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Supreme Court strikes down ban on state funding for religious education, a major win for religious interests
"This Court continues to dismantle the wall of separation between church and state that the Framers…
Oma Seddiq
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Texas Archbishop has become a gun control advocate after Uvalde: 'We're supposed to promote life'
Following the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Archbishop García-Siller began giving se…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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An attempt to set up an 'After School Satan Club' at a Pennsylvania elementary school was voted down 8-1
The Satanic Temple has a presence in the US, and has set up several After School Satan Clubs, with …
Cheryl Teh
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Americans' donations to charity are at a 28-year low. Blame inflation, the rise of crowdfunding, and the decline of religion.
Americans aren't donating to charity like they used to. We examined three theories behind the dropo…
Jacob Zinkula,Madison Hoff
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Justice Gorsuch called a high-school football coach's on-field prayer 'quiet' and 'personal' as the Supreme Court sided with religious rights. Sotomayor said that description 'misconstrues the facts.'
Justice Sotomayor said the Supreme Court's decision to side with a praying football coach would for…
Rebecca Cohen,Oma Seddiq
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Supreme Court considers religious freedoms in a case that could narrow the separation between church and state
Two families turned to Maine's tuition-assistance program to enroll their kids in faith-based schoo…
Oma Seddiq
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Texas schools are required to put up posters of the national motto 'In God We Trust,' but critics say the law imposes religion on children
The Texas law mandates hanging the posters, which must have an American flag and the Texas state fl…
Hannah Getahun
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Alabama is lifting its ban on yoga in public schools, but chanting and using the 'Namaste' greeting remains forbidden
The GOP-controlled legislature in Alabama has lifted the ban imposed in 1993 out of fear the exerci…
Tom Porter
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I'm sending my kids to private school. It's my attempt at keeping them safe from school shootings.
The author says 6% of school shootings happen in private schools and talked to an Uvalde, Texas, su…
Layne Van Vranken
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An American woman discovered just how little geography she was taught at school when she married a Canadian
An American woman says she's embarrassed by her lack of basic geography knowledge after talking to …
Aimee Pearcy
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Moving from secrecy to sermons, a rabbi says ending her pregnancy was a blessing: 'My abortion was deeply Jewish.'
Rabbi Rachael Pass told Insider that her study of Jewish texts helped her see her abortion as honor…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Americans have lost confidence in everything from organized religion to Congress, but their faith in unions is staying strong
Americans aren't feeling good about many institutions, especially the Supreme Court and presidency.…
Juliana Kaplan
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Oral Roberts' surprising NCAA Tournament run is shedding light on the school's 'homosexual activity' ban and conversion therapy practices
Thanks to the university's homophobia, the "Cinderella" team's March Madness success will likely ha…
Meredith Cash
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Supreme Court bolsters religious rights, sides with former football coach who lost his job after repeatedly praying on the field following games
The ruling adds to a growing list of decisions handed down by the court's conservative majority tha…
Rebecca Cohen,Oma Seddiq
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Supreme Court bolsters religious rights, sides with former football coach who lost his job after repeatedly praying on the field following games
The ruling adds to a growing list of decisions handed down by the court's conservative majority tha…
Rebecca Cohen,Oma Seddiq
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The Supreme Court could shake up the nation with upcoming landmark decisions on abortion, guns and religion
From Roe V. Wade to gun safety, here's a preview of the high-profile cases the Supreme Court will s…
Oma Seddiq
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A Muslim teen says she was disqualified from a volleyball match after a referee said her hijab violated the rules
Najah Aqeel, a freshman at Valor College Prep in Nashville, Tennessee, was told she was breaking a …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Meet a rabbi spending $75,000 a year in security costs to defend his synagogue: 'The US places a '2nd Amendment tax' on Jewish organizations to be safe'
Rabbi Daniel Bogard told Insider his St. Louis synagogue is trying to afford bulletproof windows. T…
Jason Lalljee
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A woman who got married at 21 and divorced at 24 says she regrets letting religion skew her understanding of love
Kristjana Hillberg grew up with Mormon teachings and married in the church. She left the religion w…
Julia Naftulin
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A bill letting kids in Tennessee miss an hour of school a day to go to church heads to governor's desk
HB 2542 also authorizes school buses to transport students to religious instruction.