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Arkansas settles with Freethinkers on solstice display

Posted by Mike Daniels Religion & Courts Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

In 2008, the Arkansas Freethinkers requested space at the State Capitol for a solstice display, alongside religious displays. They were refused. They sued; now a settlement is proposed.

Humanists Applaud American Atheists v. Duncan Decision

Posted by American Humanist Association Religion & Courts, Secular Press Releases Thursday, August 19th, 2010

The American Humanist Association (AHA) expressed enthusiastic approval today of the US Court of Appeal’s ruling that a series of crosses memorializing fallen officers along a Utah highway is a constitutional violation.

FFRF: Islamic Center not a state/church violation, we’re not suing over it

Posted by Freedom From Religion Foundation Religion & Courts, Secular Press Releases Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is receiving a new variation on crank mail — religious-right folk filling out our online form to report the same so-called state/church violation: the “mosque being built at Ground Zero.” They demand to know why isn’t FFRF isn’t suing over this “violation.”

Use of Government Property to Relocate NYC Mosque Raises Serious Legal Questions, Says Americans United

Posted by Americans United Religion & Courts, Secular Press Releases Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

New York Gov. David Paterson’s proposal to offer public property to relocate the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” raises serious constitutional issues and could spark litigation, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

CFI Hails Federal Court Ruling Striking Down Proposition 8

Posted by Center for Inquiry Religion & Courts, Secular Press Releases Thursday, August 5th, 2010

The Center for Inquiry (CFI) hails the August 4, 2010 ruling made by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California striking down California’s Proposition 8, a public referendum that withdrew same-sex couples’ legal right to marry.

Americans United Applauds Court Ruling Against Proposition 8

Posted by Mike Daniels Religion & Courts, Secular Press Releases Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Americans United for Separation of Church and State today applauded a federal district court decision striking down California’s Proposition 8, a measure that withdrew the civil marriage rights of same-sex couples in the state.

In Brief: California Prop 8 declared unconstitutional

Posted by Mike Daniels In Brief, Religion & Courts Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

In a major victory for gay rights advocates, a federal judge on Wednesday struck down California’s Proposition 8, a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.

FFRF challenges religious Tennessee courthouse display

Posted by Freedom From Religion Foundation Featured Block, Religion & Courts, Secular Press Releases Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

A juvenile court judge unwilling to separate his Christianity from the Hawkins County Courthouse in Rogersville, Tenn., has drawn fire from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

NJ judge OK’s rape of wife by Muslim, citing religious belief; overturned on appeal

Posted by Mike Daniels Featured Block, Religion & Courts Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

A trial judge in NJ refused to issue a restraining order in a case of domestic violence and marital rape because the defendant, a Muslim, claimed that his religion gave him the right to sex on demand and complete control of his wife. An appeals court overturned the verdict.

Washington State may allow pharmacists to exercise “religious objection” to contraception

Posted by Mike Daniels Religion & Courts Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Washington state has decided to review its regulations and find a way to permit pharmacists with religious objections not to stock emergency contraceptive drug “Plan B”.