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N.Y. town board’s prayers OK with federal judge

FAC August 9, 2010

A federal judge has ruled that a town board in upstate New York isn’t doing anything unconstitutional by opening its meetings with a brief prayer. August 9, 2010 By The Associated Press GREECE, N.Y. — The judge signed an order Aug. 5 tossing out a lawsuit filed by two residents of the town of Greece, a Rochester suburb, who had complained that prayers held at the start of town-council meetings favored Christians and violated the

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Anti-Gay Church Prepares For US Supreme Court Case

FAC August 4, 2010

Members of a Kansas church sued for protesting outside a Marine’s funeral are gearing up to present their case to the U.S. Supreme Court in October. News August 4, 2010 By The Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ― The high court is scheduled to hear arguments Oct. 6 in the case of Westboro Baptist Church, which claims its protests outside a 2006 funeral of a Marine killed in Iraq were free speech protected by the

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ACLU sues Boulder County Jail over new postcard-only mail policy

FAC August 3, 2010

Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit today against Boulder County Jail officials for enacting what they allege is an unconstitutional policy barring inmates from sending personal mail in sealed envelopes to people outside the jail. The Daily Camera August 3, 2010 By Vanessa Miller The jail’s new mail policy, which was implemented in May, restricts personal outgoing correspondence to postcards that are supplied by the jail.

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Pa. prisons can bar Muslim workers’ headscarves

FAC August 3, 2010

Prison officials can bar employees from wearing religious headscarves out of concerns they pose a safety risk, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled yesterday in a 2-1 decision. News August 3, 2010 By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Prison officials have legitimate concerns the headscarves can hide drugs or other contraband, or be used by an inmate to strangle someone, the majority said in EEOC v. The Geo Group. The ruling dismisses a lawsuit

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Court rules student counselors must ‘affirm’ gay clients

FAC July 29, 2010

On Tuesday, a federal judge upheld the right of a counseling program at Eastern Michigan University to kick out a master’s student who declined to counsel gay clients in an affirming way — as required by the university program and counseling associations. USA TODAY July 29, 2010 By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed A month ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a dispute involving the right of public universities to enforce anti-bias rules as

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