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    May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. 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.
    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

  2. May 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  3. Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest

    Reuters
    By 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

  4. May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. 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

  6. May 20, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  7. Supreme Court will hear church-state case over prayers at public meetings

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (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

  8. May 20, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  9. State Dept. report notes increase in anti-Semitism; special envoy named

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (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

  10. May 21, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News
  11. 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.
    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

  12. May 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  13. U.S. high court agrees to hear town meeting prayer case

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON, 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

  14. May 20, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel
  15. New Pew study finds rise in Muslim and Hindu immigrants to the U.S.

    A new study by Pew found an increase in Muslim and Hindu immigrants to the United States
    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

  16. May 20, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  17. School facilities bill grew from grass roots

    <a href="http://bio.tribune.com/MichaelDresser">Michael Dresser</a> 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 legislation to passage ("City schools bill a political showpiece," May 17).
    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

  18. May 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  19. U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear town meeting prayer case

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (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

  20. May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. Supreme Court to hear prayer case

    WASHINGTON &mdash; 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.
    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

  22. May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. 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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