Showing posts with label Religious displays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious displays. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

5th Circuit: FFRF's Suit Against Texas Governor Is Moot

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In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Abbott ,  (5th Cir., Jan.  27, 2023), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that FFRF'...
Saturday, December 12, 2020

Court Refuses To Enjoin City's Holiday Display Policy

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In  Knights of Columbus Star of the Sea Council 7297 v. City of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware ,  (D DE, Dec. 11, 2020), a Delaware federal distri...
Friday, May 17, 2019

VA Will Remove Unauthorized Religious Additions To Medical Center Display

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As previously reported , earlier this month a suit was filed in New Hampshire federal district court against a VA Medical Center challenging...
Sunday, October 15, 2017

Texas Engaged In Viewpoint Discrimination In Removal of Bill of Rights Nativity Display

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In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Abbott ,  (WD TX, Oct. 13, 2017), a Texas federal district court held that Texas Governor Greg ...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Controversy Brews Over Holiday Display of Pentagram Monument

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Controversy over December holiday displays has begun early this year in Boca Raton, Florida.  A city ordinance allows residents to put up un...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Removal of Secular "Nativity Scene" May Be Viewpoint Discrimination

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In Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Abbott ,  (WD TX, Dec. 20, 2016), a Texas federal district court allowed plaintiff to move ahead with...
Friday, February 26, 2016

FFRF Sues Over Governor's Removal of Bill of Rights "Nativity" Display

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As previously reported , last December Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, as chairman of the Texas State Preservation Board, forced the executive direc...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

FFRF's Secular Nativity Display Removed From Texas Capitol After It Provokes Ire of Governor

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The Texas State Preservation Board has a policy that allows displays in public areas of the Capitol upon filing of an appropriate applicati...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

City Will Sue Church Over Ownership of Land On Which Religious Welcome Sign Stands

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In Hawkins, Texas, on a 50' x 45' parcel of land between two roads, visitors are greeted with a sign reading "Jesus welcomes yo...
Thursday, November 19, 2015

County Tries To Neutralize Courthouse Drawing of Jesus By Hanging Many Other Paintings

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The Lexington Herald-Leader on Monday reported that a Kentucky county judge-executive responded to a complaint about a picture of Jesus han...
Tuesday, September 01, 2015

9th Circuit Rejects Challenge To Big Mountain Jesus Statue

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In Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Weber ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 31, 2015), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a fragmented decision up...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Court Upholds City's Decision To End Display of Christian Cross

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On Tuesday, an Ottawa County, Michigan trial court judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force the city of Grand Haven to resume displaying a...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Proposed Hindu Statue At Arkansas Capitol Turned Down Initially

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In Arkansas, a request by the Universal Society of Hinduism to place a privately-financed statute of the Hindu god Lord Hanuman on the gro...
Thursday, August 06, 2015

County Will Consider Moving Memorial Containing Ichthus

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At its meeting today, the Boone County, Missouri Commission will hear the first reading of a proposal to recommend moving of a monument, now...
Wednesday, July 08, 2015

9th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Challenge To Big Mountain Jesus Statue

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The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments ( video of full arguments ) in Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Webe...
Friday, May 01, 2015

9th Cirucit Upholds Ban on Christmas Display In Palisades Park

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In Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee v. City of Santa Monica , (9th Cir., April 30, 2015), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reject...
Friday, March 06, 2015

Suit Challenges Quote From British Jurist Posted In Rhode Island's High Court

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A Rhode Island lawyer this week filed a federal lawsuit challenging a quotation from British jurist Sir Edward Coke inscribed above the benc...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Settlement Requires Michigan City To Allow "Reason Station" Near "Prayer Sation" In City Hall

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Yesterday, a federal district court approved a settlement in a suit brought by an atheist who was refused space for a table in the atrium of...
Thursday, January 08, 2015

City Settles Suit Challenging Christian Symbols At Veterans' Memorial

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The King, North Carolina city council voted 3-2 on Tuesday to settle a federal lawsuit that had been filed against it in 2012 claiming that ...
Friday, October 24, 2014

Schools' Religious-Themed Snow Plow Decorations Rejected By City

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For the last 5 years, the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has sponsored a "Paint the Plows" program.  Each participating public ...