Showing posts with label Prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prayer. Show all posts
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Israel's Supreme Court Orders Tel Aviv to Permit Outdoor Sex-Separated Yom Kippur Services

›
Times of Israel reports that yesterday a unanimous 3-judge panel of Israel's Supreme Court ordered the municipality of Tel Aviv to perm...
Friday, June 28, 2024

City-Sponsored Prayer Vigil Violated Establishment Clause

›
In Rojas v. City of Ocala ,  (MD FL, June 26, 2024), a Florida federal district court held that a prayer vigil in the town square organized ...
Monday, May 27, 2024

President Issues Memorial Day Prayer for Peace Proclamation

›
Today is Memorial Day. Last week, President Biden issued his Memorial Day 2024 Proclamation, titled A Proclamation on Prayer for Peace ( fu...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Catholic Bishops Mobilize Special Prayer Efforts for Supreme Court's Decision on Abortion Pill Availability

›
On March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine  and a com...
Friday, February 16, 2024

House Members Protest Invited Guest Chaplain

›
Yesterday, 26 members of the U.S. House of Representatives Freethought Caucus sent a letter ( full text ) to House Speaker Mike Johnson and ...
Friday, February 02, 2024

European Court: Azerbaijan's Ban on Foreign Educated Imams Violates European Convention

›
In Babayev v. Azerbaijan , (ECHR, Feb. 1, 2024), the European Court of Human Rights held that Article 9 of the European Convention on Human ...
Monday, May 29, 2023

Memorial Day Proclamation Issued by President Biden

›
Congress has designated the last Monday in May as Memorial Day. President Biden last week issued A Proclamation on Prayer For Peace, Memori...
Monday, March 06, 2023

Certiorari Denied in Challenge to Police Department Prayer Vigil

›
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in City of Ocala, Florida v. Rojas,  (Docket No. 22-278, certiorari denied 3/6/2023) ( Order Lis...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Alaska Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Muslim Inmate's RLUIPA Claims

›
In Din v. State of Alaska, Department of Corrections , (AK Sup. Ct., Feb. 22, 2023) the Alaska Supreme Court vacated a trial court's dis...
Tuesday, December 06, 2022

En Banc rehearing Denied in Challenge to Courtroom Invocations

›
In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Mack , (5th Cir., Dec. 2, 2022), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals by a vote of 12-3 denied...
Sunday, October 09, 2022

City's Harassment Of Private Prayer Services In Rabbi's Home Violated 1st Amendment

›
In  Congregation 3401 Prairie Bais Yeshaya D'Kerestir, Inc. v. City of Miami ,  (SD FL, Oct. 6, 2022), a Florida federal district court ...
Sunday, July 24, 2022

11th Circuit Remands Establishment Clause Case That Had Relied On Lemon Test

›
In Rojas v. City of Ocala, Florida ,  (11th Cir., July 22, 2022), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a district cou...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

EEOC Sues Company Over Requiring Employees To Attend Prayer Meetings

›
The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against North Carolina-based Aurora Pro Services. It expl...
Monday, June 27, 2022

Supreme Court Upholds Football Coach's Prayer Rights; Repudiates the "Lemon Test"

›
 In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District ,  (Sup. Ct., June 27, 2022), the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, held that a school distric...
Thursday, June 09, 2022

9th Circuit OK's Refusal To House Muslim Inmate Only With Co-Religionists

›
 In Al Saud v. Days ,  (9th Cir., June 8, 2022), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims under RLUIPA and the 1st Amendment br...
Monday, May 30, 2022

President's Memorial Day Proclamation

›
Today is Memorial Day. Last week, President Biden issued a Proclamation titled Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day 2022 ( full text ) which reads...
Friday, April 29, 2022

11th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In City Prayer Vigil Case

›
 Yesterday, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments ( audio of full arguments ) in  Rojas v. City of Ocala, Florida.  In...
Friday, April 08, 2022

5th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Texas Courtroom Prayer Case

›
On Tuesday, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Mack.  ( Audio of full oral ar...
Thursday, April 07, 2022

Preacher's Challenge To Large Group Vigils On Capitol Grounds Fails

›
In Mahoney v. United States Capitol Police Board , (D DC, April 5, 2022), a D.C. federal district court refused to grant a preliminary injun...
Monday, April 04, 2022

Ban On Prayer Over PA System At High School Playoffs Did Not Violate 1st Amendment

›
In Cambridge Christian School, Inc. v. Florida High School Athletic Association, Inc. ,  (MD FL, March 31, 2022), in a case on remand from t...