“We cannot treat everybody, literally everybody equally without eliminating prayer altogether.”
The Supreme Court heard arguments today in Town of Greece v. Galloway, a case challenging the constitutionality of prayer before legislative sessions.
Arguing that the prayers in the Town of Greece’s city council meetings violated the First Amendment, Douglas Laycock offered this quote that sure Sounds Like Humanism to us!
The Appignani Humanist Legal Center has filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case Town of Greece v. Galloway. We believe that sanctioned prayers before town council meetings constitute an endorsement of religion in violation of the First Amendment. To read our statement, and the brief we’ve filed, click here: http://americanhumanist.org/news/details/2013-11-aha-statement-on-town-of-greece-v-galloway-scotus-ca
Have you seen examples of local governments using prayer in violation of the First Amendment?
“He then volunteered that while the Devil no longer ‘mak[es] pigs run off cliff,’ he’s still quite active: 'What he’s doing now is getting people not to believe in him or in God. He’s much more successful that way.’”
Does it concern you that this man is a Supreme Court justice?
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor believes that our citizens need to be better informed. Sounds like Humanism to us.
News of the Massachusetts Supreme Court hearing over the discrimination of saying “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance has spread throughout the nation.
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Indeed, something is very “scary” about this tweet.
Staff members from the American Humanist Association rallied outside the Supreme Court this morning to support marriage equality.
“The Supreme Court has the opportunity to give all couples equal rights and dignity under the law,” said Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association, in a press release. “Religious groups don’t have the right to target others for government discrimination. This nation should support a secular government that respects the rights of all people.”
United for Marriage, a marriage equality coalition of which the American Humanist Association is a member, will hold a rally outside the Supreme Court tomorrow as oral arguments get underway in DOMA and Prop 8 cases. Members of the AHA staff will be there. Join us if you can!