Articles tagged with: freedom of speech
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An eight-year legal battle ended with the return of the Ten Commandments to the courthouse in a Kentucky county last week. An overflow crowd at the county courthouse sang “Amazing Grace” and “God Bless America” to celebrate. The ceremony was less than a week after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals struck down a 2008 injunction by U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley barring the Ten Commandments from public property on the grounds that its primary intent was religious. Two citizens and the American Civil Liberties Union sued over the …
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U.S. District Judge George H. King of California has ruled in favor of a college student who was openly insulted by a professor during a speech on the value of traditional marriage.
Jonathan Lopez, a student at Los Angeles City College, was participating in a class assignment to give a speech on “any topic.” While he was delivering the speech on his Christian faith, Lopez addressed the issues of God and morality; referred to the dictionary definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman and also read …
