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Texas Law Mandates Ten Commandments in Public Schools, Faces Legal Challenge

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB-10, mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms starting September 1st, affecting 5.5 million students and sparking a class-action lawsuit alleging a First Amendment violation.

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Supreme Court Sides with Parents Opposing LGBTQ-Themed Books in Maryland Schools

The US Supreme Court sided with Maryland parents who successfully challenged a school system's LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum, granting a preliminary injunction that allows parents to opt their children out of lessons containing LGBTQ themes, citing potential religious freedom violations.

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Supreme Court Upholds Parental Rights to Opt Out of LGBTQ+ School Lessons

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents can exclude their children from Maryland public school lessons on homosexuality and transgenderism if conflicting with their religious beliefs, prompting reactions from both sides.

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Louisiana Ten Commandments School Display Law Ruled Unconstitutional

A Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public schools was deemed unconstitutional by a federal appeals court on Friday, impacting all school districts and prompting plans for a Supreme Court appeal.

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Louisiana Ten Commandments School Display Law Ruled Unconstitutional

A federal appeals court ruled Louisiana's law mandating Ten Commandments displays in public schools unconstitutional, upholding a lower court's decision that it violated the separation of church and state; the state's attorney general plans to appeal.

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Turkey's Diyanet Gains Control Over Quran Translations, Sparking Religious Freedom Concerns

Turkey's Diyanet, with a €3 billion budget and over 140,000 employees, now legally controls Quran translations, banning those deemed inconsistent with Islam, raising concerns about religious freedom amidst declining religiosity in the country.

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Louisiana Catholic School Fires Music Teacher for Being Gay

Mark Richards, a music teacher at St. Francis Xavier School in Metairie, Louisiana, was fired for violating a morality clause in his contract after a parent reported his husband's obituary; a parent-organized petition with 1,500 signatures supports Richards.

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Supreme Court Sides With Parents in LGBTQ+ Curriculum Opt-Out Case

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Maryland parents can exempt their children from school lessons on homosexuality and transgenderism if they conflict with religious beliefs, citing violations of religious freedom rights in the case Mahmoud v. Taylor. The decision followed a school system's use of boo...

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Supreme Court Grants Parents Veto Power Over LGBTQ+ Educational Materials

The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of parents who objected to LGBTQ+-themed books in their children's school reading list, granting parents the right to veto such materials based on religious beliefs, potentially impacting LGBTQ+ inclusivity in education nationwide.

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Texas Mandates Ten Commandments Displays in Public Schools

Texas has enacted a law requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, becoming the largest state to attempt such a mandate, despite anticipated legal challenges based on the separation of church and state.

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Belfast Islamic Centre Attacked During Prayers

The Belfast Islamic Centre was attacked on Friday night while 30 people prayed inside; a window was broken, a device thrown in, and a 34-year-old man arrested. The center reopened Saturday morning after a security alert.

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Cancelled Rabbis' Conference Sparks Political Uproar in Sarajevo

The European Conference of Rabbis' cancellation in Sarajevo caused a political uproar, with accusations of antisemitism and counterclaims of misinformation, exposing communication failures and underlying political tensions within Bosnia.

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