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Specifically, a '''lawsuit''' is a legal action started by a [[plaintiff]] against a [[defendant]] based on a [[complaint]] that the defendant failed to perform a legal [[duty]] which resulted in harm to the plaintiff.
Specifically, a '''lawsuit''' is a legal action started by a [[plaintiff]] against a [[defendant]] based on a [[complaint]] that the defendant failed to perform a legal [[duty]] which resulted in harm to the plaintiff.
== Atheist lawsuits ==
''See also:'' [[Atheist lawsuits]]
Atheists in the Western World are litigious. Often they use ligitation to restrict the degree of [[religious freedom]] in a society.
[[File:Skivu Hutchinson speaking at Center For Inquiry.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Sikivu Hutchinson]] speaking ath the [[Center for Inquiry]]. ]]
The [[Freedom From Atheism Foundation]] has a webpage on their website entitled "Ongoing Lawsuits".<ref>[https://ffrf.org/legal/challenges/ongoing-lawsuits Ongoing Lawsuits - Legal - Freedom From Religion Foundation]</ref> The [[American Atheists]] has a webpage on their website entitled "Legal sucesses".<ref>[https://www.atheists.org/legal/legal-successes/ Legal sucesses - American Atheists]</ref> The [[Center for Inquiry]] engaged in lawsuits related to faith based initiatives concerning prison ministry.<ref name=OS2011 >{{cite web |url= http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-04-20/news/os-blaine-amendment-religious-schools20110420_1_florida-voters-church-and-state-state-constitution
|title= Bill asks voters to OK taxpayer funding of religious institutions
|first= Leslie |last= Postal |publisher= [[Orlando Sentinel]]
|date= April 20, 2011 |access-date= May 16, 2016 }}</ref><ref name=TB2011 >{{cite web |url= http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/blaine-amendment-repeal-passes-florida-house |title= Blaine amendment repeal passes Florida house |first= Patricia |last= Mazzei |publisher= [[Tampa Bay Times]] |date= April 27, 2011 |access-date= May 16, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160605071055/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/blaine-amendment-repeal-passes-florida-house |archive-date= June 5, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="CFI2016-02" >{{cite web |url=http://www.centerforinquiry.net/news/center_for_inquiry_will_not_appeal_adverse_decision_in_florida_lawsuit/
|title= Center for Inquiry will not appeal adverse decision in Florida lawsuit
|publisher= CFI
|date= February 8, 2016 |access-date= May 16, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="NewBos2016-2" >{{cite web |url= http://newbostonpost.com/2016/02/23/atheists-drop-suit-to-block-christian-prison-ministry-funding/
|title= Atheists drop suit to block Christian prison ministry funding
|first= Kara |last= Bettis |publisher= New Boston Post
|date= February 23, 2016 |accessdate= May 16, 2016 }}</ref>
In June 2014, given the focus of atheist organizations on lawsuits, [[Sikivu Hutchinson]] wrote in the ''Washington Post'' that atheist organizations generally focus on church/state separation and [[creationism]] issues and not the concerns the less affluent African-American population faces.<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/> Hutchinson also mentioned that church organizations do offer significant help to poor African-Americans.<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/> See also: [[Atheism and charity]] and [[Western atheism and race]]
== See also ==
== See also ==