November 20, 2017 Comments Off on Lawyers: Former Atlanta fire chief fired for religious views
ATLANTA — An attorney for a former Atlanta fire chief argued in court Friday that his client was let go for his religious beliefs, but lawyers for the city disputed that. Kelvin Cochran wrote a book called “Who Told You ...
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Read More »March 20, 2017 Comments Off on Texas AG raises concerns over high school’s prayer room
Every day at lunch, a handful of teenagers in Frisco, Texas, would pop into room C112, face a whiteboard and kneel for one of their five daily prayers. It was just a spare classroom, used for everything from teachers’ grading ...
Read More »February 14, 2017 Comments Off on Old case about goat sacrifices played role in blocking Trump’s travel ban
In 1993, the Supreme Court granted constitutional protections to an Afro-Cuban religious group that sacrifices animals, such as goats, chickens, ducks and turtles, as a form of ritual. More than two decades later, specifically Thursday, three federal appeals court judges ...
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Read More »July 12, 2011 Comments Off on Town clerk quits, cites gay marriage opposition
BARKER — A town clerk in a rural upstate New York community has submitted her resignation, citing her religious opposition to gay marriage. Laura Fotusky submitted a letter of resignation to the town board in Barker on Monday ...
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Read More »April 6, 2011 Comments Off on Local reaction to private school tuition case
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that taxpayers who challenged an Arizona law providing tax credits to school tuition organizations lacked standing to challenge a program that uses state funds generated by tax revenues to award scholarships to private religious schools.
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Read More »December 22, 2010 Comments Off on Job Discrimination: Sayed v. Hilton Hotels Corporation
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Job Discrimination Religion — Coworker Comments Sayed v. Hilton Hotels Corporation 10-453-cv Appealed from the Southern District of New York Background: This appeal is from an order of the district court granting summary ...
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Read More »December 10, 2010 Comments Off on Liability, discrimination issues for holiday parties?
Businesses have to put the holly in holidays rather than the Christ in Christmas. Office holiday parties are a regular occurrence this time of year, but businesses have to stay neutral on having religion ...
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Read More »May 26, 2010 Comments Off on Leaving Islam? ads cause stir
NEW YORK CITY — The questions on the ads aren’t subtle: Leaving Islam? Fatwa on your head? Is your family threatening you? A conservative activist and the organizations she leads have paid ...
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