A judge in Hawaii gutted a new lawsuit on Tuesday filed by two atheists against churches that rent space from public schools. The lawsuit is a renewed effort to prove the churches acted illegally after the same judge threw out their first attempt at a conviction late last year.
In March 2013, Holly Huber and Michael Kahle, founder of Hawaii Citizens for the Separation of Church and State, filed a lawsuit against five churches who met in public schools, claiming they collectively owed the state’s Department of Education $5.6 million in unpaid or underpaid rental fees and utility charges for the prior six years. Under the state’s False Claims Act (FCA), the duo claimed they had inside information that would expose fraudulent billing.
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