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Group Sues To Stop Mosque Near New York's Ground Zero
Posted on 6 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - (AP) The debate over a planned Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero became a court fight Wednesday, as a conservative advocacy group sued to try to stop a project that has become a fulcrum for balancing religious freedom and... Read More

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Lawsuit Seeks To Block San Francisco Vote On Circumcision Ban
Posted on 23 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SAN FRANCISCO - (AP) An unlikely coalition of Jews and Muslims on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to block a San Francisco ballot measure that would ban the circumcision of male children, a procedure widely practiced by members of both faiths. The case filed... Read More

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Family Appeals Delaware School Board Prayer Ruling
Posted on 1 Jul 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WILMINGTON Del. - (AP) A Jewish family is taking their lawsuit over starting Indian River district school board meetings with Christian prayer to the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorneys for the unnamed family hope the federal appellate court... Read More

Tags: prayer in school , 3rd Circuit , prayer , Judge Joseph Farnan Jr. , Indian River district school board , Delaware , Litigation , lawsuit , Anti-Defamation League