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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsTwo New Church/State Lawsuits
By Ed Brayton
There are a couple of interesting new lawsuits that involve church/state issues. The first is in California, where the ACLU is representing a religious group that was prevented from feeding the homeless in a state park. They've filed suit against the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
The second is in Pennsylvania, where the ADF is representing a Christian student group in a suit against Shippensburg University, claiming that the college is violating free speech rights through their anti-harassment/hate speech code. In 2004, the ADF had settled with the university in a similar case but they are arguing now that the university isn't holding up their end of that settlement.
Read the comments on this post...Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 13, 2008 (boomark / email).
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