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Religion Clause
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... --US Const., Amend. 1
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Court Rules Town Meeting Prayer Violates Vermont Constitution

In Hackett v. Town of Franklin, (VT Super. Ct., May 29, 2012), a Vermont trial court held that a towns practice of including a prayer at its town meetings violates Art. 3 of the Vermont constitu...

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Court Upholds Citys Holiday Display and Rejection of Anti-Religious Sign

In Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. v. City of Warren, Michigan, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75464 (ED MI, May 31, 2012), a Michigan federal district court upheld Warren, Michigans 2011 holiday ...

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Southern Baptist Public Policy Spokesman Reprimanded For Trayvon Martin Comments

Baptist Press reported on Friday that the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Conventions Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has issued two reprimands to Richard Land, president of the...

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Virginia County Again Modifies Display of 10 Commandments In School

As previously reported, the ACLU last year filed suit in a Virginia federal district court on behalf of a high school student and the students parent challenging the posting of Ten Commandments displ...

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Hate Crimes Prevention Act Is Constitutional and Covers Intra-Religious Violence

In United States v. Mullet, (ND OH, May 31, 2012), an Ohio federal district court upheld the constitutionality of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act against comme...

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Online Resource On Challenges To Health Insurance Contraceptive Services Mandate Launched

As reported by Eurasia Review, the Becket Fund last week launched the HHS Mandate Information Central, an online resource for reporters and the public on the 23 separate lawsuits that have ...

2 days ago

Suit Challenges High School Graduation Prayer Policy

The Freedom From Religion Foundation announced Wednesday that it, along with one of its members who is a graduating senior at Irmo High School, has filed a federal lawsuit suit against a South Caroli...

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Obama Speaks At White House Reception For Jewish American Heritage Month

President Obama spoke on Wednesday at a reception in the East Room of the White House marking Jewish American Heritage Month. (Full text of remarks.) In his remarks, he reminded his audience of a som...

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1st Circuit Invalidates Defense of Marriage Act

Today in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, (1st Cir., May 31, 2012), the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals held unconstitutional Section 3 of the Defens...

2 days ago

Malaysian Federal Court Upholds Licensing of Muslim Teachers

A 5-judge panel of Malaysias Federal Court has upheld the constitutionality of Sec. 53(1) of the state of Negeri Sembilans Syariah Criminal Enactment 1992 which outlaws Muslims teaching Islam without...

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Pakistan Indicts Former Officials On Hajj Corruption Charges

In Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, a trial court indicted former minister for Religious Affairs Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi, former Hajj director general Rao Shakeel and former Hajj joint secretary Aft...

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Secular Coalition Seeking To Create State Offices

National Journal reported yesterday that the Secular Coalition for America has launched a drive to create state chapters of the organization in all 50 states. Up to now, SCA has focused on lobbying a...

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Lawsuits Seek Same-Sex Marriage Rights In Illinois

Two lawsuits were filed yesterday in federal district court in Illinois seeking to strike down provisions of Illinois law that bar the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples and prevent le...

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New York Transit Authority Settles Religious Accommodation Suit With Justice Department

The U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has reached a settlement agreement with the New York City Transit Authority in a Title VII religious discrimination case that the Department...

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Judge Stops Murfreesboro Mosque Construction, Holding Inadequate Notice Given For Planning Commissi...

A Tennessee Chancery Court judge yesterday issued an opinion that stops, at least temporarily, the ongoing construction of a controversial mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  In 2011, the c...

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Israeli Government To Begin Paying Salaries of Non-Orthodox Rabbis

In Israel, the Attorney Generals office announced yesterday in an historic move that the government will begin to pay the salaries of some non-Orthodox rabbis, as it now does for Orthodox rabbis. Jer...

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First Suit Filed Under Hawaiis 2-Year Window For Child Sex Abuse Claims

In Honolulu last Thursday, the first lawsuit was filed under a Hawaii law that became effective in April (full text) giving a one-time 2-year window for filing of claims of sexual abuse against minor...

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Indian Court Strikes Down Religious Groups Backward Class Subquota

Last December, the government of India announced the creation of a 4.5% sub-quota for economically and socially disadvantaged non-Hindu minorities-- Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastr...

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Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases

In Florer v. Bales-Johnson, (9th Cir., May 15, 2012), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an inmates free exercise and RLUIPA complaints about his kosher diet, finding that he f...

4 days ago

Missouri Religion Amendment Moved To August Ballot

The St.Louis Post Dispatch reported last week that Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, a Democrat, has decided that a proposed state constitutional amendment (full text) that guarantees the right to pray an...

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Islamists Blame Copts For First Round Election Results In Egypt

AINA reported yesterday that many Egyptians, deeply dissatisfied with the choice for President they have in the upcoming run-off election, are blaming the Christian Copts.  Islamists are blaming...

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Cert. Filed In Suit Over Prisoners Right To Received NOI Newspaper

The Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate reports that a petition for certiorari has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Leonard v. Louisiana. In the case, the 5th Circuit in a brief per curiam opinio...

5 days ago

Guidelines on Bullying and Free Expression Released, Create Controversy

As reported by Education Week, last week a coalition of 17 religious, educational and civil rights groups, led by the American Jewish Committee and the First Amendment Center, released new guidelines...

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Kansas Governor Signs Bill Promoted As Anti-Sharia Measure

AP reports that Kansas governor Sam Brownback on May 21 signed into law H Sub SB 79. The legislation prohibits Kansas courts or tribunals from applying foreign law if that law would no...

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Suit Challenges New Ten Commandments Monument

On Friday, a lawsuit was filed challenging a 5 foot tall stone Ten Commandments monument that was put up earlier this month by the county commission in the courtyard of the Bradford County, Florida C...

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District Court Invalidates DOMA and Related Care Insurance Restrictions

In Dragovich v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, (ND CA, May 24, 2012), a California federal district court held unconstitutional Sec. 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and federal provis...

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Document Leaks, Bank Presidents Ouster Create Crisis Atmosphere At Vatican

Two parallel developments in the Vatican were described yesterday by Reuters as a "widening scandal." Last Thursday the Supervisory Board of the Institute for the Works of Religion (the ...

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26 may 12

8th Circuit: Freethinkers Have Standing To Challenge 10 Commandments Monument

In Red River Freethinkers v. City of Fargo, (8th Cir., May 25, 2012), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a organization dedicated to promoting atheist and agnostic views has standin...

25 may 12

Paper Criticizes Candidate Roy Moores Involvement On Issue That May Come To State Supreme Court

An editorial in the Anniston, Alabama Star yesterday strongly criticized former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who is again a candidate for that position in the fall election, for becoming involved...

25 may 12

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