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Both sides brace for Supreme Court battle on gay marriage
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court's long-awaited decisions to hear challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage move the issue to the top of the national agenda following a year in which advocates scored major legal and political victories. By Richard Wolf / USA Today.
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Louisiana monks score second win in bid to sell caskets
(RNS) A group of woodworking Louisiana monks is celebrating after a federal appeals court ruled they can sell simple handmade caskets -- and local funeral directors can't stop them.
In a Wednesday (March 20) opinion, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Benedictine m...
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Judge rejects bid to withdraw guilty plea in mosque arson
TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) A federal judge on Thursday (March 21) denied an Indiana man's request to withdraw his guilty plea in an arson blaze last September at a Toledo-area mosque.
Judge Jack Zouhary of U.S. District Court in Toledo said Randolph Linn, 52, of St. Joe, Ind., was full...
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Muslim cabbie sues for right to wear religious garb
ST. LOUIS (RNS) A Muslim taxicab driver is suing the city of St. Louis, the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission and a private security company, saying he has been harassed and arrested because he insists on wearing religious garb. By Denise Hollinshed.
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Update: Evangelical grad student settles with university
(RNS) A graduate student who was expelled from Eastern Michigan University after citing her faith when she declined to advise a gay client has settled her case with the school. By Adelle M. Banks.
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Orthodox rabbis laud conviction of Hasidic man on sexual abuse charges
(RNS) A prominent group of Orthodox rabbis is applauding the conviction of a Hasidic rabbi on sex abuse charges, and denouncing efforts of some Orthodox Jews to hide sexual abuse within their communities. By Lauren Markoe.
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Court upholds Indiana’s ban on secular wedding officiants
(RNS) A federal court in Indiana has rejected atheists' requests to preside at wedding ceremonies, saying only clergy or public officials are licensed to solemnize marriages. By Kimberly Winston.
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Court says Catholic businessman can fight contraception mandate
ST. LOUIS (RNS) A federal appeals court in St. Louis on Wednesday temporarily blocked the enforcement of the 2010 health care reform law's contraception mandate while a St. Louis business owner appeals a lower court's ruling. By Robert Patrick.
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Judge blocks holiday displays in Santa Monica after atheist-Christian spat
(RNS) A federal judge on Monday (Nov. 19) denied a bid by churches to force city officials in Santa Monica, Calif., to reopen spaces in a city park to private displays, including life-sized Christmas Nativity scenes. By Doug Stanglin.
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Okla. judge defends sentencing teenager to church even if it’s not legal
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (RNS) A district judge in Oklahoma who sentenced a 17-year-old boy to 10 years of church attendance is standing by his sentence as the right thing to do -- even if it may not have been the constitutional thing to do. By Greg Horton.
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Controversial ‘Mojave Cross’ to return to Calif. desert
(RNS) A war memorial cross that has been the center of a legal battle for more than a decade will be re-erected within California’s Mojave National Preserve on Veterans Day but it will be located on private land. By Adelle M. Banks.
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