"Atheists Sue Pennsylvania House After Being Barred From Giving Opening Invocations" Summary

Author Nick Wing starts off the article by talking about how things have been in the Pennsylvania state House over the past few years.  Leaders in the Pennsylvania state House have repeatedly maintained that only religious individuals are fit to deliver the opening invocation before each session.  Apparently, a group of atheist and secular organizations filed a federal lawsuit "claiming that Republican leadership is unconstitutionally discriminating against nonbelievers who wish to offer guidance to lawmakers in accordance with their sincerely held beliefs."

This controversy started back in August 2014 when two members of local atheist groups submitted a request to deliver opening invocations but were shot down.  Later on a similar request was made and it led to an official rule change stating that guest speakers "shall be a member or a regularly established church or religious organization or shall be a member of the House of Representatives."

Wing goes over multiple other examples of ongoing quarrels between church and state.  The Pennsylvania state House quarrel continues on, but the atheists say that they just want an opportunity to present another point of view.

I chose this source because Nick Wing is the senior viral editor at The Huffington Post which I feel gives him the credibility to write this article.

Citation

 Wing, Nick. "Atheists Sue Pennsylvania House After Being Barred From Giving Opening Invocations." The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post, 25 Aug. 2016. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.