An employee at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis was (sort of) absolved this month after being reprimanded for reading a book about the history of the Ku Klux Klan during a break from his janitorial work last November.
The employee, Keith Sampson (also a student at the university), apparently hit a nerve with coworkers when they noticed […]
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Posted in Freedom of Religion on Mar 9th, 2008
An Army soldier who says his promotion was denied because he is atheist filed a new suit this week against several military leaders.
Spc. Jeremy Hall had attempted to hold a meeting with fellow soldiers last fall during which he planned to discuss atheism and other subjects. When his commanding officers told him he could not […]
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Posted in Freedom of Religion on Feb 10th, 2008
Professor Guillermo Gonzalez, known at Iowa State University as a vocal supporter of intelligent design theory, is well aware of the controversy his views have stirred up over the years.
One indicator could have been the 2005 circulation of a campus-wide petition denouncing intelligent design (the belief that the universe was deliberately created by a […]
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A group of 11 protesters will get another day in court Monday as they move forward with a civil lawsuit arising from arrests at a gay pride rally in 2004.
Members of the Christian organization Repent America were taken into custody at the Philadelphia event after using bullhorns to quote Bible verses to hundreds of rally […]
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Politicians, parents and educators are at odds this week over whether homosexuality should legally be included in lesson plans for public school sexual education courses.
Arguments held before the Circuit Court in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Wednesday pitted school officials - who believe that lesson plans should be left to educators - against parents and other […]
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