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Bolivar school district will halt staff meeting prayers after warning from group

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The Bolivar school district in southwest Missouri has agreed to stop offering an official prayer during staff meetings after being contacted by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). The foundation, a nonprofit ...

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Praying coach Joe Kennedy encourages others to stand up for their beliefs

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High school football coach Joe Kennedy is still surprised that God chose him to challenge – and win – a ban on prayer before the U.S. Supreme Court. “I don’t know why ...

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ACLU warns Kansas school district about Gideons New Testament distribution

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The American Civil Liberties Union is alleging that a Kansas school district allowed Gideons International to distribute those little multi-colored New Testaments to students, violating the First Amendment. However, previous court rulings ...

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News Briefs: Israel & Hezbollah; Measles cases; Venezuela elections; changes to SCOTUS

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Today’s News Briefs include Measles on rise in U.S.; Israel prepares response to Hezbollah after rocket attack kills 12 children on soccer field; SCOTUS changes proposed; Venezuelans protest election result. Israel to ...

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Oklahoma schools receive guidelines on using the Bible

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Oklahoma this week sent out guidelines to the state’s school districts on incorporating the Bible into classroom instruction. The guidelines outline how the Bible can be used in a non-religious role to ...

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Bibles in classrooms: A look at the Oklahoma mandate

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There’s been a lot of media coverage about a new education mandate in Oklahoma requiring every public school classroom to have a Bible. Some have taken to media platforms to denounce the ...

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First time in 100 years: Israel lacks a chief rabbi

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For the first time in more than a century, Israel has no chief rabbi. The incumbents, David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef, recently left office with no clear successors elected in their stead, ...

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News Briefs: Ban on shampoo bottles; Gaza update; Dems say Trump not a threat;

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Today’s news briefs include Democrats don’t really think Trump is a threat, Gaza war update; Impeaching Thomas and Alito; banning shampoo bottles. Update on Hamas in Gaza The Israel Defense Forces has ...

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Supreme Court strikes blow to religious webcasting

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The National Religious Broadcasters Association has lost its challenge to a rate system that it says forces religious webcasters to pay more to promote religious messages than it does for secular entities. ...

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Can we cultivate civility? Braver Angels aims at depolarization

Braver Angels aims to help regular people “disagree better.” It’s no secret that we live in a polarized world. Even if you ignore politics (good luck trying that), you’d also have to ...

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Landowner rights upheld in unanimous Supreme Court ruling

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The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on April 12 that a California county violated a landowner’s rights when it demanded upwards of $23,000 in development impact fees. The ruling curbs the power of ...

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Supreme Court hears Missouri election speech case

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The U.S. Supreme Court this week heard arguments in the case of Murthy v. Missouri, which some observers believe could affect conversations about the 2024 election The justices will decide if a ...

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Supreme Court unanimously rules Trump cannot be kicked off ballots

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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled former Donald Trump cannot be banned from Colorado ballots.  The decision overturns a Colorado ruling that said he engaged in an insurrection and likely applies to ...

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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Missouri case about religious exclusion from juries

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In a case from Missouri, the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week declined to decide if jurors can be excluded on the basis of religion. The case involved a state agency’s attempt ...

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Missouri bill requires age verification on porn sites

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Missouri lawmakers have found a bi-partisan issue: making it harder for minors to access porn sites by requiring websites to verify the age of users. Several bills have been proposed by Democrat ...

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Verdict on broker fees rocks real estate industry

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The National Association of Realtors, HomeServices of America and Keller Williams plan to appeal a jury’s verdict finding them guilty of colluding to inflate or maintain high commission rates and fees. The ...

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SCOTUS declines to reinstate Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act

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The U.S. Supreme Court late last week decided not to reinstate Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act, at least for now. The law would have barred authorities from enforcing federal gun laws. U.S. ...

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Supreme Court declines to hear appeal by pro-life group that exposed Planned Parenthood

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Pro-life activists facing heavy fines for releasing undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood employees will not be able to argue their case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court earlier this week declined ...

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Football coach who won SCOTUS prayer case resigns to advocate for religious freedom

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Coach Joe Kennedy, who took his fight to pray after high school football games all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, was reinstated as an assistant at Bremerton (Wash.) High School. ...

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100 law clerks pen letter defending Justice Clarence Thomas

More than 100 former law clerks for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas have signed an open letter that stands as a defense of his integrity against media reports suggesting he received inappropriate ...

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Missouri Supreme Court rules parents can be jailed if kids miss too much school

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Missouri parents can be jailed if their children fail to attend school regularly, the state Supreme Court ruled this week. The litigation centered around Tamarae LaRue and Caitlyn Williams in Lebanon, Mo., ...

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Biden administration seeks to overturn laws that prohibit online censorship

The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to strike down laws that prevent Facebook and other social media from censoring political and religious speech. The laws, passed in Texas and Florida, ...

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu doing well after receiving pacemaker

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a pacemaker during emergency heart surgery Sunday. “He was admitted urgently to Sheba Medical Center,” said Dr. Eyal Nof, the head of invasive electrophysiology service at the Sheba Medical ...

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Eroding donor privacy unites right and left against states

The threat to donor privacy is continuing despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling two years ago that many thought had ended it once and for all. Proposals introduced in more than a ...

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Only one in three Americans have confidence in the church, Gallup finds

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Only about one-third of Americans have confidence in the church or organized religion, and even fewer have faith in public schools. Gallup sampled Americans’ level of trust in more than a dozen ...

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