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May 20, 2014 News, Press Releases

Stanford University to Receive Major Humanist Award

Yesterday Stanford University received the first ever University Award for Philosophical Diversity.

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May 9, 2014 News, Press Releases

Equal Rights for Atheist Students Denied by Massachusetts Court

"Under God" to remain in the mandated Pledge of Allegiance used in public schools.

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May 7, 2014 News, Press Releases

Humanist Group Files Motion of Contempt Against Public School for Prayer

The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center takes action against prayer in public schools.

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May 5, 2014 News, Press Releases

Humanist Group Launches Secular Invocations Program in Response to Supreme Court Ruling

The American Humanist Association announced a new program to allow atheists and humanists to offer secular invocations.

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May 5, 2014 News, Press Releases

Stiefel Freethought Foundation Donates $50,000 to Fund Grantseeking for Humanist Groups

The Stiefel Freethought Foundation gives a grant to three humanist organizations.

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May 1, 2014 News, Press Releases

Members of Congress and Government Officials Honor National Day of Reason

American Humanist Association leads effort to promote a more inclusive alternative to the National Day of Prayer

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April 23, 2014 News, Press Releases

American Humanist Association Wins Lawsuit Against Cross Monument in Lake Elsinore, California

City officials decline to appeal a federal judge's ruling that a planned cross monument is unconstitutional.

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April 21, 2014 Press Releases

Humanists File Lawsuit Against Under God in the Pledge of Allegiance in New Jersey

New Jersey lawsuit challenges school district's Pledge of Allegiance recitation with the words "under God."

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April 8, 2014 Press Releases

AHA Sues for Equal Treatment of Humanist Inmates in Federal Prisons

Prisoner denied permission to form humanist study group in Oregon.

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April 2, 2014 Press Releases

AHA Files Motion of Contempt Against Carroll County Commissioners for Sectarian Prayers

Commissioners continue to defy injunction forbidding sectarian prayers at public meetings.

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