Showing posts with label Chaplains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chaplains. Show all posts
Friday, April 26, 2024

Florida Authorizes Volunteer Chaplains in Schools

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On April 18, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 931. The bill ( full text ) allows school districts to authorize volunteer school chap...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Statute of Limitations Not Tolled on Navy Chaplains' Claims

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In In re: Naval Chaplaincy ,  (D DC, Aug. 23, 2023), the D.C. federal district court held that plaintiffs have not shown that the running of...
Thursday, May 25, 2023

Texas Legislature Approves Chaplains in Public Schools

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 The Texas legislature today gave final passage to SB763 ( full text ) which allows public schools to employ or accept as volunteers chapla...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Congress Passes National Defense Authorization Bill with Various Provisions Impacting Religion

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A press release  from the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee reports that on Thursday the U.S. Senate passed the James M. Inhofe National ...
Friday, August 19, 2022

Fire Department Chaplain Dismissed Because Of His Blog Posts Files Suit

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An ordained Christian minister who has been a volunteer fire department chaplain in Austin, Texas filed suit in a Texas federal district cou...
Monday, October 04, 2021

Cert. Denied In COVID, Chaplaincy and Abortion Cases

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Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued its lengthy (66-page) first-day-of-the-Term Order List  denying review in several hundred cases. It incl...
Thursday, September 02, 2021

Navy Chaplain's Claim Dismissed On Res Judicata Grounds

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In Lancaster v. Secretary of the Navy ,  (ED VA, Aug. 30, 2021), a Virginia federal district court dismissed on res judicata  grounds a suit...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Another Chapter In Challenge To Navy Chaplain Selection Procedures

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In In re Navy Chaplaincy ,  (DC Cir., Nov. 6, 2020), the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the latest decision in a controversy that has ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Navy Chaplains Given One More Chance To Refile Discrimination Claims

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Arnold v. Secretary of the Navy ,  (D DC, April 21, 2020) is the latest installment in long-running litigation against the U.S. Navy by a gr...
Saturday, November 23, 2019

Challenge To Chaplaincy Program Dropped After Changes Are Made

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A Stipulation for Dismissal signed by both parties was filed earlier this week in  Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Kaul,  (WD WI,...
Friday, March 29, 2019

Supreme Court Says Inmate Is Entitled To His Spiritual Adviser In Execution Chamber

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Late last night, the U.S. Supreme Court, by a 7-2 vote, ruled in favor of Buddhist prisoner Patrick Murphy who wanted his Buddhist spiritual...
Friday, March 22, 2019

Non-Liturgical Protestant Navy Chaplains Refile In Long-Running Discrimination Litigation

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Last year, a D.C. federal district court dismissed a long-running lawsuit brought by  non-liturgical Protestant Navy chaplains alleging disc...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Chaplaincy Program of Wisconsin Justice Department Challenged

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Wisconsin state trial court challenging the constitutionality of a new Chaplaincy Program for employees and th...
Friday, August 31, 2018

Protestant Navy Chaplains Lose Discrimination Lawsuit

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In In re Navy Chaplaincy ,  (D DC, Aug. 30, 2018), a D.C. federal district court granted summary judgment for the U.S..Navy in a long-runnin...
Friday, May 04, 2018

House Chaplain Rescinds His Resignation

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CNN reports that yesterday Jesuit priest Pat Conroy rescinded his resignation as Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. The resignat...
Friday, April 27, 2018

House Chaplain Ousted By Speaker Ryan-- Reasons Unclear

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The Hill reports that House of Representatives Chaplain Patrick Conroy has resigned under pressure to do so from House Speaker Paul Ryan.  ...
Friday, March 31, 2017

Fired Hospice Chaplain Loses Title VII Claim In 9th Circuit

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In Blair v. Shulkin ,  (9th Cir., March 28, 2017), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the district court that a Title VII rel...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Many Claims of Non-Liturgical Navy Chaplains Are Dismissed; Several Claims Survive

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In In re Navy Chaplaincy ,  (D DC, March 16, 2016), a challenge to Navy procedures for selection and promotion of chaplains that has wound i...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Report Criticizes Collegiate Football Chaplaincy Programs

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On Monday, the Freedom From Religion Foundation released   a report titled Pray to Play: Christian Coaches and Chaplains Are Converting Foot...