American Humanist Association et al., Respondents
Monica L. Miller, Counsel of Record
The American Humanist Association is a nonprofit group that seeks to promote and protect the interests of individuals who support an ethical life without believing in a god. In 2014, the group and three of its members — Steven Lowe, Fred Edwords, and Bishop McNeill — filed suit against the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, contending that the Peace Cross, a World War I memorial on public land in the grassy median of a major road in Bladensburg, Maryland, violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The three individuals, who regularly encounter the 40-foot-tall Roman cross in their…
