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Municipalities Must Reap What they Sow, Say Humanists

Posted March 30, 2008 at 8:00pm The American Humanist Association applauded the U.S. Supreme Court today for agreeing to hear Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, 07-665. This is a free speech and equal access case in which Summum, a religious group, seeks to display its aphorisms in the same public park where a Ten Commandments monument appears.

Humanists Ask Iowa to "Stand Firm"

Posted March 23, 2008 at 8:00pm The Appignani Humanist Legal Center (AHLC), legal arm of the American Humanist Association, sent a letter today to the Iowa Department of Administrative Services urging Iowa to stand firm in the face of a legal challenge brought by the Association of Faith-Based Organizations (AFBO). AFBO sued the Iowa department to challenge a state regulation that excludes organizations engaged in sectarian activities from participating in Iowa's One Gift Campaign, in which the government provides resources to aid in transferring voluntary employee contributions to a recipient.

Humanists Debate Alternative Views on Iraq War

Posted March 17, 2008 at 8:00pm (Washington, D.C., March 18, 2008) In recognition of the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, and in a spirit of the free exploration of ideas, the American Humanist Association is publicizing alternative humanist views on U.S. military involvement in Iraq.

Humanists Join Legal Brief in Pharmacist Controversy

Posted March 12, 2008 at 8:00pm The Appignani Humanist Legal Center (AHLC), the legal arm of the American Humanist Association (AHA), participated Wednesday as a sign-on to a "friend of the court" brief prepared by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The brief was submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and sets forth the legal opinion that Washington State has the right to require pharmacists to fill doctors’ prescriptions. The brief argues that two Washington State Board of Pharmacy regulations, which require pharmacies to dispense all medications in a timely manner, don't impinge upon the religious freedom rights of pharmacists and should therefore be upheld.

Religious Group Can't Take Government Money, Humanists Say

Posted March 05, 2008 at 7:00pm The Appignani Humanist Legal Center (AHLC), the legal arm of the American Humanist Association (AHA), sent an information letter today to Morning Star Ranch, an evangelical training camp, advising the religious organization not to accept tax funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purpose of "renovating facilities."

Humanists Call for Repeal of U.S. Blasphemy Laws

Posted March 05, 2008 at 7:00pm Following Wednesday's action by the British House of Lords to abolish all blasphemy laws in the United Kingdom, the American Humanist Association reiterated its longstanding call to remove all such statutes wherever they appear within the United States and its territories. Though few Americans know of their existence, unenforceable blasphemy laws appear on the books in several U.S. states, including Massachusetts, Michigan, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wyoming. No such federal laws exist. And in 1952, in Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against blasphemy bans of all sorts.

AHA-Sponsored Film Wins at Sundance!

Posted January 27, 2008 at 7:00pm (Washington, D.C.) This past weekend "Fields of Fuel," a documentary of which the American Humanist Association is a partner and fiscal sponsor, won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. The award was presented to the film's director, Josh Tickell, a humanist, at the Saturday night, January 26, awards ceremony, hosted by actor William H. Macy.

Humanist Legal Center Acts to Stop Funds for Religious Training Camp

Posted January 23, 2008 at 7:00pm (Washington, D.C.) The Appignani Humanist Legal Center sent a demand letter today to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Honorable Alphonso Jackson, advising Secretary Jackson not to follow Congress' instructions to distribute funds to a sectarian religious group. The letter also declared the AHLC's intention to sue if the letter goes unanswered and funds are allocated in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Humanists to Honor Lead Imaging Scientist on the Cassini Saturn Project

Posted January 16, 2008 at 7:00pm (Washington, D.C.) The American Humanist Association announced today that planetary scientist Carolyn C. Porco, leader of the imaging science team for the Cassini space mission to Saturn and director of the Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS), will be honored with the Isaac Asimov Science Award in Washington, D.C., in June. "It is important to show the world how a humanist philosophy, inspiring and nontheistic, can motivate significant achievements and major contributions to society," declared American Humanist Association Executive Director Roy Speckhardt. "We feel proud that humanism has influenced and attracted people of Dr. Porco's caliber."

Humanist Leads Biodiesel-Fuelled Convoy to Sundance

Posted January 14, 2008 at 7:00pm (Washington, D.C.) This morning, humanist and AHA member Michael McOmber drove the lead vehicle in the Biodiesel-Fuelled Convoy launching the Fields of Fuel National Edutainment Action Tour (NEAT). The trip, going from Flower Avenue in Venice, California, to Park City, Utah, is tied to the release of the documentary, "Fields of Fuel" at the Sundance Film Festival. The vehicles in the convoy were of various makes and models, all fuelled on B100.

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