Atheist Group Asks Everyone to Sit Out the Pledge of Allegiance American Humanist Association launches national awareness campaign to restore “one nation indivisible”
Today the American Humanist Association launched a national campaign to encourage people to sit out the Pledge of Allegiance until the phrase “under God”... Read More
Over One-Third of Americans Support Removing “Under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance
A new study by The Seidewitz Group, commissioned by the American Humanist Association with support from the Stiefel Freethought Foundation, reports that 34 percent... Read More
Elmira, NY, Student Forced to Stand For Pledge of Allegiance Superintendent sends email to all district staff outlining students’ right to opt out
Last Tuesday the American Humanist Association submitted a letter to the Elmira City School District in New York, on behalf of an atheist student... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: One Nation, Drinking Booze
The latest setback in the legal campaign to remove the words “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance gets me thinking about … product... Read More
A Long Way to Go for Atheist Equality: An Analysis of the Doe v. Acton Pledge Case
To call it a disappointment would be an understatement. Last week’s ruling from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) in the case of Doe... Read More
Are Atheists Unpatriotic? AHA Legal Center Launches Another State Lawsuit Against “Under God” in Pledge
Are atheists unpatriotic? Most non-theists would say no and assert that loyalty to their country has nothing to do with belief, or nonbelief, in... Read More
What’s the Best Way to Challenge Religious Intrusion?
How many people of faith take seriously the biblical admonition against public prayer—“Be careful about not living righteously merely to be seen by people,”... Read More