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In public schools, Texas Attorney General promotes the Lord’s Prayer and appeals Ten Commandments loss, while Trump promises more prayer

In public schools, Texas Attorney General promotes the Lord’s Prayer and appeals Ten Commandments loss, while Trump promises more prayer

Recent events targeting our long tradition of ensuring religious freedom for all in public schools – both by protecting the free exercise of the students and prohibiting government-imposed religion on all – has me concerned: Will the U.S. Supreme Court revisit Engle v. Vitale, its cornerstone decision about prayer in schools from 1962?

Courts wrestle with religious accommodation disputes, including teacher’s suit over school policy on transgender students’ preferred names

Courts wrestle with religious accommodation disputes, including teacher’s suit over school policy on transgender students’ preferred names

In a changing religious liberty landscape, even a half-dozen years may not be enough to resolve claims for religious accommodation from federal rules and employer policies. Here are updates on Kluge v. Brownsburg, Wright v. Honeywell International, Inc., and an ongoing dispute about contraceptive coverage in health care plans.