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West Virginia Board of Education reinstates school vaccine policy excluding religious exemptions
The state's education board said that it "is reinstating its directive to county boards of education not to accept religious exemptions to compulsory vaccination laws"
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Judge strikes down Minnesota ban on conservative religious colleges in reimbursement program
State Department of Education tried to change law to ban "faith statements" for four years, then Legislature doomed it by failing to add severability clause, Trump nominee says. Christian colleges obviously not state actors, she says.
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Tennessee's Education Freedom Scholarships challenged
The plaintiffs are five parents and five taxpayers represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, the Education Law Center, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Public Funds Public Schools campaign and the Southern Education Foundation, according to a release from the ACLU. The Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP law firm is representing the plaintiffs pro bono.
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Flight attendants sue Alaska Airlines alleging religious discrimination
Two were fired over comments posted in a community forum about the “Equality Act,” a controversial LGBTQ bill.
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Serenity now! Hindu rituals in class cost Chicago schools, filmmaker's nonprofit $2.6M settlement
Christian student got settlement year and a half before Muslim-led class settlement. David Lynch Foundation removed schools tab from U.S. website on transcendental meditation in 2021 but continues targeting schools in other countries.
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Vatican comments on controversial drag 'Last Supper' at 2024 Paris Olympics
The Vatican said 'freedom of expression . . . is limited by respect for others'
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ACLU leads lawsuit against Louisiana over state's Ten Commandments law
The group claimed the lawsuit violates the First Amendment and infringes on a parents' ability to raise their child.
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Ramaswamy: It is important for Americans to unite around a 'common thread of core American ideals'
“The thing we have going for us is a shared set of civic ideals enshrined in that Declaration of Independence," he said. "The greatest vision statement ever written for a nation.”