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-Canadian School: Jesus Shirt is ‘Hate Speech’

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

UPDATE (Below) According to a Canadian school, a Jesus shirt is ‘hate speech’ and wearing one can get you in trouble and even suspended. Here’s the story by Todd Starnes of Fox News: William Swinimer, a student at Forest Heights Community School in Nova Scotia, was punished for wearing a shirt that read, “Life is [...]

-Mass. School Removes ‘God’ From Lee Greenwood‘s ’God Bless the U.S.A’

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

                     (God Bless the USA -Photo credit: Wikipedia) Stall Brook Elementary School in Bellingham, Mass. planned to use Lee Greenwood’s, “God Bless the U.S.A.” song during a fourth-grade assembly. Only problem, the school administrators planned to drop ‘God’ from the lyrics and use the phrase- “We love the U.S.A.” instead. After parents complained the song [...]

-UPDATE: Injunction Issued For ‘All’ NYC Churches Meeting in Schools

Saturday, February 25th, 2012

                                           (Image via Wikipedia) From Citizen Link: Federal District Court Judge Loretta Preska issued a preliminary injunction today in favor of the Bronx Household of Faith church and “similarly situated parties”* allowing them to use New York City public schools on weekends for worship services pending the outcome of the latest constitutional challenge raised by [...]

-UPDATE: 2nd Circuit Rules that the Stay only Applies to One NYC Church

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

                                         (Image via Wikipedia) We reported on Friday that the 60 churches meeting in NY City public schools had received a stay from U.S. District Court and could temporarily continue where they were. later in the day, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the stay issued by the District court would only apply [...]

-NY Churches Meeting in Schools Win a Stay

Friday, February 17th, 2012

                             (Image via Wikipedia) The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) won a temporary restraining order against a New York ruling that bans churches from renting public schools. The stay puts off the  eviction for 10 days while the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York takes another look at the case and reconsiders [...]

-Principal Blocks Jewish High School Student from Wearing Yarmulke

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

   (Image via Wikipedia) A high school principal blocked a Jewish student from wearing a yarmulke in school until he received written support from his rabbi. It was not enough that the student’s parents approved of the religious wear of their son when queried by the school administrator. Here’s a link to the story in [...]

-Update on Vanderbilt U. ‘Nondiscrimination Policy’ Directed Against Christian Groups

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

                         (Image via Wikipedia) Vanderbilt University administrators held a town hall meeting on Tuesday, concerning the university enforcement of a ‘nondiscrimination policy’ for all on-campus student groups. 4 out of 5 Christian groups on campus have been found to be in violation of the policy which does not allow groups to require their leaders to [...]