Judge rules father can take daughter to Church 
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: April 20, 2010
Tags: custody, religion
Ruling in a contentious interfaith divorce case, an Illinois state judge has determined that a father may take his three-year-old daughter to Mass at a Catholic Church during his visitation times as well as for religious holidays like Christmas and Easter.
Law student, ex-wife fight over child’s religion
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: March 8, 2010
Tags: custody, religion
A second-year law student in Chicago was arraigned on charges of violating a court order after he took his daughter to a Catholic Church.
Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging stem cell rule
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: October 29, 2009
Tags: Obama, religion, stem cell research
The AP is reporting that a judge has dismissed a Christian adoption agency’s challenge to Obama administration regulations expanding stem cell research.
FIRST AMENDMENT
By:
Reni Gertner
Published: February 25, 2009
Tags: First Amendment, religion
A monument in a public park constitutes government speech and therefore is not subject to the strict scrutiny that government regulation of private speech would face under the First Amendment.
Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum, No. 07-665. Feb. 25, 2009.
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