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Italy Fights School Crucifix Ban (AJE)

Posted on July 1, 2010July 27, 2010 by Martin Surridge

The Italian government has begun its appeal against a decision by the European Court of Human Rights to ban crucifixes in school classrooms.

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Michael Newdow – Question to Justice Scalia: Does the Establishment Clause Permit the Disregard of Devout Catholics?

Posted on April 28, 2010May 6, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Dr. Michael Newdow, an attorney and physician famous for his litigation on church-state issues from an atheist perspective, and and previous article contributor to ReligiousLiberty.TV, has now published an important law review article for the Capital University Law Review that discusses the history of American religious freedom and tolerance and why the majority should carefully consider the…

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Conference Held to Relaunch Protection of Work-Free Sunday at European Level (ARLP)

Posted on April 13, 2010April 13, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

A conference whose aim was to relaunch the protection of a work-free Sunday debate at European level (see www.comece.org) was held on Wednesday the March 24, 2010 in Brussells. ARLP has posted a story on their website along with a video of the keynote address. Here are some of the reasons for the conference: Purpose…

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Americans United Praises Justice Stevens’ Record On Church And State

Posted on April 9, 2010April 9, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Americans United for Separation of Church and State today praised Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens for his record of support for church-state separation and expressed the hope that his replacement will hold similar views.

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Church-state advocates urge strong successor for Stevens (ABP)

Posted on April 9, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPT from American Baptist Press: WASHINGTON (ABP) — With the Supreme Court’s oldest and longest-serving member announcing April 9 his retirement, advocates for strong church-state separation urged that Justice John Paul Stevens’ replacement be as devoted to preventing government establishment of religion as the retiring jurist. However, some called for a successor who can improve…

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HISTORICAL SKETCH: Roger Williams, Apostle Of Religious Freedom

Posted on April 6, 2010April 6, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

By Ellen G. White – The framers of the Constitution recognized the eternal principle that man’s relation with his God is above human legislation, and his rights of conscience inalienable. Reasoning was not necessary to establish this truth; we are conscious of it in our own bosoms. It is this consciousness which, in defiance of human laws, has sustained so many martyrs in tortures and flames. They felt that their duty to God was superior to human enactments, and that man could exercise no authority over their consciences. It is an inborn principle which nothing can eradicate.”

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NJ county’s Sunday buying ban may be checking out (AP)

Posted on March 29, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Thanks to RLTV reader Doug Beasley for finding this story. EXCERPT: The Sunday shopping ban in New Jersey’s largest county – among the nation’s last remaining blue laws – may be lifted to satisfy the state’s hunger for more sales tax revenue. The budget proposed last week by new Republican Gov. Chris Christie assumes $65 million in new…

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9th Circuit Upholds the Term ‘God’ in Pledge and on Currency

Posted on March 21, 2010March 29, 2010 by Michael Peabody

Although this was a lawsuit brought by an atheist, had he won, the result might have actually been more protective of the honor of God. After these rulings stripping the name of God of any religious meaning, those who have so long clamored for God’s name to be mentioned as a statement of this nation’s religious faith might want to re-think their position.

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9th Circuit Holds ‘Ministerial Exception’ Bars Seminarian Employment Case

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Administrator

EXCERPT: This “ministerial exception” helps to preserve the wall between church and state from even the mundane government intrusion presented here. In this case, plaintiff Cesar Rosas seeks pay for the overtime hours he worked as a seminarian in a Catholic church in Washington. The district court correctly determined that the ministerial exception bars Rosas’s claim and dismissed the case on the pleadings.

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Texas education board rejects in-depth study of First Amendment (DallasNews.com)

Posted on March 12, 2010March 12, 2010 by Administrator

EXCERPT: AUSTIN – Republicans on the State Board of Education soundly rejected a Democratic-backed proposal Thursday that would have required Texas students to be taught the reasons behind the prohibition of a state religion in the Bill of Rights. The contentious decision in curriculum standards for U.S. government classes appeared to signal the unhappiness of several board…

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