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Archived entries for Freedom From Religion Foundation

Oklahoma district’s board votes to remove Ten Commandments displays from classrooms

The Muldrow School school board in Oklahoma has elected to remove Ten Commandments plaques, currently displayed in every classrooms, rather than risk a suit by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

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Texas court rules school cheerleaders can display religious banners at football games

A Texas state court judge has ruled that cheerleaders at Kountze High School can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games.

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Suit alleges Mississippi high school is holding mandatory religious assemblies

The American Humanist Association (AHA) has filed suit against Northwest Rankin High School in Mississippi, challenging the school’s reportedly recent mandatory student assemblies that presented a Christian message as a violation of the separation of church and state.

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Pennsylvania federal district court allows suit over Ten Commandments monument on school grounds to proceed

A federal district court has denied a Pennsylvania school district’s motion to dismiss a suit brought by the Freedom From Religion Foundation challenging the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments display on the premises of a public junior high school.

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Pennsylvania federal district court allows suit over Ten Commandments display on school property to proceed

A federal district court in Pennsylvania has denied a school district’s motion to dismiss a suit brought by group of unidentified parents and students alleging that the Ten Commandments monument outside the entrance to the high school violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.

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South Carolina district challenged for prayers at board meetings

The Pickens Sentinel reports that the Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding that the Pickens County School District end the practice of conducting prayers at school board meetings.

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Federal court rejects Virginia district’s motion to dismiss suit over display of Ten Commandments

A federal district court has denied Giles County School Board’s (GCSB) motion to dismiss a suit challenging the constitutionality of a display of the Ten Commandments in a county high school, says the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.

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