Several atheist activist organizations are continuing to sue cities nationwide in an effort to stop the prayers that open city hall meetings and other gatherings. Cities in California, Florida, Missouri, New York and Tennessee are all currently fighting lawsuits from atheists groups that seek to remove God from government, a battle that has raged in […]
An atheist group at a Wisconsin university is set to receive nearly $70,000 of student fees to fund its programs and events for the 2013-2014 school year. The University of Wisconsin-Madison recently approved $67,400 in funding for the group Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics (AHA). The allocation is said to be the largest amount ever given to any […]
An atheist organization has filed suit against the state of Indiana, claiming that current marriage laws prohibit atheists from performing wedding ceremonies. The Center for Inquiry (CFI), headquartered in New York, says that it brought the challenge on behalf of John Keil and Michelle Landrum, who are to be wed next year. The couple, being […]
The Kentucky Supreme Court has let stand a ruling from the state Court of Appeals upholding the state’s right to acknowledge God in Kentucky’s homeland security law. The organization American Atheists filed a lawsuit in 2008, claiming that the ordinance, written in part by Representative Tom Riner, a Baptist pastor in Louisville, violated the Constitution’s […]