The American Humanist Association
announced this week that it has filed an Establishment Clause lawsuit against the City of Ocala, Florida and its police department over a Sept. 24 community prayer vigil. The complaint (
full text) in
American Humanist Association, Inc. v. City of Ocala, Florida, (MD FL, filed 11/24/2014), says that police in their uniforms spoke and preached at the vigil which had been promoted by the police chief on the police department's Facebook page. The suit seeks a declaratory judgment and injunction.