When Words Matter: Would Humanists Benefit From Being More Open to Religious Language?
Jason Torpy, AHA’s board treasurer, reacts to the media calling the popular Sunday Assembly an “atheist megachurch” and asks whether there’s room for “spiritual” people in the freethought movement. Among atheists, I lament an ‘allergy’... Read More
Join Your Friends in Unholy Matrimony: Humanist Institute Offers Wedding Officiant Training Online
With an increasing demand for non-religious wedding celebrants in the U.S., formal online wedding ceremony training for is now available through The Humanist Institute’s Continuum for Humanist Education. The course is available to current humanist... Read More
Barney Frank, Jason Silva, Eugenie Scott to Headline 2014 AHA Conference in Philadelphia
The American Humanist Association is pleased to announce that former U.S. Representative Barney Frank, National Geographic television host Jason Silva, and evolution advocate Eugenie Scott will be honored at the American Humanist Association 73rd Annual... Read More
AHA Files Amicus Brief in Greece v. Galloway Case Challenging Legislative Prayer
In order to keep U.S. religious institutions and government from adversely affecting each other, the American Humanist Association is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a lower court decision that keeps the Town of Greece,... Read More
AHA’s Legal Center Represents Texas Student Suspended for Ripping Bible Pages
The American Humanist Association sent a complaint letter on November 1 to the Birdville Independent School District in Texas, claiming that Birdville High School administrators violated the First Amendment rights of student Isaiah Smith, who... Read More
Problems With ObamaCare? How It Funds Abstinence-Only Education
Matthew Bulger, AHA’s Legislative Associate, discovers an amendment that was inserted into the Affordable Care Act that provides funding toward abstinence-only-until-marriage programs for youth. ObamaCare, President Obama’s signature legislative accomplishment, is dealing with some pretty... Read More
Is Yoga Religious?
Will yoga in P.E. class lead children away from Christianity and into Eastern religions? Parents in Encinitas, CA, think so. So they’ve appealed a court ruling in the hopes of removing stretching and mat exercises... Read More
