TX Gov Loses Appeal To Stop Atheist Holiday Display

The Freedom From Religion Foundation reports:

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has won its case at the appeals court level against censorship of its display in the Texas Capitol by Gov. Greg Abbott. The unanimous opinion by the three-judge court panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today granted FFRF additional relief.

The judgment, written by Judge Stephen A. Higginson, sent the case back to the district court that previously ruled in FFRF’s favor, to issue a more expansive remedy to protect FFRF’s right to place displays in the future and to ensure a similar constitutional violation cannot happen to other organizations.

“It’s highly gratifying to win our court battle in FFRF v. Abbott,” says FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. “Free speech — even for the atheists Abbott reviles — is alive and well in Texas, despite the governor’s attempts to malign, censor and exclude nonbelievers.”

HUGE VICTORY! We won our case at the appeals court level against censorship of our display in the Texas Capitol by Gov. Greg Abbott. Read our full statement: https://t.co/uPqXXYFXTd pic.twitter.com/heSZCbMn2T

— FFRF (@FFRF) April 4, 2020