Religion & Law

UK: Council staff on adventure in Lesbianandgayland
The Christian Institute: "Taxpayers are footing the bill for council officials to go on a 'diversity' course which encourages participants to go on an 'adventure in Lesbianandgayland'...

UK: Christian care home loses funding over homosexuality stance
Christian Today reports: Brighton & Hove City Council has pulled thousands of pounds worth of funding from a Christian care home because of its religious beliefs on homosexuality...

The Power of Prayer or the Power to Pray Hardwicke Chambers
“Bideford Town Council is a parish council in Devon. Each month it holds full council meetings in public. At the start of each meeting there are communal prayers. Prayers are deliberately placed before apologies so that those who do not wish to attend are not marked as absent and can attend after prayers...

A Toke In Time
Six years ago Robin Hove was working as a security guard. The Saskatchewan resident became entangled with a shoplifter. In the course of the struggle, an open cut in the shoplifter's mouth bled onto Hove: "The blood came pouring out of his mouth, into my eyes and into my mouth and I was just drowning in it...

British Christian Retirement Home Loses City Grant Over Lack Of Openness To Gays
In another clash between Britain's Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations and Christian groups, Pilgrim Home in Brighton plans to bring a religious discrimination challenge to the revocation of a £13,000 grant from Brighton & Hove City Council...

Prayer at Newport News, VA council meetings: Group wants to eliminate before-meeting prayers
Daily Press: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the City Council to ax prayers before council meetings.

Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill
Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill>

Probation User Fees
Clark County Council pays $1.1 million settlement after misappropriating funds.