Atheists raise $63K for student in RI prayer flap
CRANSTON, R.I. — A teenage atheist at the center of a dispute over a prayer banner at a Rhode Island high school has received a scholarship for nearly $63,000 from the American Humanist Association.
Sixteen-year-old Jessica Ahlquist accepted the check on Saturday at the Reason Rally in Washington. Organizers of the event, at which Ahlquist spoke, dubbed it “the largest gathering of the secular movement in history.”
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The American Humanist Association
The American Humanist Association (AHA) works to protect the rights of Humanists, atheists, and other nontheistic Americans. The AHA advances the ethical and life-affirming worldview of Humanism, which—without beliefs in gods or other supernatural forces—encourages individuals to live informed and meaningful lives that aspire to the greater good of humanity.
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