Via Religion Clause, a federal district court in Minnesota has ruled that the ACLU has standing to challenge the controversial Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, a charter school that emphasizes the culture of the Middle East. Claiming the school improperly promotes Islam, the...
From JTA, my emphasis: Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told Christian Zionists that …"Reaching out to the Muslim world may help in creating an environment for peace in the Middle East, but we must insist as Americans that our policies be firmly grounded in the...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled 4-3 that teachers in religious schools are not entitled to the protection of the state's employment discrimination laws. Highlighting a good reason to oppose school vouchers – they send tax money to employers whose...
The Storm Lake Pilot Tribune reports on the latest meeting of the Spencer, Iowa School Board, in discussions over a proposed new "religious liberty" policy. The debate considered recommendations to drop many of the provisions of the policy, including...
David Waters helpfully describes the persistent tension between Free Exercise and Establishment Clause concerns. His context is the rule barring public school teachers in Oregon from wearing religious attire – a regulation suddenly being debated now that leaders...
You've got to hand it to Missouri's South Iron R-1 School District, which managed to hold on to a 30-year practice of Bible distribution to fifth graders long after Establishment Clause challenges would have cowed less committed violators. Against the advice...
