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Click here to view original article www.devdiscourse.com Lousiana Republican Gov Jeff Landry (Photo credits: X/@JeffLandry). Image Credit: ANI All public schools in the southeastern US state of Louisiana are now required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom after Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed the requirement into law on…
Click here to view original article telanganatoday.com Lousiana has mandated that the ten commandments be displayed in all public class rooms, a decision that sparked discussion on state vs church and whether religious text can be displayed in class rooms Lousiana: A new law makes it mandateory for all public…
Click here to view original article www.foxnews.com Louisiana is the first state to require the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law Wednesday. Under the legislation, H.B. 71, a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in "large,…
Click here to view original article www.reuters.com Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry speaks during general session at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab June 19 (Reuters) – Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Wednesday signed…
Click here to view original article www.wcpo.com The Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. (Scripps News) Baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop The Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a…
Click here to view original article www.seattlepi.com FILE – Jack Phillips, who’s case was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court five years ago after he objected to designing a wedding cake for a gay couple, speaks to supporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Dec. 5, 2022. The Colorado Supreme…
Click here to view original article www.chron.com FILE – Jack Phillips, who’s case was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court five years ago after he objected to designing a wedding cake for a gay couple, speaks to supporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Dec. 5, 2022. The Colorado Supreme…
Click here to view original article www.washingtonexaminer.com A judge in Missouri ruled that the state’s restrictive abortion ban was not legislators imposing their religious beliefs. The ruling rejected the case brought forth by more than a dozen Christian, Jewish, and Unitarian Universalist leaders who are in support of abortion rights.…
Click here to view original article www.kcur.org Rabbi Susan Talve, of the Central Reform Congregation, joins hands with fellow faith leaders who are suing in hopes of overturning Missouri’s abortion restrictions on the basis of separation of church and state on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, during a march to the…
Click here to view original article www.cnn.com Louisiana House Bill 71 has passed the state Senate 30-8 and the House 79-16. It requires public schools in the state to display the Ten Commandments. krisanapong detraphiphat/Moment RF/Getty Images Editor’s Note: Eli Federman has written for the Wall Street Journal, USA Today,…
Click here to view original article www.yahoo.com Editor’s Note: Eli Federman has written for the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Reuters and other publications. Follow him on X @ elifederman . The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. See more opinion at CNN. This year, the Jewish holiday…
Click here to view original article local12.com (AP Photo/Jill Zeman Bleed) … TOPICS: Louisiana Ten Commandments Schools Bill Public Supreme Court Religion Education (THE CONVERSATION/AP) – Louisiana is not a stranger to controversy over religion in schools. In 2023, it joined almost 20 states that require or allow officials in…
Click here to view original article www.catholicnewsagency.com Credit: mangpor2004/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 6, 2024 / 17:52 pm An Oklahoma judge this week said a lawsuit challenging the nation’s first religious charter school can proceed, a victory for opponents wishing to halt public funding of the Catholic institution. Oklahoma County District…
Click here to view original article www.ncronline.org Preschool district court ruling, Denver This is an undated photo of the Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse in Denver. A federal judge ruled June 4, 2024, that Colorado violated the law by excluding Catholic preschools from participating in the state’s universal preschool program.…
Click here to view original article www.thenorthwestern.com Our reaction as a local government to a church wanting to help the homeless should be thanks, security assistance and social services, not implied threats of citations. The concept of a “ separation of church and state ” is first known to have…
Click here to view original article religionnews.com The 5-foot-tall stone slab bearing the Ten Commandments near the Texas State Capitol. A challenge to the display reached the Supreme Court. AP Photo/Harry Cabluck (The Conversation) — Louisiana is not a stranger to controversy over religion in schools. In 2023, it joined…
Click here to view original article www.cnn.com The Louisiana state capitol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on April 4, 2023. CNN — Schools in Louisiana could soon be required by law to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The state House of Representatives gave final passage to House Bill 71…
Click here to view original article www.courthousenews.com SAN DIEGO (CN) — Religious schools in California have to abide by the state’s requirements for day care and educational facilities — including health and safety requirements related to Covid-19 masking — a federal judge ruled this week. “As noted by defendants, and…
Click here to view original article www.stltoday.com Hands folded in prayer on a Holy Bible Students across the country are facing increasing problems with their mental health. Some lawmakers think they’ve found a creative way to help them. Last year, Texas enacted a new law that would allow public schools…
Click here to view original article www.sandiegouniontribune.com The two federal lawsuits are part of a recent wave of such cases nationwide, encouraged by a Supreme Court seen as friendly to them California has long had a hard ban preventing public school funding from going toward any sectarian instruction or sectarian…
Click here to view original article www.metroweekly.com Photo: Kohji Asakawa, via Pixabay A federal appeals court ruled that Montgomery County Public Schools doesn’t have to offer an “opt-out” for religious parents who object to lessons incorporating books with LGBTQ characters. Three sets of parents — Muslim, Christian, and Jewish —…
Click here to view original article www.catholicnewsagency.com Parental and religious freedom rights advocates, including a group of Muslim parents, on June 6, 2023, protest a Maryland school system policy that removes parents’ authority to opt their children out of homosexual and transgender coursework. | Credit: The Religious Freedom Institute CNA…
Click here to view original article www.nwaonline.com RALEIGH, N.C. — A Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to fire a gay teacher who announced his marriage on social media a decade ago, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, reversing a judge’s earlier decision. A panel of the 4th…
Click here to view original article religionnews.com RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to fire a gay teacher who announced his marriage on social media a decade ago, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, reversing a judge’s earlier decision. A panel of the…
Click here to view original article lawandcrime.com Left: Teacher Lonnie Billard discusses being fired from his teaching job because he posted about his plans to get married. Right: A sign for Charlotte Catholic High School in Charlotte, NC is shown. (Screengrabs via WCNC). A federal appeals court revoked a gay…