WASHINGTON — The civil rights of a Florida humanist were violated when he was forced to pass an anti-abortion banner on his way to vote at a Florida church in the midterm elections, leaders of the American Humanist Association (AHA) said Nov. 29.
The humanists filed suit to stop voting at the church in Delray Beach, Fla., and ultimately hope to use similar cases to halt voting at all houses of worship. The lawsuit on behalf of the Florida man, Jerry Rabinowitz, also launched the AHA’s new legal center in Washington, the first nontheist legal center in the nation’s capital.
The AHA defines humanism as a progressive philosophy of life that, without supernaturalism, affirms humans’ ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.
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