Sunday, February 19, 2012

Atheists raise $40,000 for scholarship fund for student in RI school prayer banner dispute

CRANSTON, R.I. -- A national association that says there's no proof for the existence of God is managing a scholarship fund set up for a teenage atheist at the center of a dispute over a prayer banner at a Rhode Island school.

The American Humanist Association says 16-year-old Jessica Ahlquist was targeted with online threats after she challenged the constitutionality of the display at Cranston High School West. It says she stood up against her critics "with class and style."

MORE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/atheists-raise-40000-for-scholarship-fund-for-student-in-ri-school-prayer-banner-dispute/2012/02/18/gIQAS665LR_story.html