The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center is pleased that the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is permitting a Pastafarian woman to wear a colander in her driver’s license photo, a development that... Read More

In a victory for the separation of church and state, the American Humanist Association won a lawsuit challenging a Christian nativity display on the lawn of a courthouse in Baxter County, Arkansas. The American Humanist... Read More

Many Americans have watched the presidential debates that have taken place so far as the election approaches and the media doubles down on political programming. But one debate, that of the role of religion in... Read More

Over the past several months, we’ve gotten a sense of how the 2016 presidential elections are shaping up. Well, at least for the primary. We’ve seen the candidates at their podiums giving speeches that feed... Read More

In 1956, the phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States, replacing the original motto "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of Many, One). With a growing number of secular,... Read More

Last week, despite protests from anti-GMO groups, the European Parliament rejected a measure that would allow individual countries to ban genetically modified organisms (GMOs) including certain crops and animal feed. But the issue is hardly... Read More

At the United Nations this week, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, provided an update on the state of world religious freedom. This latest report also focused on the Committee... Read More