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Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for a unanimous court swatted away the government’s claim that the Lutheran Church did not have the right to fire a “minister of religion” who, after six years of Lutheran religious training had been commissioned as a minister, upon election by her congregation.
The fired minister -- who also taught secular subjects -- claimed discrimination in employment. The Obama administration, always looking for opportunities to undermine the bedrock of First Amendment religious liberty, eagerly agreed.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012...-knockout-punch-to-white-house/#ixzz1jFSn3bWT
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...ral-removed/HewnkoT8Xn2QBE1KT7yDnO/story.htmlA federal judge has ordered city officials to immediately remove a prayer mural displayed in the auditorium of a public high school. Jessica Ahlquist, a teenager who says she is an atheist, had sued officials of the city and Cranston High School West, demanding that they remove the mural because it promotes a particular religion. City officials argued that the mural is a historical artifact from the school’s early days and serves no religious purpose. The prayer encourages students to strive academically and begins with the words “our heavenly father’’ and ends with “amen.’’