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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Defends Public Expression of Faith

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Source: The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47850-2003Jan12.html On January 13, 2003 The Washington Post reported that "a historic Virginia law and the constitutional amendment guaranteeing freedom of religion did not intend...

Q Train Thug Jailed on 2nd Hate Charge

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Author: JOHN MARZULLI Source: New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/01/10/2008-01-10_q_train_… The hate crime hoodlum charged with beating a group of Jewish subway riders returning from a...

Elena Kagan And the Religion Clauses

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Author: Tony Mauro Source: The National Law Journal http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202462981066&src=EMC-Email&et=ed… Many assume that if...

Students Must Learn About Other Religions: Judge

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Author: Graeme Hamilton Source: National Post http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1956333 Christian parents who objected to their children being taught about other religions in a mandatory new Quebec school course have suffered a serious...

Sikh Refuses to Enter Courthouse Because Of Kirpan Ban

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Author: Sarah Sacheli Source: The Gazette http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Sikh+refuses+enter+courthouse+becau… A man at the centre of a dispute at a Windsor, Ont., Sikh temple refused to enter a courthouse to testify...

Order to Take Off Niqab Pits Law Against Religion

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Author: Betsy Powell Source: The Star http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/580790 A judge has ordered a Toronto woman to testify without her niqab at a sexual assault trial – raising the thorny issue of whether Muslim women should be allowed to appear...

Woman's Right to Testify In Veil a Religious Freedom?

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Author: Shannon Kari Source: National Post http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1343205 The Ontario Human Rights Commission is arguing that a provincial court judge failed to recognize the religious freedoms of a Muslim woman when he ordered her...

At Synagogue, Scalia Speaks on Separation of Church and State

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Source: Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFul… On November 23, 2004 Jerusalem Post reported, "US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia used an appearance at an Orthodox synagogue in New...

Scalia Insists History and Tradition Should Decide Religious Court Cases

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Source: First Amendment Press Release Wire Service: AP http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=14747 On January 26, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says judges should look to tradition and historical...

Update: Supreme Court Will Not Debate About Kosher Laws

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Source: The Associated Press http://www.fac.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=17595 On February 24, 2003 The Associated Press reported that "the [Supreme Court] justices refused, without comment, to consider reinstating New York laws that set...

Panel in Tamil Nadu to Set Guidelines for Appointing Hindu Priests

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Source: ZeeNews.com http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=301426&sid=REG On June 10, 2006 ZeeNews.com reported, "Tamil Nadu government today set up a seven-member committee, headed by retired judge of the madras High Court Justice A K Rajan, to...

Supreme Court Says Religious Group Has No Right to Erect Granite Marker In Public Park

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Author: Staff Writer Source: The Star Tribune Wire Service: AP http://www.startribune.com/nation/40284587.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD… The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a small religious group cannot force a...