known yesterday, April 21. Holmen officials will have received the Association's offer in writing today. The text of that letter appears below.

Ben Stein "Expelled" by Humanists

Posted April 20, 2008 at 8:00pm "Anti-atheist propaganda for pseudoscience" is what the American Humanist Association today called Ben Stein's new movie, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed." Former Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein is most widely recognized for his role in the 1986 film "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off."

Did Politician Really Apologize for Anti-Atheist Rant?

Posted April 10, 2008 at 8:00pm The American Humanist Association responded today to the claim that Illinois State Representative Monique Davis (D-Chicago) apologized for an April 2 anti-atheist tirade she delivered during a State Government Administration Committee hearing in Springfield, Illinois.

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