May

18

Free Speech Update!

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A few articles to catch you up on what’s been going on with free speech in the U.S.:

Looks like Craigslist is getting rid of its “erotic services” section. It will be replaced with an “adult services” section that will require a fee to enter and each posting in that section will be cleared by employees before being posted.

A judge in Nashville, Tenn., has ruled that schools in Wilson County cannot ban religious phrases such as “God Bless the U.S.A.” and “In God We Trust” from school posters. The same judge ruled that the school district was illegally promoting religion in schools less than a year ago.

In California, a lower court ruled that a private religious school was allowed to expel two girls for engaging in an alleged lesbian relationship. The state supreme court declined a request to hear the case.

Also in California, a federal judge has ruled that a public high school history teacher violated the first amendment by calling creationism “religious, superstitious nonsense.” “The Court cannot discern a legitimate secular purpose in this statement, even when considered in context. The statement therefore constitutes improper disapproval of religion in violation of the Establishment Clause,” said the judge.


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