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News stories recently posted throughout the First Amendment Center Online.
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Ill. moment-of-silence law ruled unconstitutional
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Federal judge calls act 'a subtle effort to force students at impressionable ages to contemplate religion.'
01.22.09
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Federal judge won't order Obama not to use 'God' in oath
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Court also refuses request by group of atheists to block ministers from offering prayers at Jan. 20 inauguration.
01.16.09
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Inaugural plans causing stir over religion
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Barack Obama's choice of clergy for ceremonial prayers is under scrutiny like no other president-elect before him; meanwhile, atheist sues to strike 'so help me God' from oath.
01.15.09
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Fla. county schools ordered to stop promoting religion
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Federal judge says Santa Rosa County school officials must end various practices, such as instilling religious beliefs in class.
01.14.09
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High court turns away Va. council-prayer case
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Lower court had ruled that minister's use of 'in Jesus' name' when ending opening prayers wasn't protected because it was government speech, not individual expression.
01.13.09
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Ohio library settles suit over religious meeting
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County board agrees to pay $3 to plaintiffs, $10,000 to attorneys after barring couple from holding financial-planning seminar because they intended to quote Bible.
01.11.09
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ACLU seeks to clarify Pa. marriage rules
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State judges are split on who can perform marriages; confusion has led at least three dozen couples to remarry amid fears their unions might not be legal.
01.10.09
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Suit over state payments to La. churches settled
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ACLU argues state can fund nonreligious social services provided by churches, but not by funneling unrestricted funds.
01.09.09
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Breakaway parishes can't keep property, Calif. justices rule
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State high court's decision in favor of U.S Episcopal Church comes two weeks after Virginia judge finds for seceding congregations there.
01.06.09
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Woman can't use religious defense in monkey-meat case
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Federal judge allows smuggling charge to proceed, saying it's plausible that consumption of 'bush meat' could have religious significance but that claim lacks sincerity.
01.05.09
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Ore. appeals board backs shaman in land-use dispute
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Scott Young and wife want to use ranch building as church; board finds state zoning law violates Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.
01.02.09
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Prisoner's religious objection won't stop DNA sampling
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D.C. Circuit: 'Government's extraction, analysis and storage of (Russell) Kaemmerling's DNA information does not call for Kaemmerling to modify his religious behavior in any way.'
12.31.08
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Newdow seeks to bar references to God from inauguration
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California atheist sues to remove phrase 'so help me God,' other religious references from presidential oath of office, block invocation prayer from Pastor Rick Warren.
12.31.08
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N.J. agency: Church group discriminated against gay couple
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Meanwhile, parties in dispute await ruling from 3rd Circuit on whether issue should be decided in state's Division on Civil Rights or in federal courts.
12.30.08
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In wider lawsuit, soldier claims military exhibits Christian bias
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Atheist serviceman alleges attempts to convert Muslims to Christianity in Iraq, Afghanistan; cites evangelical approach in suicide-prevention manual.
12.30.08
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Md. high court rejects church's bid for huge sign
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Justices say Trinity Assembly of God could reasonably 'identify itself and conduct outreach' without a sign 10 times bigger than zoning regulations allow.
12.29.08
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Conservative congregations win court case in Va. church dispute
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County judge rules that about a dozen churches that split from U.S. Episcopal Church can keep buildings, other property under Virginia law.
12.23.08
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Ill. high court prescribes further litigation by pharmacists
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Justices vote 5-2 to revive religious-liberty challenge to rule that prohibits drugstores from turning away women seeking emergency contraception.
12.20.08
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Feds finalize physician-conscience rule
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New regulation protects health-care workers who have moral objections to abortions, other procedures, but critics say rule limits patients' right to get care and accurate information.
12.19.08
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5-volume book on church-state law posted
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Online publication of manuscript by late Rev. Dean M. Kelley has 'rescued a masterpiece from oblivion.'
12.18.08
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Ga. woman jailed for not removing Muslim head scarf
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Judge orders Lisa Valentine to serve 10 days in jail for contempt after she refused to take off hijab at courthouse security checkpoint.
12.18.08
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High court revives ex-detainees' religious-abuse suit
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Justices instruct lower court to reconsider RFRA claims in light of their holding last June that foreign detainees have some rights under Constitution.
12.16.08
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