Government Dismisses Its Appeal Of Order Allowing Religious Postings In Workplace

After initially appealing the decision in Lister v. Defense Logistics Agency to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal government voluntarily dismissed its appeal. (Dismissal order.) The dismissal leaves intact the holding by an Ohio federal district court that it is unconstitutional to prohibit items reflecting religious views from being posted on Notice Boards in the federal workplace. In its release announcing the dismissal, the Alliance Defense Fund explained that the controversy arose out of a federal employee's request "to post a flyer warning that donations made to a federal charitable contribution program may be used to support abortion, sexual promiscuity, homosexual behavior, and New Age mysticism."