Milwaukee Deputy Sheriffs Claim Religious Rights Violation

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the union representing deputy sheriffs filed suit yesterday alleging that their religious rights were violated when the sheriff allowed a speaker from the Fellowship of Christian Centurions to appear at the department's mandatory roll call. The speaker invited deputies to attend an seminar to learn how Christ had affected people's lives and how employees could then affect others' lives through Christ. Yesterday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the civil rights suit was filed after a Milwaukee County Circuit Judge denied the union's request earlier Tuesday for a temporary restraining order.