“Freethought Week,” commemorating the termination of the Salem Witch Trials on October 12, 1692, was celebrated for the second year in a row in San Antonio, thanks to efforts by …
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A Bad Year For The Establishment Clause by Robert Tiernan (November 1995)
The only thing that makes this constitutional law area easy to do is the client. Most clients get really upset, especially in criminal cases but also in civil cases, when …
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Boy Scouts Oust Maryland Teen (November 1995)
Thirteen-year-old Clifford “Buzz” Grambo was ejected from Troop 427 of Solomons, Southern Maryland, on September 25, because he is an atheist, after six years in scouting. Washington Post reporter Todd …
Trial Date Set For Good Friday Lawsuit (November 1995)
Atrial date of Thursday, April 18, 1996, has been set for the Foundation’s challenge in federal court of Good Friday as a legal holiday. The lawsuit was filed in Madison, …
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School Prayer by Barbara Walker (October 1995)
Prayer in schools has become a public issue again. During my school years, no one was granted any right to overt dissent. Academic prayer was not an issue. It was …
Such A God As This Is No Comfort by Morton Nadler (October 1995)
God did it? That Monday morning, in the National Public Radio report on the Oklahoma City Memorial Service with Bill Clinton and Billy Graham, I heard much talk of God, …
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Ten Commandments Case To Supreme Court (October 1995)
The Freedom Foundation Religion Foundation has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the decision of the Colorado State Supreme Court permitting a Ten Commandments monument to stay on capitol …
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Mayoral Proclamation (October 1995)
WHEREAS, We have cause to give thanks to our nation’s founders as our Constitution celebrates its two hundred and sixth year as the world’s longest-lived constitution ensuring liberty and justice …
Silverman Overturns Illegal Notary Law (September 1995)
After a three-year lawsuit, South Carolina Foundation member Herb Silverman succeeded in August in overturning his state’s unconstitutional religious test for public office. “It looks like I may have finally …
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