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Judge approves class-action suit against Chicago Public Schools for Hindu rituals forced on students
CPS and famed film director David Lynch's foundation already paid one student $150K for "Quiet Time" transcendental meditation program.
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Supreme Court to rule in coming weeks on cases on religion, LGBT rights, new voting laws, Obamacare
The Supreme Court's nine-month terms starts in October and goes through June. Last year the justices worked into July due to pandemic.
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Judges frown on Vermont banning Christian school from athletics for girls' forfeit against male
"It's a speech test. Why don't we just call it that?" one of two Trump nominees says in 2nd Circuit oral argument, noting lax response to forfeits on secular grounds including COVID mask exemption.
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Cruz introduces Senate bill to block COVID-19 funding for states discriminating against religion
States and local jurisdictions would not receive coronavirus funds if the Attorney General determines their they are practicing discrimination in coronavirus restrictions
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'I don't kneel': Student sues Chicago schools over disguised religious rituals during class
The Quiet Time program included pushing religion on students, violating the First Amendment’s Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses, according to Green and her attorneys.
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California city angers LGBT activists after voting to restrict flags on public property
The measure also prevents flags being flown that relate to religion, breast cancer awareness, the Confederacy, Black Lives Matter and other causes.
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Muslims, Republicans, lesbians ask SCOTUS to protect parental rights against LGBTQ school mandates
Suburban D.C. school district's policy of no notifications or opt-outs will "banish families of certain faiths" and create "a forced homogeneity" in public schools, Muslims tell the high court. Feminists call LGBTQ lessons homophobic.