Showing posts with label Atheism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atheism. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Teaching of Evolution Does Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In Reinoehl v. Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation , (SD IN, Aug. 30, 2024), an Indiana federal district court held that teaching the the...
Sunday, July 24, 2022

11th Circuit Remands Establishment Clause Case That Had Relied On Lemon Test

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In Rojas v. City of Ocala, Florida ,  (11th Cir., July 22, 2022), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a district cou...
Saturday, December 04, 2021

Cert. Filed In Suit By Parolee Against Christian Homeless Shelter Director

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A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Carmack v. Janny, (cert. filed 12/3/2021). In th...
Sunday, November 21, 2021

Humanist Association Releases 2021 Freedom of Though Report

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Last week, the American Humanist Association and Humanists International  announced  the release of the 2021 Freedom of Thought Report . The...
Wednesday, January 06, 2021

American Atheists Release Report On 2020 Legal Developments

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Yesterday, American Atheists released  a report titled 2020 State of the Secular States  ( full text ). Assessing last year's developmen...
Friday, April 24, 2020

Atheist Firefighter's Hostile Work Environment Claim Can Proceed

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In Queen v. City of Bowling Green, Kentucky , (6th Cir., April 22, 2020), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Kentucky district...
Friday, December 13, 2019

Church of Atheism Not A Charity Under Canadian Tax Law

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In Church of Atheism of Central Canada v. Minister of National Revenue , (Canada Fed. Ct. App., Nov. 29, 2019), Canada's Federal Court o...
Friday, April 19, 2019

DC Circuit: House Can Exclude Secular Invocations

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In Barker v. Conroy ,  (D Cir., April 19, 2019), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected an Establishment Clause challenge t...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Excluding Non-Theists As Legislative Guest Chaplains Violates Establishment Clause

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In Fields v. Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives ,  (MD PA, Aug. 29, 2018), a Pennsylvania federal district court held that...
Friday, July 27, 2018

Atheist Firefighter Can Move Ahead With Hostile Work Environment Claim

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In Queen v. City of Bowling Green ,  (WD KY, July 20, 2018), a Kentucky federal district court allowed an atheist firefighter to move ahead ...
Thursday, July 26, 2018

Church of England Court Permits Exhumation of Atheist From Hallowed Ground

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The Hertfordshire Mercury reports on an unusual decision in Britain last week by a Church of England Consistory Court.  In In re Chestnut C...
Tuesday, May 01, 2018

Congressional Freethought Caucus Is Launched

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In a press release yesterday, four members of the U.S. House of Representatives announced the formation of the Congressional Freethought Ca...
Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Monument Challenges Dismissed For Lack of Standing

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In American Atheists, Inc. v. Levy County ,  (ND FL, Dec. 3, 2017), a Florida federal district court dismissed on standing grounds a challen...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Public Shelter's "Blessing of the Animals" Challenged In Court

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An Atheist group last week filed suit in a New Jersey federal district court challenging a county-run animal shelter's hosting for the s...
Sunday, October 15, 2017

Texas Engaged In Viewpoint Discrimination In Removal of Bill of Rights Nativity Display

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In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Abbott ,  (WD TX, Oct. 13, 2017), a Texas federal district court held that Texas Governor Greg ...
Saturday, October 14, 2017

House of Representatives Ban On Secular Invocations Is Constitutional

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In Barker v. Conroy ,  (D DC, Oct. 11, 2017), the D.C. federal district court rejected challenges to rules of the U.S. House of Representati...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Church-State Gadfly Rob Sherman Dies In Small Plane Crash

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Robert Sherman, a leading atheist activist and prolific litigant over church-state issues, died this weekend in the crash of a small plane h...
Sunday, August 28, 2016

Legislative Scorecard On Issues Important To Non-Theists Released

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The Center for Freethought Equality last week released its scorecard for U.S. House members in the 114th Congress on seven votes of import...
Friday, August 26, 2016

Atheists Sue Pennsylvania House Over Invocation Policy

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Yesterday, American Atheists and Americans United filed a federal lawsuit challenging the practice of the Pennsylvania House of Representati...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

Settlement Reached Permitting "8THEIST" License Plate In New Jersey

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Last week, a New Jersey federal district court approved the parties' settlement agreement ( full text ) in Morgan v. Martinez.   In the ...