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News stories recently posted throughout the First Amendment Center Online.
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Jury award to fired Ore. pastor upheld
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Appeals court finds that church can't use First Amendment defense against defamation lawsuit in case involving accusation of theft.
02.09.10
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Muslim group files complaint over Calif. mayor's remarks
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Council on American-Islamic Relations claims R. Rex Parris violated civil rights of non-Christians when he said Lancaster was 'growing a Christian community.'
02.08.10
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Federal judge dismisses suit filed by Tony Alamo followers
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Members claimed Arkansas state agency infringed on their religious rights when it seized children from their compound.
02.07.10
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Ore. faith-healers convicted in teen son's death
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Neil Beagley, 16, died of complications from congenital urinary blockage that doctors said could have been treated.
02.03.10
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Ill. inmate can pursue religious-liberty lawsuit over pat-down
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By David L. Hudson Jr. However, federal judge rejects Yaphet K. Jamal's sexual-harassment claim.
02.02.10
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Tenn. board approves Bible-class guidelines
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State officials say they tried to develop principles that are safe from legal challenge, but some say state-approved course could violate church-state separation.
02.01.10
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Prayer before N.C. meetings ruled unconstitutional
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Federal judge requires county board to stop religious invocations to open its meetings.
01.29.10
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Wis. inmate can't play Dungeons & Dragons behind bars
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7th Circuit panel rejects Kevin T. Singer's claims that prison ban on role-playing game, materials violated his free-speech, due-process rights.
01.26.10
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Alaska court rejects religious defense in drug case
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Appeals panel majority agrees with trial court judge, finding couple's religious beliefs about marijuana were insincere.
01.25.10
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U.S. drops ban on 2 Muslim scholars
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Tariq Ramadan, Adam Habib can reapply to travel to United States now that State Department has concluded they pose no danger to country.
01.24.10
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Defense contractor to take Bible references off gun sights
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Critics had raised concerns that including Scripture citations on combat rifle sights violated U.S. government rule that bars proselytizing by American troops in Afghanistan, Iraq.
01.22.10
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Mich. defense contractor has God in its sights
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Military officials say they will investigate whether company violated federal procurement rules by stamping references to Bible verses on combat rifle sights used by American forces.
01.20.10
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Pa. appeals court: State can regulate religious child-care center
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Judges find Catholic day care's case short on specifics and church didn't establish that regulations would interfere with its free exercise of religion.
01.16.10
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Divided 6th Circuit OKs Ky. Ten Commandments display
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Dissenting judge says Grayson County's 'asserted purpose here — that the Display was posted for educational or historical reasons — is a sham and should be rejected.'
01.15.10
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Anti-Muslim images are protected speech, Minn. officials say
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Two county prosecutors say they won't file charges against man who admitted posting images near mosque, Somali-owned store, but St. Cloud city attorney says his office is still analyzing case.
01.10.10
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Court dismisses atheist soldier's suit against Pentagon
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Federal judge says Army Spc. Dustin Chalker failed to exhaust all other alternatives before he and Military Religious Freedom Foundation filed lawsuit.
01.08.10
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Tenn. school district agrees to end Bible distribution
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ACLU had threatened to sue Wilson County officials after Gideons International gave away Bibles at elementary school last fall.
01.06.10
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Feds side with American Indians in Cape Cod wind-farm case
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Mashpee, Aquinnah Wampanoag tribes say special designation for Nantucket Sound is needed to preserve tribes' sacred rituals.
01.05.10
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Conn. school drops graduation planned for church
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Threatened lawsuit prompts change of venue from cathedral to convention center.
01.03.10
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