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03/16/2012
Religion in Schools

March Madness: Tennessee Legislature Takes Another Shot at Undermining Evolution Education

By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at 4:32pm
March may mean only one thing — the NCAA tournament — for basketball fans, but for Tennessee legislators, March means the revival of a state tradition ... Read More
03/01/2012
Student Rights in School

How Do I Marginalize Thee? One High School Principal Counts the Ways

By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief & Amanda Goad, LGBT Project & Galen Sherwin, Women's Rights Project at 5:01pm
Just how many ways can one public school official violate students' legal rights? The principal of Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tennessee, seems to be going ... Read More
01/24/2012
B-SHOC

Don't B-SHOCked: Settlement Shows Public Schools Can't Proselytize

By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at 4:25pm
A federal judge signed and entered a consent decree and order today in the ACLU’s case challenging widespread and pervasive religious practices in South ... Read More
01/10/2012
Sharia

Constitutional Law 101: Federal Court Rules That Discrimination Against Muslims Violates the First Amendment

By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at 2:20pm
If implemented, the amendment would have rendered Oklahoma’s Muslims second-class citizens before the state courts. Read More
09/15/2011
FBI

9/11's Legacy of Religious Discrimination

By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at 4:23pm
It's no secret that, after 9/11, a wave of anti-Muslim bigotry washed over the country. The intensity of that prejudice has sustained it for a decade, and, in many ... Read More
08/31/2011
School Vouchers

School Vouchers Inflict More Harm Than Good

By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at 10:52am
One of the great American ideals is that everyone has an equal chance to succeed in life. A cornerstone of this ideal is our public education system. American ... Read More
05/31/2011

The Anti-Muslim Movement's Manufactured "Sharia Threat" to Our Judicial System: Now With More Pages!

By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at 5:15pm
The anti-Muslim crowd is at it again. Last week, shortly after publication of an ACLU report debunking the myth that "Sharia law" is overtaking our ... Read More
05/17/2011

Debunking the Mythical "Sharia Threat" to Our Judicial System

By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at 2:39pm
As the ACLU has documented elsewhere, there has been a wave of anti-Muslim sentiment and attacks on Muslim communities in the U.S. in the last few years. Most ... Read More
03/21/2011
Religion in Schools

Tennessee's Evolution Two-Step

By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at 11:39am
If it’s true that timing is everything in dance, then Tennessee legislators could use a few more lessons if they ever hope to perfect the evolution two-step ... Read More
11/12/2010

Kentucky Community Shows Support for Local Muslims' Right to Worship

By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at 3:14pm
At a hearing Tuesday, the Board of Zoning Adjustments in Mayfield, Kentucky, unanimously granted a permit to a local Muslim man seeking to operate a small prayer ... Read More
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