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March 3, 2009 Press Releases

Will President Obama Endorse Discrimination Against Atheists? Humanists Ask

Humanists are reacting to a comment today from a Boy Scouts of America spokesperson stating that President Barack Obama has...

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March 3, 2009 Press Releases

Coaches Shouldnt Pray with Students, say Humanists and Supreme Court

Yesterday the American Humanist Association hailed the United States Supreme Court for declining to hear a lawsuit that challenged a...

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February 25, 2009 Press Releases

In Wake of Summum, Humanists Will Target Ten Commandments Monuments

In the wake of today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, 07-665, the American Humanist Association...

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February 23, 2009 Press Releases

Sham Religious Land Deal Decried

The U.S. Supreme Court should rule against the use of sham land deals to keep religious symbols on federal property,...

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February 12, 2009 Press Releases

Humanists Take Lead in Darwin Day Celebration

In honor of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday, the American Humanist Association held a luncheon at the National...

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February 5, 2009 Press Releases

Humanists Uneasy about Obama’s Faith-Based Program

While the American Humanist Association appreciated Barack Obama's latest shout-out to non-believers at his National Prayer Breakfast this morning, the...

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January 29, 2009 Press Releases

Humanists Gratified at Obama Signing Ledbetter Act

The American Humanist Association today praised President Barack Obama for signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law—the first...

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January 22, 2009 Press Releases

Humanists Brave Bible Belt with Latest Ad

A controversial new billboard is slated to appear January 26 on westbound I-26 just south of the Spruill Avenue exit,...

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January 19, 2009 Press Releases

Obama’s Secular Humanist Upbringing Praised

In both editions of tomorrow's special inauguration issue of the Washington Post, a prominent ad from the American Humanist Association...

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January 15, 2009 Press Releases

Court Allows Monotheistic Inauguration

A federal district court ruled this afternoon that the 2009 Presidential Inaugural ceremonies may proceed as scheduled with religious references. ...

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