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NYC Churches Endure Tumultuous Week in the Courts
We reported the good news that last Thursday, the federal district court in Manhattan issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop New York City’s Department of Education from enforcing its...
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Court Orders NYC To Let The Churches Back Into The School Buildings
Churches and other religious groups will be able to return to NYC public schools for their worship services, because of a preliminary injunction granted by Chief Judge Loretta Preska late Friday...
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Federal Appeals Court: Churches Can Continue Meeting In NYC Schools Until...
In a major but interim defeat for the New York City Department of Education, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit late yesterday denied the City’s request to stay the preliminary...
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New York Churches To March For Equal Access Sunday April 22
People of all faiths and supporters of religious liberty will march across the Brooklyn Bridge Sunday, April 22 in support of equal access for religious groups to meet in empty NYC school buildings....
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Bronx Household of Faith Court Hearing Set for Friday June 1
The Bronx Household of Faith case returns to the U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan for a hearing on Friday morning, June 1 at 10:30 am in Courtroom 12A of Chief Judge Loretta Preska. The federal...
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Bronx Household of Faith Wins Permanent Injunction Against NYC School Policy...
Bronx Household of Faith won a permanent injunction June 29 allowing private groups to conduct worship services in empty public schools during non-school hours. Judge Loretta Preska issued the order,...
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Alec Baldwin to Run for NYC Mayor? What Does He Think About Churches Meeting...
Actor Alec Baldwin of the television show 30 Rock and the movie Hunt for Red October, is seriously considering a run for Mayor of New York City, according to his brother Billy Baldwin. During an...
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New Mexico Photographer Found Guilty of Discrimination: Are Churches Next?
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys have appealed to the New Mexico Supreme Court a May 31 decision by a lower court finding a photography company guilty of discrimination for declining to photograph...
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NYC Churches Back in Court Monday
The ongoing legal battle for equal access of churches to meet in New York City’s public schools returns to court Monday. Currently, churches and other religious groups are meeting in NYC’s vacant...
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NYC City Council to Vote on Permitting Worship Services in Empty Public Schools
UPDATE: The New York City Council passed a resolution Wednesday 38-11 in favor of requesting the state legislature to overturn the city’s public school policy of singling out worship services for...
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