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Supreme Court to hear case on prayer at government meetings

Richard Wolf / USA Today | May 20, 2013

WASHINGTON (RNS) The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year that the Greece (N.Y.) Town Board violated the separation of church and state when it repeatedly used Christian clergy to conduct prayers at the start of its public meetings.

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U.S. Christians rally around home-schooling family facing deportation

Krista Kapralos | Apr 22, 2013

(RNS) Home-schooling families in Europe have become a cause celebre for some U.S. conservatives, who are rallying around a family in Tennessee who could face fines or loss of custody if forced to return to their native Germany.

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European court says U.K. equality laws trump personal religious beliefs

Trevor Grundy | Jan 15, 2013

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that equality laws trump personal religious beliefs after rejecting three of four appeals filed by British Christians who were fired or disciplined for expressing religious beliefs in the workplace. By Trevor Grundy.

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