The American Humanist Association (AHA) has filed a lawsuit saying 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. The suit was filed Nov. 29. The group hopes to use the suit as a model to halt voting at all churches nationwide. The lawsuit is the first by the AHA’s new legal center, established in Washington, D.C. The legal center will be staffed with 27 humanist lawyers from around the country who are committed to filing similar lawsuits. In a statement announcing the lawsuit in the Florida case, the AHA said churches are the most common polling locations in America, and cited a Stanford University study that found “environmental cues” inside polling locations can influence how voters vote.

–EP News