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Article: People for the American Way hails 'secular humanism' ruling, calls decision 'setback for book-banners.'
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- August 26, 1987
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PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY HAILS 'SECULAR HUMANISM' RULING,
CALLS DECISION 'SETBACK FOR BOOK-BANNERS'RULING,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- People For the American Way Executive Director Arthur J. Kropp today hailed an appeals court ruling striking down the Alabama secular humanism decision, calling the ruling "a setback for book-banners and a victory for public education and our nation's school children."
The ruling, issued by a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, overturned a March ruling by Alabama federal Judge Brevard W. Hand.
Hand's decision banned 44 books from use in the ...