Showing posts with label School prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School prayer. Show all posts
Thursday, September 04, 2025

Texas AG Urges Introducing the Lord's Prayer in Classrooms

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As previously reported , in May 2025 the Texas legislature passed Senate Bill 11 . The bill took effect on September 1. The new law creates ...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Texas Passes 3 Bills Promoting Religion in Public Schools

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In addition to the much-publicized Ten Commandments bill (see prior posting ), the Texas legislature this week gave final passage to three o...
Thursday, April 03, 2025

Oklahoma Sues FFRF For Sending Demand Letters Objecting to Religious Activities in Schools

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In a rather unusual lawsuit, the state of Oklahoma has filed suit in federal district court against the Freedom from Religion Foundation see...
Friday, February 28, 2025

New Study of U.S. Religious Landscape Released

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This week, the Pew Research Center released the findings from its 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study, a survey of 36,908 U.S. adults. ( Full ...
Monday, November 18, 2024

Oklahoma Education Department Creates Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism

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In a November 12 press release , Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters announced the creation of the Office of Re...
Friday, September 08, 2023

Coach Kennedy Resigns After One Post-Game Prayer

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Last year, in a widely publicized Supreme Court decision , Bremerton, Washington high school football coach Joe Kennedy won the right to off...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Florida Governor Signs 5 Bills Labeled As "Protecting Innocence of Florida's Children"

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On Wednesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed 5 bills into law which a press release from the governor's office described as ...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

DOE Updates Guidance on Prayer In Public Schools

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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education issued an updated  Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Religious Expression in Pub...
Monday, April 25, 2022

Prayer At The 50-Yard Line: SCOTUS Hears Football Coach's Case This Morning

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This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.  In the case, the U.S. 9th Circuit Co...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Cert. Filed In Case Of Football Coach Seeking To Pray On Field

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A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, (US Sup. Ct...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

9th Circuit Denies En Banc Review Of Football Coach's Challenge To Dismissal For On-Field Prayer

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In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District ,  (9th Cir., July 19, 2021), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a sua sponte request fo...
Friday, March 19, 2021

9th Circuit: Football Coach's Past-Game Prayers Violate Establishment Clause

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In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District ,  (9th Cir., March 18, 2021), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Washington state schoo...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Consent Decree Ends Religious Practices In Tennessee School District

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Earlier this week, a Tennessee federal district court issued a consent decree in Butler v. Smith County Board of Education ,  (MD TN, Sept. ...
Friday, March 06, 2020

High School Football Coach's Complaint Over On-Field Prayer Ban Is Dismissed

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In Kennedy v. Bremerton Schoool District ,  (W WA, March 5, 2020), a Washington federal district court dismissed 1st Amendment and Title VII...
Friday, December 06, 2019

Missouri AG Supports High School Football Coaches' Prayer Practices

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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt this week released a letter ( full text ) which he sent on Dec. 3 to the superintendent of the Camero...
Friday, July 19, 2019

Court Expands Injunction On Prayer At High School Graduations

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In American Humanist Association v. Greenville County School District ,  (D SC, July 18, 2019), a South Carolina federal district court expa...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Cert. Denied In Football Coach's Firing For On-Field Prayer

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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District , (Docket No. 18-12, cert. denied 1/22/19).  In the ...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

School Board Votes To End Appeals of Board Prayer Policy Decision

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As previously reported , last month the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, over a number of dissenting views, denied en banc review in Free...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

9th Circuit Denies En Banc Review In School Board Prayer Case

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Yesterday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied en banc  review in Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Chino Valley Unified S...
Thursday, July 26, 2018

9th Circuit: School Board Invocations Violate Establishment Clause

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In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education , (9th Cir., July 25, 2018), the U.S. 9...