A Tale of Two Holiday Displays

Troy Moss, NIA president, said, “NIA has a shining display of diversity and inclusion that only shines brighter now that it’s juxtaposed with a display of flagrant political and religious discrimination and exclusion.”

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Troy Moss
NIA and FFRF Warn DeKalb County Schools About Bible Classes

DeKalb County Central United School District received a strongly worded letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation on behalf of Northern Indiana Atheists (NIA) and district parents warning them about their relationship with LifeWise Academy, a released time bible study class in which children would be bussed from their schools to another location—during school hours—unsupervised by school staff.

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Troy Moss
The Hate Group in Our Backyard: Purple for Parents

Purple for Parents has now expanded to five states and has been very active in Indiana. In addition to having a strong social media presence, they have been organizing and showing up at school board meetings across the state as well as pushing legislators in the statehouse to adopt their demands.

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Troy Moss
Warsaw Schools Take Advice of NIA and Its Own Marquee

NIA sent a letter on behalf of concerned Washington Elementary School parents to Dr. David Hoffert, superintendent of Warsaw Community Schools (WCS), and Tom Ray, principal of Washington Elementary School, asking that the school take down biblical language on the school marquee.

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Troy Moss
NIA Fights State-Mandated Bullying in Public Schools

SB131 would force each Indiana public school to prominently display an “In God We Trust” sign in every classroom and library in the state. The government activism wing of NIA, Northern Indiana Atheists Civil and Political Rights Initiative, was able to mobilize within hours of learning the bill was being rushed through committee, and we were ready to challenge it.

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Troy Moss
NIA Notifies Warsaw Public Schools of First Amendment Violations

After concerned district parents contacted NIA to report several state/church violations, we sent a letter to Warsaw Public Schools Superintendent, David Hoffert, outlining the violations and requesting a response detailing the steps the district is taking to remedy these violations. We also requested the school system do more to protect the rights of conscience of their students in the future.

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Equal Access Battle in Porter County, Indiana

Northern Indiana Atheists went before the Porter County Commissioners to request equal access to the County Courthouse located in Valparaiso, Indiana. The attitudes of Porter County Commissioners Good and Biggs toward atheists were laid bare, much to the dismay of the county attorney.

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Troy Moss