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.
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...The Crossville Chronicle reports that, in a unanimous vote, the Cumberland County Board of Education has decided to display the Ten Commandments, along with other historic documents, in the county’s schools.
Continue reading...As reported on HeraldStandard.com, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed suit on behalf of a parent and her children against New Kensington-Arnold School District, seeking the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the grounds of Valley High School.
Continue reading...The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports that a federal district court judge has approved a settlement in a lawsuit that sought to remove the Ten Commandments from the walls of a southwest Virginia high school.
Continue reading...According to the Associated Press (AP) in The Virginian-Pilot, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Urbanski has sent a suit challenging the display of the Ten Commandments at Narrows High School to mediation.
Continue reading...The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has sent a letter to Pennsylvania school district officials asking them to remove a stone monument displaying the Ten Commandments, which the New Kensington Fraternal Order of Eagles donated to the district decades ago, says the Valley News Dispatch.
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...Responding to a suit over the display of the Ten Commandments at Narrows High School (NHS), the Roanoke Times reports that the Giles County School Board (GCSB) says that when it voted to allow an exhibit of the Ten Commandments and historical documents in county schools, it did so with the understanding that a private citizen would actually put up the display. GCSB insists no public funds were spent on the display and no school employees assist in placing it at the high school.
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