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Is homeless crackdown a sign of compassion fatigue?
(RNS) A growing number of cities across the United States are making it harder to be homeless. Philadelphia recently banned outdoor feeding of people in city parks. Denver has begun enforcing a ban on eating and sleeping on pr...
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Judge rules against prayer banner in R.I. school
A federal judge ruled Wednesday (Jan. 11) in favor of a teenage atheist who sought the removal of a prayer banner from her Rhode Island high school. Attorneys for Jessica Ahlquist, 16, argued that a banner on display in Provide...
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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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Alabama immigration law not applicable to clergy, judge says
The lawyer of one of four church bishops who filed a lawsuit against the enforcement of Alabama’s new immigration law said recently that she felt upbeat after the first court hearing. Augusta Dowd, attorney for Alabama Episcopa...
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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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Appellate Court rules that San Diego memorial cross unconstitutional
A four-story-tall cross on a mountain peak park in an exclusive San Diego suburb in California is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled recently. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2008 lower court decision...
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N.J. lawmakers support anti-bullying bill which may inhibit free speech
New Jersey lawmakers are bent on passing new, strong anti-bullying legislation amid the rash of teen suicides, but others say the bill’s wording is inadequate and can be used to harass teachers who express religious beliefs. Th...
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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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Enfield board to appeal court ruling against graduation ceremony in cathedral
A public high school in Bloomfield, Connecticut will seek an expedited appeal of the recent ruling of a federal judge stating they cannot hold their graduation ceremony at a church. The Enfield Board of Education will ask the U...
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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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