Posts Tagged ‘ACLU’
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N.C. minorities remain worried after religion bill is pulled
WILMINGTON, N.C. (RNS) A resolution to allow North Carolina to defy the Constitution and establish a state-sanctioned religion may be dead in the state capitol, but minority faiths say there’s more than enough reason to r...
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Okla. judge defends sentencing teenager to church even if it’s not legal
A district judge in Oklahoma who sentenced a 17-year-old boy to 10 years of church attendance is standing by his sentence as the right thing to do -- even if it may not have been the constitutional thing to do.
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Alabama program offering choice between jail time or church postponed
A program in Alabama that was supposed to allow offenders to choose between going to church for a year, or serving a term in jail and paying a fine, was temporarily delayed after a civil rights group issued a letter of objectio...
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ACLU says Tennessee county education board promotes Christianity
The American Civil Liberties Union issued a complaint recently against the Sumner County Board of Education in Tennessee, saying that schools within the district have been endorsing Christianity in breach of the U.S. Constituti...
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N.C. city council reaches a compromise on Christian flag
A city council in North Carolina reached a compromise recently over the display of a Christian flag alongside several others in a Veteran’s Memorial that was set up in the town’s Central Park. The King City Council decided last...
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Christian flag taken down from Veteran’s Memorial
The spirit may have been willing, but the wallet made them weak. The King City Council in North Carolina changed its mind and decided to take down a Christian flag that had flown at the Veteran’s Memorial since it was built in ...
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ACLU caught representing no one, but continues pursuing case
The ACLU has been caught fighting against defendants in a case without having any plaintiffs to represent.
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Mojave cross stolen two weeks after U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled to protect the Mojave Desert War Memorial, thieves stole the Sunrise Rock cross. On May 10, a Park employee noticed the cross was missing and said it was probably removed during the nigh...
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ACLU loses another lawsuit against a 10 Commandments display
The ACLU has not won any Court of Appeals case against Ten Commandments monuments since 2005.
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Update: Two educators in “Arrested for Praying” case are cleared of all charges
Charges brought by the ACLU have been dropped against two educators who prayed over a meal at a luncheon.
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