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Commandments Come Down In West Virginia School (08/27/1999)
LOGAN, WV -- One day after being posted in Logan County schools, the Ten Commandments are coming down, the Associated Press reported today.

ACLU of VA Urges School Officials to Drop Plans For "Moment of Silence" and Posting of Prayer (08/26/1999)
RICHMOND, VA -- In a letter sent to county officials today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia warned that a proposal to institute a "silent prayer" session and post the Lord's Prayer at county schools would violate the First Amendment's mandate of separation of church and state.

ACLU Sues Over Ohio School District's Policy on Religious Holidays (08/25/1999)
CLEVELAND -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio today filed suit in federal court seeking to end a suburban school district's practice of closing its schools for the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Jewish Student Allowed to Wear Star of David Pendant as Mississippi School Board Reverses Policy (08/24/1999)
GULFPORT, MS -- Facing an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit and outcry from both Jewish and Christian leaders, a Mississippi school board last night rescinded a policy that barred a Jewish student from wearing his Star of David pendant because school officials considered it a gang symbol.

ACLU Asks Court to Halt Mississippi School's "Gang Symbol" Ban on Star of David Necklace (08/23/1999)
GULFPORT, MS -- Seeking to halt a "blatant constitutional violation,"the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi is asking a federal district court to allow 11th grader Ryan Green to wear his Star of David necklace, which school officials say is a "gang symbol but which most people recognize as a symbol of Jewish faith.

Student's Star of David Necklace is Not a 'Gang Symbol, 'ACLU of MS Tells School Officials (08/16/1999)
GULFPORT, MS -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi is intervening on behalf of a Jewish high school student who was told that he could not openly wear his Star of David necklace because it was considered it a gang symbol.

ACLU Sues Ohio School District Over Football Team Prayers (06/28/1999)
COLUMBUS, OH -- Asking the federal court to end an eight-year history of religious indoctrination directed at student athletes, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio today filed suit against the London City School District in United States District Court in Columbus.