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10 Aug 2015, 4:05 am
According to the Livingston (MI) Daily, on Friday Livingston Christian Schools filed a RLUIPA lawsuit in federal district court against Genoa County, Michigan over Genoa Township's denial to it of a special use permit that would have allowed it to relocate to the Brighton Church of the Nazarene facilities. [read post]
8 Feb 2019, 8:00 am
A Christian fellowship with ties to Africa can pursue its claim that Baltimore County violated its right to religious freedom by prohibiting it from operating a church on land the fellowship purchased in Pikesville, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. [read post]
10 Jul 2013, 7:04 am
Jefferson County Board of School Commissioners, (ED TN, July 9, 2013), a Tennessee federal district court held that the Jefferson County (TN) school board violated the Establishment Clause when, for budgetary reasons, it eliminated the county Alternative School and instead contracted with Kingswood School, a Christian institution, to operate the county's program for students who had been suspended or expelled from their regular school. [read post]
30 May 2021, 7:52 am
Prince Georges County, Maryland, (D MD, filed 5/27/2021), alleges that provisions of the county's agreement with Prison Ministry of America violate the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses:Defendant PG County illegally required all applicants to sign a so-called “Statement of Applicant’s Christian Faith. [read post]
24 Jul 2013, 4:05 am
In March the ACLU filed suit on behalf of three local citizens complaining that 139 of the past 143 Rowan County Board of Commissioners meetings were opened with prayers that concluded with references to Jesus or other Christian concepts. [read post]
16 Oct 2008, 6:30 am
Harford County, Maryland, (D MD, Oct. 10, 2008), the court issued a consent order in lieu of a preliminary injunction. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 5:39 pm
Supreme Court lets stand order to remove Ten Commandments monument / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com"The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a dispute over the placement of a Ten Commandments monument on the lawn outside a county courthouse in Oklahoma.The justices dismissed the case in a one-line order without comment.The action lets stand a ruling by a federal appeals court and clears the way for the display to be… [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 4:15 am
The court held that it is the right of HOO and its owners "not to be compelled to be part of the advocacy of messages opposed to their sincerely held Christian beliefs. [read post]
8 Jun 2013, 6:57 pm
Franklin County, Missouri, (ED MO, June 7, 2013), plaintiff, who attended County Commission meetings, sued the county and Presiding Commissioner John Griesheimer who often opened Commission meetings with a Christian prayer, instead of with the scheduled moment of silence. [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 6:35 am
However the vast majority of clergy offering invocations have been Christian. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 4:10 am
County of Franklin, Missouri, (ED MO, July 3, 2013), a Missouri federal district court refused to allow plaintiff, who is challenging Christian invocations at County Commission meetings (see prior posting), to continue to pursue the case under a pseudonym. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 4:00 am
Toledo- Lucas County Health Department, (ND OH, Dec. 14, 2020), an Ohio federal district court refused to issue a temporary restraining order against COVID-19 rules which bar in-person instruction at the high school level, and bar use of schools for various activities. [read post]
27 Aug 2015, 4:05 am
On Tuesday, an Ottawa County, Michigan trial court judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force the city of Grand Haven to resume displaying a 48-foot Christian cross on Dewey Hill, a city-owned sand dune. [read post]
1 Apr 2007, 2:06 am
An earlier posting reported on a jury's ruling against Redwood Christian Schools in its RLUIPA discrimination claim against Alameda County, California. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 4:00 am
In County of Fresno v. [read post]
26 Jul 2005, 4:47 pm
[JURIST] Leading Tuesday's states brief, the ACLU filed a lawsuit [ACLU news] today against North Carolina asking the court to rule that a "holy scripture" suitable for oath administration includes the religious texts of Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and other non-Christian faiths as well as the Christian Bible. [read post]
29 Sep 2008, 7:57 pm
This new paper posted at SSRN, titled "An Argument for Providing Drug Courts in All Alabama Counties Based on Judeo-Christian Ethics," provides a religious pitch for drug courts. [read post]
4 Nov 2021, 12:52 pm
Prince George’s County violated Victory Temple’s religious freedom when it denied the evangelical Christian church’s application to build a sanctuary in Bowie for its more than 2,000 congregants, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. [read post]
11 Mar 2008, 11:55 pm
Yesterday's Orange County Register reports that a California federal court judge has refused to dismiss a suit against a Mission Viejo high school history teacher who allegedly made in-class remarks hostile toward religion and toward traditional Christian views on sexuality. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 4:00 am
The majority held that the County Commissioners went beyond that permitted by the Supreme Court's Town of Greece decision. [read post]
