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Courts Hold Grooming Kids in School is Fine But Don’t You Dare Mention God
01 May 2025 02:06 GMT
… Court called coercive when they put an end to school prayer … parental rights. Instead, it ruled the parents couldn’t prove … In a concurring opinion, Judge McHugh acknowledged the policies could … The Lee v. Poudre ruling sends a chilling message: schools …
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Walters announces lawsuit against Freedom From Religion Foundation over school prayer
01 Apr 2025 20:09 GMT
Filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the suit accuses the Wisconsin-based nonprofit of infringing on students' religious freedoms. It seeks an injunction to stop the nonprofit from reaching out to schools around …
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Texas Senate passes school prayer bill, advances bill mandating Ten Commandments in classrooms
19 Mar 2025 03:14 GMT
SB 10 would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in all classrooms. SB 11 would require school boards to vote on allowing designated prayer time.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate debated a pair of bills on Tuesday that would bring aspects of religion …
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Texas Senate advances school prayer, Ten Commandment bills
05 Mar 2025 00:58 GMT
… to Senate Bill 11, the school prayer bill, on a 23-7 … Galveston Republican who authored the school prayer bill and has argued that … School District, for instance, the court ruled in favor of a Washington … in Ministry. “Is it really justice to promote one type of …
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SCOTUS is ‘most powerful court in history,’ says author, poli sci professor
26 Mar 2025 06:12 GMT
… Vitale from 1962, which ruled that it was unconstitutional … prayer.
“School prayer is the most attacked Supreme Court decision in … There are more attacks against school prayer than any other issue … legacy of unpopular Supreme Court rulings over the years, …
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Alabama lawmakers push school prayer, Ten Commandments displays - will courts say Amen?
15 Feb 2025 13:20 GMT
… be upheld by the courts. The school prayer bill is a constitutional … even after the 2022 Supreme Court ruling in Kennedy v. Bremerton … scrutiny because of the Kennedy ruling.
But constitutional experts aren … June, but a federal judge blocked the law in November …
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Old walls between church and state are falling. Will bans on religious charter schools go next?
29 Apr 2025 19:28 GMT
… Last June, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in favor of Drummond, upholding … people of faith and ruled that if a state … decisions on school prayer and religious instruction, they say.
“This Court has … six justices who were in the majority in the 2022 ruling …
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"The Court Shouldn't Bruen-ize the Free Exercise Clause"
08 Mar 2025 22:26 GMT
… Protections First, Bruen instructs courts to focus primarily on … strict scrutiny as a judge-made doctrine, and praised … Mark Storslee, History and the School Prayer Cases, 110 Va. L. … limits of their authority. Justice Barrett has recognized this point …
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The 74 Interview 74 interview The 74 Interview ‘We’re the Outliers’: Ashley Rogers Berner on Public Funding for Private Schools As Supreme Court prepares to hear Christian charter case, Johns Hopkins professor explains how other countries embrace…
27 Feb 2025 12:50 GMT
… of the end of school prayer, and why she feels … religious institutions.
The landmark ruling with respect to schools … which a conservative majority ruled that Ohio’s school … Supreme Court’s 1962 ruling in Engel v. Vitale, which banned school prayer. …
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In quest to infuse more religion into Texas schools, advocates say courts are now on their side
12 Feb 2025 19:43 GMT
… effects of recent high court rulings.
“The Christian Right … decision, the Supreme Court ruled along ideological lines that … In the Kennedy decision, justices suggested they were replacing … school classrooms,” Chancey said.
School prayer, however, presents a …