Atheists lose lawsuit over Detroit’s downtown aid

One News Now: Alliance Defense Fund attorney Dale Schowengerdt, who represented St. John’s Episcopal Church in the case, explains that city officials came up with the plan to reimburse property owners half of their exterior improvements, up to about $180,000. “And it’s a very successful and a very popular program that made downtown Detroit look a lot nicer,” he adds. “The church was simply responding to the city’s plan for property improvements before the Super Bowl to present a positive image of the city.”