The Visalia Seahawks, a swim team organized by the city of Visalia, Calif., will no longer be subjected to prayers over the loudspeaker at meets. The team had solicited parents …
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Legal Advocacy Victories
Teacher’s Catholic enthusiasm curbed (July 21, 2015)
Rogers City (Mich.) Area Schools Superintendent Kathleen Xenakis-Makowski has resolved a state/church violation brought to her attention in a complaint letter from Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert. A Rogers City …
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Letters stop abuse of school prayer (July 16, 2015)
Dalton Local School District’s future graduation ceremonies and school board meetings will not include prayer. “The Supreme Court has settled this matter — high school graduations must be secular to …
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FFRF douses fire chief’s prayer plans (July 16, 2015)
Milton, Fla., Fire Chief John Reble planned and coordinated the Santa Rosa County Day of Prayer event, listing his city email address as the primary contact for the May 7 …
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Roadside cross goes away after letter (July 16, 2015)
The Missouri Department of Transportation has taken down a cross that was posted at an intersection in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert wrote the department on July 10: …
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Parks head gets constitutional lesson (July 15, 2015)
Employees of the Houston Parks and Recreation Department in Texas will not invite pastors to give religious motivational speeches at future mandatory meetings. Division Manager Jeff Jefferson invited his pastor, …
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Georgia violations will be addressed (July 15, 2015)
After a teacher delivered a prayer at Lowndes High School’s Freshman Academy Awards Night and a Lake Park Elementary School event was held in a church, Lowndes County Schools is …
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FFRF reminds Tenn. principal of law (July 10, 2015)
The principal of Little Milligan Elementary School in Butler, Tenn., has been reprimanded by the Carter County School District for frequently leading students in prayer and reportedly asking them each …
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FFRF stops prayer at graduation (July 9, 2015)
Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert’s graduation ceremony will not include prayer or other religious sentiments in the future. The Hesperia, Calif., school’s 2015 graduation had included both a prayer and religious …
