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Humanists Demand an End to Teacher-Led Prayer Sessions at Missouri High School
May 16, 2013 – The American Humanist Association’s legal center sent a letter to school officials in Fayette, Missouri, demanding they take steps to end weekly morning prayer sessions held by a teacher at Fayette High School
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American Humanist Association Sues Carroll County Commissioners over Christian Prayers at Meetings
May 1, 2013 – Today, the American Humanist Association sued the Board of Commissioners in Carroll County, Maryland for opening its meetings with Commissioner-delivered sectarian prayers.
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Legal Center Files Suit Over Christian Assemblies at Rankin County Schools
April 25, 2013 – The legal center has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Rankin County, Mississippi school district to challenge its recent mandatory student assemblies that presented a Christian message as a violation of the separation of church and state.
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Legal Center Files Brief with Supreme Court Supporting Marriage Equality
Feb. 27, 2013 – The American Humanist Association has submitted amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to uphold lower court decisions ruling that laws that deny legal recognition to the marriages of gays and lesbians are unconstitutionally discriminatory.
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Legal Center Intervention Stops Discrimination by Flowertown Festival
February 8, 2013 – Following the legal center’s intervention, the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry will be able to participate in the YMCA’s Flowertown Festival in Summerville, South Carolina, alongside other community groups.
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Legal Center Demands YMCA Flowertown Festival Include Humanist Group
January 28, 2013 – The YMCA Flowertown Festival recently refused to allow a local humanist group (Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry, “SHL”) a booth at its annual event in Summerville, SC.
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Legal Center Intervenes to Force School to Allow “Bad Religion” T-Shirt
December 17, 2012 – A Colorado public school has reversed course following intervention by the legal center, allowing a student to wear a shirt for the punk band Bad Religion.
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Legal Center Opposes Prayers at El Paso County (CO) Board of Commissioners Meetings
December 12, 2012 – The AHLC has demanded that the El Paso County Board of Commissioners discontinue their practice of opening county meetings with sectarian Christian prayers.
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Legal Center Opposes Prayers at Colorado Springs City Council Meetings
November 30, 2012 – The AHLC has sent a letter to the Colorado Springs City Council demanding the body discontinues its practice of opening city council meetings with prayers.