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Supreme Court to revisit church-state separation
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to revisit the issue of church-state separation and decide whether a town council can begin most of its monthly meetings with a prayer from a Christian pastor. Thirty years ago, the court upheld a state...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Air Transportation Industry, Trials, Punishment, Church and State Relations
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Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest
ReutersBy Renita D. Young CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Police Arrests, Lobbying, Politics, Teachers
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Huge Oklahoma tornado, on ground 40 minutes, smashes schools, homes
This post has been updated, as indicated below.A mile-wide tornado slammed into Oklahoma on Monday afternoon, leveling neighborhoods, starting fires and causing, as one storm chaser put it, "total destruction." [Update, 5:29 p.m. May 20: Oklahoma authorities said at least 37 people were killed in...Tags: Natural Disasters, Briarwood, Tornadoes, National Weather Service
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Supreme Court will hear church-state case over prayers at public meetings
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings. The justices said they will review an appeals court ruling that held that...Tags: Litigation, Religion and Belief, Judaism, Delta Air Lines, Vaccines
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State Dept. report notes increase in anti-Semitism; special envoy named
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Ira Forman, former CEO of the National...Tags: Religion and Belief, Russia, Civil Rights, Saudi Arabia, Politics
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UPDATED: Michigan AG reveals program to prevent school violence
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general laid out a proposal Tuesday aimed at preventing violence in schools by creating a confidential tipline for parents and students to report potentially dangerous behavior. Bill Schuette announced the...
Tags: Students, PTA, Justice System, Laws, Rick Snyder
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U.S. high court agrees to hear town meeting prayer case
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a town in New York endorsed religion by allowing members of the public to open meetings with a prayer. Two residents sued Greece, New York, in 2008, saying it...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court
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New Pew study finds rise in Muslim and Hindu immigrants to the U.S.
A new Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life study of immigration data found a rise in the numbers of Muslims and Hindus coming to the United States legally, while undocumented immigrants are overwhelmingly Christian: The study...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Hinduism, Immigration, Islam
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School facilities bill grew from grass roots
Michael Dresser got it right in describing the trajectory of the Baltimore school facilities bill as going from "non-starter to law," but the story goes far beyond the elected and appointed officials who worked hard to make the deals and shepherd the...
Tags: Politics, American Civil Liberties Union, Public Officials, Annapolis, Elections
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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear town meeting prayer case
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delving into the controversial relationship between government and religion, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a town in New York could allow members of the public, who in practice were nearly all Christian...Tags: Religion and Belief, U.S. House of Representatives, Trials, U.S. Supreme Court, Church and State Relations
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Supreme Court to hear prayer case
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will revisit the issue of church-state separation and decide whether a town council can begin its monthly meetings with a prayer from a Christian pastor. Thirty years ago, the court upheld a state legislature’s...Tags: Litigation, Religion and Belief, Belief and Faith, Trials, Church and State Relations
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Westboro Baptist Church defector struggles with her past
TOPEKA, Kan. — The house was empty, just as Libby Phelps had planned. Slipping inside that afternoon four years ago, she felt as if her heart would burst through her chest. She peeked through the curtains, terrified that her aunt and uncle ...Tags: Jenna Bush Hager, Academy Awards, Religion and Belief, Entertainment Events, Paul Harvey
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