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老澳门开奖结果 Defense of Religious Practice and Expression

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of DC filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Christian organization whose proposed advertisements for DC Metro busses were rejected because of their religious viewpoint.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Kansas to a Kansas public-school district on a behalf of a Native American boy who was forced to cut his hair short to remain in school. The letter explained that the district鈥檚 policy requiring boys to have short hair discriminated based on gender and that officials鈥� refusal to accommodate our client鈥檚 Native American religious practice violated the law. After receiving our letter, the school board unanimously to rescind its hair policy for all grade levels.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Alaska a class-action lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections for denying Muslim prisoners various religious accommodations, including access to religious garb and other religious items.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of DC the D.C. Department of Corrections on behalf of Jewish prisoners denied kosher meals unless they could provide a letter from a rabbi verifying their faith. In response to the lawsuit, the Department revised its policy to eliminate the verification requirement.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of South Dakota submitted a to the United Nations Human Rights Committee asking for an investigation into the desecration and exploitation of the Black Hills sacred Indigenous sites. The report emphasized that the U.S. government has violated past treaties with Sioux Nation Tribes by permitting mining on sacred land.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi, along with the Native American Rights Fund, sent a letter to a Mississippi school district on behalf of a Native American student denied the right to wear an eagle feather on her graduation cap and receive a traditional star quilt from her family after exiting the commencement stage. In response to our letter, the school district reversed its decision.

The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Arizona, the Sikh Coalition, and other allies submitted new policy recommendations to officials at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, urging them to adopt specific policies take to protect the religious rights of all migrants鈥攚hether Sikh, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, or any other religion鈥攁t the border with respect to searching and/or confiscating religious garb and other religious items.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Northern California sent a letter to the San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center on behalf of an incarcerated Muslim youth denied dietary accommodations during Ramadan. After receiving our letter, the Center affirmed that it was working to accommodate the individual鈥檚 religious needs and developing a new policy to prevent similar violations from recurring.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina sent a letter to a public charter school, warning that school officials appeared to violate state and federal constitutional and civil rights when they demanded that a Native American first-grader cut his traditional hair style to conform to the school鈥檚 short-hair rule for boys.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Northern California to planning officials at Santa Clara County, urging them to deny a conditional-use permit for a proposed quarry that would significantly harm Juristac, a sacred religious site for the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Rhode Island a small Wiccan Church after a town Zoning Board of Review threatened to deny a permit previously recommended by the city鈥檚 planning commission. In response to our advocacy, the Board granted the church鈥檚 permit.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Kentucky officials at the state Department of Corrections on behalf of a Rastafarian prisoner who was forced to cut his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs. In response to the lawsuit, the Department of Corrections changed its policies to ensure that prisoners may claim a religious exemption to hair grooming standards and to limit the circumstances in which prisoners鈥� hair may be forcibly cut.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana filed a class-action on behalf of Jewish, Muslim, and other women of faith whose sincere religious beliefs require them to have access to abortion, alleging that Indiana鈥檚 abortion ban violates their religious-freedom rights under Indiana鈥檚 Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The 老澳门开奖结果, along with other civil rights and religious organizations, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit supporting the Thai Meditation Center Association of Alabama after its proposal for a Buddhist meditation center was denied by local officials.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Arizona sent to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, notifying him that Border Patrol agents in Arizona were unlawfully confiscating and trashing Sikh asylum-seekers鈥� turbans. The letter requested immediate corrective action. A sent by the 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Arizona, the Sikh Coalition, and more than 160 organizations highlighted broad opposition to this practice and notified officials that Border Patrol also denied Sikh migrants meals that comply with their religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 sent a letter to the Department of Education, urging officials to take action supporting Indigenous students鈥� rights to wear tribal regalia, such as eagle feathers, during their high school graduation ceremonies.

The 老澳门开奖结果, along with the 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Minnesota, filed a lawsuit on behalf of three Muslim Americans subjected to intrusive questioning from border officers about their religious beliefs, practices, and associations in violation of their constitutional rights.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas filed with the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of two Native American boys whose public-school district prohibited them from wearing their hair long in accordance with their Native American heritage and religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi successfully sued officials in Horn Lake, MS, who had unlawfully denied zoning approval for a proposed mosque due to anti-Muslim bias. As a result of the lawsuit, Horn Lake will permit construction of the first mosque ever in DeSoto County, MS.

The 老澳门开奖结果 filed an amicus brief supporting Edward Lee Jones Jr., a practicing Muslim and Black man who has repeatedly been denied access to certain religious books and music while incarcerated in Arizona.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska successfully petitioned the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services for a religious accommodation granting our client the right to tithe to his local church.

After the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California sent a demand letter to a California sheriff鈥檚 department that had denied kosher meals to a Jewish prisoner for more than a year, the department relented and enrolled the individual in its religious diet program.

In a letter sent by a coalition of 58 groups supporting religious freedom, the 老澳门开奖结果 called for President Biden to protect Oak Flat, a part of the Tonto National Forest and a sacred sanctuary to Western Apache, Yavapai, O鈥檕dham, Hopi, Zuni, and other indigenous peoples. The letter denounced the proposed plan to transfer the public lands to a copper-mining company and urged President Biden to support the Save Oak Flat Act, which has been introduced in Congress.

The 老澳门开奖结果 filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Ramirez v. Collier, supporting John H. Ramirez, a Baptist Christian whose final religious requests relating to his execution were denied by Texas prison officials. Mr. Ramirez requested to have his pastor pray audibly and lay hands on him as he dies. Filed on behalf of spiritual advisers who have been present in the death chamber and former high-ranking prison officials who have overseen numerous executions, the 老澳门开奖结果's brief highlighted the important role of spiritual advisors during executions and argued that Texas could easily accommodate Mr. Ramirez's religious practice.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Massachusetts filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Shurtleff v. City of Boston, supporting a Christian group's free-speech claim. Boston allows local groups to temporarily fly a flag outside of city hall and has approved all 284 applications for flag-raisings over the past twelve years. But when Camp Constitution requested to display its flag for a single hour, the City refused because it had concerns that the flag's religious message would violate the Establishment Clause. While the City's concerns were asserted in good faith, the 老澳门开奖结果's amicus brief argued that, because the city opened a public forum, it could not discriminate based on viewpoint and that displaying the flag, under these limited circumstances, would not have violated the Establishment Clause.

The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Arizona, and the Sikh Coalition sent to the Arizona Department of Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry objecting to prison officials鈥� forcible shaving of a Sikh prisoner鈥檚 beard and demanding that officials provide him a turban and allow him to wear it, along with his unshorn hair and beard going forward.

The 老澳门开奖结果 represented Reverend Seigen Hartkemeyer, a Buddhist priest and longtime spiritual advisor to Wesley Purkey, in a lawsuit seeking to delay the federal execution of Mr. Purkey. Rev. Hartkemeyer was religiously obligated to be present at the execution, but his age and health put him at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19. Unfortunately, the courts ultimately rejected Rev. Hartkemeyer鈥檚 claims, and he ultimately chose to attend Mr. Purkey鈥檚 execution despite the significant risk to his health.

The 老澳门开奖结果 the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to allow worship services for death-row prisoners at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. For ten years, the prison had a blanket ban on congregate religious services for death-row prisoners, in violation of their religious rights.

The 老澳门开奖结果 successfully petitioned the Air Force for a religious accommodation allowing our client to wear an unshorn beard in accordance with his Eastern Orthodox faith.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan county officials after they threatened to demolish the homes in an Amish community because, in accordance with their faith, they did not use modern running-water and sewage systems. The parties eventually settled the lawsuit, with the county paying attorneys鈥� fees and entering into a consent judgment that will allow the Amish to continue their traditional way of life.

The 老澳门开奖结果 called for a Department of Homeland Security investigation into widespread religious freedom violations by Border Patrol and ICE, including confiscating Bibles from Christians and forcing Muslims to eat pork.

The 老澳门开奖结果 successfully petitioned the Air Force for a religious accommodation allowing our active-duty Sikh client to wear a turban, beard, and unshorn hair.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Arizona sent a letter to an Arizona school district on behalf of a Native American student who sought a religious accommodation to wear beadwork and an eagle feather on her graduation cap in accordance with her religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 successfully represented Airman 1st Class Sunjit Singh Rathour in obtaining a religious accommodation from the Air Force to wear his turban, beard, and unshorn hair in compliance with his Sikh religious beliefs. A1C Rathour became the first Airman to complete both basic training and advanced technical training while wearing his Sikh articles of faith.

The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Oklahoma, and the Prison Law Office to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, objecting to the prison鈥檚 death row conditions and ban on congregate worship for death row prisoners, a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which provides heightened protections for prisoners鈥� religious exercise.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2018) secured an accommodation for an Air Force JAG officer to wear hijab.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of West Virginia (2018) that the city of Wheeling continued to allow a Catholic woman to offer her home for hospitality and fellowship to those in need.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California (2018) vindicated the rights of an ordained Baptist minister whose parole officers prohibited him from attending church.
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The 老澳门开奖结果 of Hawaii wrote a to the Hawaii DMV in support of a Muslim woman who was wrongly told she would have to remove her hijab in order to obtain a driver鈥檚 license photo.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Oregon filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the religious-freedom rights of Christian, Sikh, Muslim, and Hindu asylum-seekers detained at an Oregon federal prison, where their ability to practice their faith was unlawfully restricted.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and allies filed suit on behalf of Christian, Sikh, Muslim, and Hindu asylum-seekers detained at a federal prison in California, where their religious-freedom rights were repeatedly violated by prison officials.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of a Rastafarian prisoner who sought to observe certain holy days in accordance with his religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana (2017) a preliminary ruling in favor of a Muslim prisoner seeking halal meals with meat.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida (2017) a settlement for Muslim prisoners denied halal meals while other prisoners received faith-based diets.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Delaware (2017) a school鈥檚 decision to suspend a Muslim high school student who wears a kufi. The school agreed to allow the student to wear his kufi in school, amend district policy, and provide training on students鈥� religious freedom rights.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Minnesota (2017) joined a friend-of-the-court brief supporting a Seventh-day Adventist whose employer revoked her job offer after she asked for a religious accommodation.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia (2017) the rights of a Christian woman who was forced to remove her religiously motivated head covering when she visited her brother in prison. An officer told her that only Jews and Muslims would be allowed to enter with a head covering worn for religious reasons.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana (2017) the right of a Rastafarian prisoner to wear dreadlocks in accordance with his sincerely held religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Idaho (2017) kosher meals for Jewish prisoners.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of West Virginia (2017) school officials on behalf a Muslim student who said his classmates and teacher harassed him for his faith.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2017) filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a mosque for which the County Board of Supervisors denied a pump and haul permit.

The 老澳门开奖结果, with affiliates and allies across the country (2017), brought suit against President Trump鈥檚 Muslim ban.
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The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Alabama (2017) favorably settled the case of a Christian woman who was forced by the DMV to remove her headscarf, which she wears for religious reasons.
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The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2016) a prisoner claiming that the vegan diet provided to him was not kosher, in violation of his religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Arizona (2016) secured an accommodation for a Muslim woman who, for religious reasons, did not want to reveal her hair color on her driver鈥檚 license.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of South Carolina (2016) supported a Muslim student鈥檚 request to wear hijab as part of her uniform at a public military college.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska (2016) a mosque for which the City Council denied a conditional use permit.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of a Muslim prisoner seeking the right to wear a kufi and keep his beard long in accordance with his religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit supporting Muslim prisoners鈥� challenge to a Texas Texas Department of Criminal Justice rule that permitted communal worship only if the services were directly supervised by prison personnel or a 鈥渧etted volunteer.鈥� The rule severely limited the ability of Muslim prisoners and prisoners of other minority faiths to participate in group worship.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of New Hampshire (2015) on behalf of a prisoner鈥檚 mother and three-year-old son against a prison policy that prohibits Christmas cards, prayer cards, and drawings sent through the mail.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Hawai鈥檌 (2015) the rights of a pastor and his wife to hand out religious literature on a public sidewalk.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania (2015) on behalf of a Christian inmate seeking to have a communal prayer during the Christmas holiday.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Northern California (2015) a Native American public high school student who wanted to wear a ceremonial feather in his graduation cap.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida (2015) successfully persuaded Walt Disney World to accommodate a Sikh mail carrier who wanted to perform his regular job duties with his religiously mandated beard and turban intact, regardless of the company鈥檚 鈥淟ook Policy.鈥�

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of the Nation鈥檚 Capital (2015) won a lawsuit allowing a Sikh student to enroll in ROTC while still wearing his articles of faith.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana (2015) a state law preventing sex offenders from attending religious worship services.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2015) defended students鈥� right to wear rosary beads in a public high school.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2015) Christian evangelists鈥� right to protest at a street festival.

The 老澳门开奖结果 sent a letter to the U.S. Army urging officials to add Humanism to the Army鈥檚 list approved list of approved religious-preference designations for service members. In response to our letter, the Army updated its faith-codes list.

The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Alabama (2014), and a cohort of former corrections officials filed a brief in support of a Muslim prisoner who was denied the right to grow a half-inch beard in compliance with his religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Alabama (2014) to protect a pastor鈥檚 right to provide housing and ministry to those in need.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas (2014) against overly broad subpoenas served on pastors.
The 老澳门开奖结果 of New Jersey (2014) a man鈥檚 right to wear a religious head-covering in court.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana (2014) a student鈥檚 right to maintain his religiously mandated hairstyle.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska (2014) supported a man鈥檚 right to hand out the gospel of Jesus Christ outside an arena.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2014) the state鈥檚 denial of a permit for a National Day of Prayer event on Capitol Square.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Tennessee (2014) defended an elementary-school student鈥檚 right to read his Bible during a free-reading period.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2014) the right of Christian students to proselytize on a community college campus.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of New Jersey (2014) an orthodox Christian man鈥檚 right to wear his religious head-covering in a municipal courtroom.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida (2014) supporting Jewish prisoners鈥� right to receive a Kosher diet.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Wyoming (2014) sent a letter protesting the Wyoming Department of Corrections鈥� practice of prohibiting prisoners from wearing religious headgear outside of their cells.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Eastern Missouri (2013) sought access to religious websites that had been blocked at the public library.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Alabama (2013) a prisoner seeking to wear his hair unshorn in accordance with his Native American faith.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Oklahoma (2013) filed a brief in support of a Muslim job applicant who faced religious discrimination in the hiring process.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Washington (2013) the right of Orthodox Christian, Hindu, and Muslim employees to an accommodation for their religious dietary needs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi (2013) defended the right of a Sikh man to wear a turban and carry a kirpan, without being subjected to harassment, in encounters with the Mississippi Department of Transportation and a Pike County judge/ during a traffic stop and courtroom appearance.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the New York Civil Liberties Union (2013) filed a lawsuit challenging the New York City Police Department's practice of targeting entire Muslim communities for discriminatory and suspicionless surveillance.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida (2012) submitted a brief in support of prisoner鈥檚 request for kosher meals.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina (2012) for allowing a 6-year-old to read aloud a poem with the word "God" in it at her school's Veterans Day assembly, in response to school officials' decision to remove the word.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina (2012) to a decision by the presiding deputy of a Lenoir County courtroom to eject a man observing court proceedings after he refused to remove his kufi 鈥� a knitted skull cap commonly worn by Muslim men.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania (2012) in support of a fifth grader's right to share her religious beliefs with classmates by distributing invitations to a Christmas party hosted by a local church.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2012) four Sikh men challenging a law that allows ordained ministers to receive a license to perform marriages without posting a bond, but requires representatives of religions that have no ordained ministers, like Sikhism, to post a $500 bond.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana (2012) on behalf of a member of Raven Ministries, a Christian congregation that regularly preaches the Gospel in New Orleans's French Quarter. The lawsuit challenged a city ordinance that restricts religious speech on Bourbon Street after dark. As a result of the lawsuit, a federal judge issued an order that blocks enforcement of the law.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2012) Muslim and Seventh-Day Adventist prisoners in a religious class action challenging two Michigan Department of Corrections policies: one which accommodated Jewish inmates by providing kosher meals while denying Muslim inmates halal meals, while the other failed to excuse inmates from their prison jobs on the Sabbath.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2012 and 2010) opposed bans on students' right to wear rosary beads at two public middle schools. The schools dropped the bans after receiving letters from the 老澳门开奖结果.
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The 老澳门开奖结果 of Utah (2012) on behalf of members of the Main Street Church, a non-denominational Christian church in Brigham City, who were denied access to certain city streets for the purpose of handing out religious literature. An agreement was reached with the city allowing church members to distribute their literature.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of New Mexico (2012) on behalf of two Christian street preachers who were arrested multiple times for exercising their First Amendment rights by preaching in public.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas (2012) filed a brief in support of an observant Jewish prisoner's right to receive kosher meals.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas (2011) a public high school's policy prohibiting students from wearing visible rosaries and crosses in the Brownsville Independent School District.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska (2011) at Fremont Public School that would prevent students from wearing Catholic rosaries to school.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas (2011) in support of students in the Plano school district who wanted to include Christian messages in their holiday gift bags.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2011) the free religious expression of a group of Christian athletes in Floyd County High School who had copies of the Ten Commandments removed from their personal lockers.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California (2011) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Sikh inmate who has faced multiple disciplinary sanctions for refusing to trim his beard on religious grounds. Keeping unshorn hair is one of the central tenets of the Sikh faith.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Connecticut (2011) on behalf of a Naval officer who sought recognition as a conscientious objector because of his Christian convictions against war. After a period of intense religious study, reflection, and prayer, he had come to realize that his religious beliefs were in conflict with his military service. The officer's request was subsequently granted and he received an honorable discharge.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California (2011) against the FBI alleging that an agent had infiltrated a California mosque and violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of Muslims by targeting them for surveillance because of their religion.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Oklahoma sued the state of Oklahoma on behalf of Muslim residents in in response to voter approval of a state constitutional amendment that prohibited state-court judgesfrom considering 鈥淪haria鈥� law in their decision making. The lawsuit argued that the amendment was based in anti-Muslim bigotry and would deny Oklahoma Muslims equal access to the judicial system.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia the Town of Richlands for violating a resident鈥檚 free-speech and religious-freedom by denying him a license to open a tarot-reading business in accordance with his Hermetic faith based on hostility toward his religious viewpoint and practice. In settling the lawsuit, the town changed its unlawful ordinances and authorized the business to proceed.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Colorado (2010) the rights of students in Colorado Springs School District 11 to wear crosses, rosaries, and other religious symbols. A middle school had announced a policy forbidding students from wearing certain Christian symbols unless they were worn underneath their clothing.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Kentucky (2010) appealed the denial of a zoning permit for a Muslim prayer space in Mayfield. After 老澳门开奖结果 involvement, the permit was granted.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of San Diego and Imperial Counties (2010) in support of a church in El Centro, California, that was prohibited from relocating to a building in the downtown district.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Washington (2010) the Pierce County Jail in Tacoma, Washington, for religious discrimination against two Muslims who were forbidden from participating in group prayer, denied dietary accommodations, and refused religious clothing.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia (2010) sued the City of Douglasville on behalf of a devout Muslim woman who was restrained, arrested, and jailed for several hours after refusing to remove her religious head covering.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida (2010) on behalf of a local homeless ministry, the First Vagabonds Church of God, challenging an Orlando ordinance that prohibits service of food to groups in the same public park more than twice per year. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit eventually enjoined the city from enforcing the ordinance, allowing the church to resume providing food to the homeless.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas (2010) filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a Texas state prisoner seeking damages after prison officials denied him the opportunity to participate in Christian worship services.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Alaska (2010) the Alaska Department of Education to respect the religious freedom of Russian Old Believer families by arranging alternate testing dates for the High School Graduation Qualifying Exam, which conflicts with Holy Week for Russian Old Believer students. Students may now take the test on different testing dates.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Maryland (2010) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on behalf of Steven Kanai, aconscientious objector who self-identified as a Christian but also found meaning in the non-violent and compassionate teachings of Buddhism.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Maryland (2010) came to the defense of a practicing Muslim woman who was denied a foster care license simply because she does not allow pork products in her home. The woman was fully qualified and made clear that she allows foster children to worship as they please.

The 老澳门开奖结果, its national chapter in Puerto Rico, and its affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island (2010) filed a friend-of-the-court brief opposing restrictive laws that effectively ban Jehovah's Witnesses from freely expressing their faith on the streets of Puerto Rico. The brief supports a challenge by the Witnesses to Puerto Rico statutes authorizing local neighborhoods to deny citizens access to public residential streets.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Arizona (2010) a Maricopa County policy restricting religious head coverings worn by detainees and inmates in county custody. The 老澳门开奖结果 of Arizona brought the case on behalf of a Muslim woman who was denied the right to wear a head scarf while detained by the Maricopa County Sherriff's Office. MCSO now allows Muslim women to wear head scarves during the intake and booking process after a brief initial search.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of San Diego and Imperial Counties (2009) in support of a family's right to host a home bible study after the family was cited for violating a county zoning code.

The Maine Civil Liberties Union (2009) filed suit against the City of Portland on behalf of the Portland Masjid and Islamic Center, a group of Muslims seeking to use a former television repair shop they had purchased for prayer services and religious study. In response, Portland amended its land-use ordinance, and the Portland Planning Board granted approval to the project. The new mosque will primarily serve as a religious and cultural center for Muslim families who came to this country from Afghanistan fleeing religious persecution following invasion of their country by the Soviet Union.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Maryland (2009) successfully settled a lawsuit on behalf of a Christian ministry for the homeless in the town of Elkton, Maryland, which had purchased a site for a religious day center to help the local community through job training, food, showers, and religious services. Though the site is legally zoned for the use of churches and centers that provide those services, the zoning board had refused to recognize the religious nature of the center, placing unreasonable limitations on the ministry. The 老澳门开奖结果 of Maryland reached a favorable settlement with the town, affirming the church's right to operate its day center for the homeless.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of the National Capital Area (2009) on behalf of a young Quaker whose religious beliefs prevent him from registering for the draft without some official way to record his claim of conscientious objection in the registration process. He is a birthright Quaker and does not believe that he can offer himself as a candidate for the military.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of New Jersey (2009) filed a successful lawsuit on behalf of a New Jersey prisoner 鈥� an ordained Pentecostal minister 鈥� to restore his fundamental right to preach to other inmates. The minister had preached at weekly Christian worship services at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey for more than a decade when prison officials suddenly banned that activity without any justification. As a result of the 老澳门开奖结果 lawsuit, state officials agreed to allow the minister to resume preaching and teaching Bible study classes under the supervision of prison staff.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida (2009) on behalf of two families from the Dove World Outreach Center, defending their constitutional right to express themselves in public school with t-shirts stating, "Islam is of the devil." The suit claims that the school has been inconsistent in enforcing restrictions on free speech.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2009) on behalf of the First Baptist Church of Ferndale after local residents cited a zoning ordinance to prevent the church from providing social services to the poor and homeless on church property. The 老澳门开奖结果 argued that zoning boards may not burden the free exercise of religion simply because neighbors object. The Oakland County Circuit Court denied the request of the residents, allowing the church to continue providing services.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Tennessee (2009) came to the defense of a group of student teachers who conduct church services with the homeless in a public park. The 老澳门开奖结果 successfully negotiated with the Metro Board of Parks and Recreation to revise a policy that had unfairly blocked religious groups' regular use of park space.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2009) argued against the censorship of religious materials being sent to detainees in the Rappahannock Regional Jail. The 老澳门开奖结果 wrote a letter to the superintendent of the jail, asking that the jail stop removing Christian-themed materials and biblical passages from letters written to detainees. As a result of 老澳门开奖结果 involvement, the prison agreed to change its policies and allow religious mail.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2009) before the Michigan Supreme Court on a proposed court rule that would give judges the discretion to bar women who wear religious veils, or niqabs, from testifying. The 老澳门开奖结果 argued that denying women their day in court because of their religious dress violated the Michigan Constitution's Religious Freedom Clause.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana (2009) for the right of Christian preachers to distribute pamphlets at the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival. The 老澳门开奖结果 wrote a letter to the mayor in support of the preachers, who had been ordered to stop handing out religious material.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana (2009) on behalf of Donald Leger, a devout Catholic and prisoner on death row at Angola State Prison. The lawsuit challenged a prison policy mandating that all televisions on death row be tuned to predominately Baptist programming on Sunday mornings. Under the terms of a settlement in the case, Mr. Leger was able to view Catholic Mass regularly and was permitted private confessional visits with a priest.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas (2009) in support of a Christian pastor and his faith-based rehabilitation facility in Sinton, Texas. The 老澳门开奖结果 urged the court to reverse a decision that had prohibited the pastor from operating his rehabilitation program near his church and also had sharply limited the reach of the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act. In June 2009, the Texas Supreme Court agreed and ruled in favor of the pastor.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Maryland (2009) filed discrimination charges with the E.E.O.C. on behalf of three Orthodox medics who were told that they could not ride on calls with the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company (PVFC) unless they shaved their religiously required beards. The PVFC claimed that the beards might prevent the medics from wearing specialized safety masks that the PVFC hopes to purchase in the future.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia (2009) that was adopted by the Georgia Judicial Council, the policy-making body for Georgia courts, which clarified that religious head coverings can be worn in Georgia courthouses.The 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia advocated for the adoption of this policy after learning about troubling reports of incidents at the Douglasville Municipal Court, where Muslim women were faced with the choice of removing their headscarves or being barred from the courtroom.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Delaware (2009) represented the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware in a threatened eviction action against a congregation that was meeting in an elementary school on Sunday mornings. Because the school district permitted a wide variety of other groups to use its facilities, the 老澳门开奖结果 wrote to the school district explaining that, as a general rule, public buildings must be made available to religious groups on the same terms that they are made available to the general public. In January 2009, the parties reached an amicable resolution permitting the church to continue using the facilities.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania (2009) on behalf of the Shenkel United Church of Christ, objecting to North Coventry Township's refusal to allow the church to house homeless people for one month out of the year. The case is similar to several earlier actions brought by the 老澳门开奖结果 on behalf of churches in the Pennsylvania towns of Brookville and Munhall.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Kentucky (2009) represented several members of the Swartzentruber Amish, an Old Order Amish sect, in anattempt to overturn theircriminal convictions for failing todisplay slow-moving vehicle emblems on their horse-drawn buggies. The Swartzentruber Amish object todisplaying the emblems because they perceive them as worldly symbols that are to be avoided.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of the National Capital Area (2009) on behalf of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish firefighters and paramedics who wear beards as a matter of religious observance. The district court agreed with the 老澳门开奖结果 that the District of Columbia's policy prohibiting these individuals from wearing beards violated their religious freedom rights, and the Court of Appeals affirmed in 2009.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Arizona (2009) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office detention officer who was demoted and eventually forced to leave for failing to abandon his practice of wearing a beard in accordance with his Muslim faith.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2008) on behalf of a Benton Harbor minister who was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison for writing an article both criticizing the judge and predicting what God might do to the judge who presided over his case 鈥� actions protected by the constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and religious expression.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California (2008) on behalf of members of a faith-based charity organization after park rangers threatened to arrest the members for serving hot meals and distributing Bibles to the homeless on Doheny State Beach.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana (2008) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit supporting an individual's right to quote Bible verses on public streets in Zachary, Louisiana.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania (2008) filed several declaratory judgment actions to confirm the validity of marriages performed by clergy who do not regularly preach in a church or to a congregation.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina (2008) assisted an individual who had been banned from riding the bus in Raleigh for reading his Bible aloud. As a result of the 老澳门开奖结果's intervention, he was permitted back on the bus system.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas (2008) filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Texas Supreme Court in support of mothers who had been separated from their children by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). The DFPS seized more than 450 children from their homes in Eldorado, Texas, following vague allegations about child abuse by some members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While fully supporting the state's commitment to protecting children from abuse, the 老澳门开奖结果 argued that Texas law and the U.S. Constitution required that the children be returned unless the state could provide the requisite evidence of abuse. In May 2008, the Texas Supreme Court unanimously ruled, consistent with the 老澳门开奖结果 position, that the state must return the children to their homes pending further investigation of allegations of abuse.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Wyoming (2008) represented a Wyoming prisoner who was prevented from possessing bald eagle feathers, the single most sacred religious symbol of his Native American tribe.

The 老澳门开奖结果 (2008) struck an agreement with officials at the Wyoming State Penitentiary over new prison dining policies that more fully accommodate their religious practices and beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Missouri (2008) the City of Poplar Bluff after the City's public library disciplined a part-time employee who objected to participating in the promotion of a Harry Potter book. The employee, a devout Southern Baptist, had religious objections to the promotion, which she believed encouraged children to worship the occult. The lawsuit argued that the city violated federal law by refusing to accommodate her sincerely held religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Delaware (2008) came to the defense of a Muslim nurse who was told she could not wear her religious head covering to work at the New Castle County Detention Center. After the 老澳门开奖结果's intervention in the matter, the nurse received her requested religious accommodation.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas (2008) a five-year-old Native American boy who was forced into in-school suspension for wearing long braids as an expression of his religious beliefs and cultural heritage. A federal judge ruled that this policy violated the U.S. Constitution and state law, and the school district was required to provide the child an exemption from its restrictive dress code. The case is now on appeal.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida (2007) the right of Christians to protest against a gay pride event held in the City of St. Petersburg. The city had proposed limiting opposition speech, including speech motivated by religious beliefs, to restricted "free speech zones." After receiving the 老澳门开奖结果's letter, the city revised its proposed ordinance.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Oregon (2007) the right of students at a private religious school not to be pressured to violate their Sabbath day by playing in a state basketball tournament. The Oregon School Activities Association scheduled state tournament games on Saturdays, the recognized Sabbath of students and faculty of the Portland Adventist Academy. The 老澳门开奖结果 argued that the school's team, having successfully made it to the tournament, should not be required to violate their religious beliefs in order to participate.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Colorado (2007) came to the defense of a Jewish law student who needed to reschedule the first day of her bar exam because of a conflict with a day of religious observance. After a letter from the 老澳门开奖结果, she was granted the requested religious accommodation.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas (2007) a Texas man who was ordered out of the courtroom by a Justice of the Peace and threatened with arrest when he refused to remove his turban 鈥� worn in accordance with his Sikh faith 鈥� while defending himself against a traffic citation.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2007) in Wayne County Circuit Court against Old Redford Academy, a public charter school in Detroit, for violating a ninth grade student's right to wear his hair long in accordance with a verse in Leviticus. Despite the religious basis for his long hair, the school suspended him and referred him for expulsion for violating its "closely cropped" hair policy. The judge issued an injunction ordering the Academy to let the student return to school.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of West Virginia (2007) on behalf of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) university student who won a prestigious scholarship to West Virginia University. Although the state scholarship board provided leaves of absence for military, medical, and family reasons, it denied the 老澳门开奖结果's client a leave of absence to serve on a two-year mission for his church.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina (2007) challenged a North Carolina Department of Corrections policy making all religious services in prison English-only, thereby denying access to many inmates. The North Carolina Division of Prisons agreed to review the policy and the need for religious services in languages other than English in the state correctional system.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Colorado (2007) defended the rights of prisoners in the Teller County Jail to receive a proper diet consistent with their religion. After jail officials determined that prisoners would not have "certain religious articles or diets," the 老澳门开奖结果 wrote a letter of inquiry which resulted in a revision of the jail's policy to allow for religious accommodation.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania (2007) came to the defense of a second-grade student who, in response to a class assignment to write a story, submitted a story about Easter and redemption. After the teacher rejected the submission because of its religious content, the 老澳门开奖结果 wrote a letter to the school on the student's behalf. The principal and teacher subsequently apologized, and the principal agreed to instruct his teachers on the law.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of New Jersey (2007) defended the right of an elementary school student who was prohibited from singing "Awesome God" in a voluntary after-school talent show for which students selected their own material. The 老澳门开奖结果 submitted a friend-of-the-court brief. After a favorable settlement was reached for the student, the federal lawsuit was dismissed.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania (2007) prevailed in their case on behalf of an Egyptian Coptic Christian who had been detained and who claimed he had been tortured by the Egyptian government because he refused to convert to Islam. After permitting Sameh Khouzam to stay in the United States for nine years based on evidence that he would probably be tortured if he returned to Egypt, the U.S. government changed its position in 2007 and sought to deport Mr. Khouzam based on diplomatic assurances from the Egyptian government that Mr. Khouzam would not be tortured upon return. As a result of the 老澳门开奖结果's advocacy, a federal court granted Mr. Khouzam an indefinite stay of deportation to Egypt.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina (2007) wrote a letter to the Dismas Charities Community Correction Center on behalf of a former resident who was told he could not drink wine during communion services while confined at the Center. After the 老澳门开奖结果 advised the Center of its obligations under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, the Center revised its communion policy to comply with federal law.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Colorado (2007) a Seventh-Day Adventist who was being refused a religious diet in prison. After the 老澳门开奖结果 communicated with prison authorities on the prisoner's behalf, the diet was provided.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia (2007) filed a federal lawsuit to help obtain a zoning permit for a house of worship on behalf of the Tabernacle Community Baptist Church after the city of East Point denied the request. The city has since repealed the ordinance and churches are now allowed to occupy buildings that were previously used for commercial purposes.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Delaware (2007) prevailed in a lawsuit brought on behalf of Christians, pagans, and Wiccans, alleging that a department store violated a Delaware public accommodations law by canceling community courses after individuals complained about the religious beliefs that were being taught in the centers.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Missouri (2007) represented Shirley L. Phelps-Roper, a member of the Westboro Baptist Church, whose religious beliefs led her to condemn homosexuality as a sin and insist that God is punishing the United States. The protests in which she has been involved have been confrontational and have involved funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. While the 老澳门开奖结果 does not endorse her message, it does believe that she has both religious and free-speech rights to express her viewpoint criticizing homosexuality. The Supreme Court recently refused to overturn a court of appeals decision in Phelps-Roper's favor.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina (2007) assisted with the naturalization of a Jehovah's Witness who was originally denied citizenship based on his conscientious refusal to swear an oath that he would be willing to bear arms on behalf of the country.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Rhode Island (2007) in its arguments on behalf of a Christian inmate, Wesley Spratt, who had been preaching in prison for over seven years before administrators told him to stop based on vague and unsubstantiated security concerns. After the 老澳门开奖结果 prevailed in the Court of Appeals, the parties reached a settlement under which Mr. Spratt is free to preach again.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California (2007) filed suit on behalf of Jameelah Medina, a Muslim woman who was forced by local deputies to remove her religious head covering while she was in custody in San Bernardino County's West Valley Detention Center. Despite her repeated requests to keep her head covered during her day-long incarceration, Medina was forced to remove her hijab in the presence of men she did not know and to remain uncovered for much of the day. In October 2008, the county agreed to adopt a policy accommodating the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves in accordance with their religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina (2007) won its lawsuit against the state of North Carolina to permit witnesses at trial to take oaths on the religious scriptures of their own religious beliefs (in this case, Islam) rather than on those approved by the state.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California (2007) Calvin Chee Keong Lee, a Buddhist-Taoist conscientious objector who enlisted in the U.S. Army shortly after arriving in the United States from Malaysia. Currently stationed in Ft. Irwin, California and scheduled for imminent deployment to Iraq, Lee sought discharge from the Army based on his religious beliefs, which compel him not to kill or cause injury to others. When he enlisted, Lee believed that he would be able to remain in his civilian construction job.

The 老澳门开奖结果 (2007) argued that veterans and their families should be able to decide for themselves which religious symbol is placed on a deceased veteran's headstone at federal cemeteries. The 老澳门开奖结果 challenged the constitutionality of a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs policy that had restricted religious symbols only to those that had been approved by government officials. The Department of Veterans Affairs settled the case by agreeing to allow a Wiccan symbol to be included on the plaintiffs' loved ones' military headstones.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of West Virginia and the 老澳门开奖结果 of the National Capital Area (2007) a Muslim Iranian-American couple, both of whom were terminated from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) because of their religion and without due process. The 老澳门开奖结果 negotiated an agreement with NIOSH under which the husband and wife were reinstated to their previous positions with back pay, benefits, and damages.

The New York Civil Liberties Union (2007) on behalf of a Muslim prison guard who was told that he had to remove his head covering (known as a kufi) while working, even though he had worn it while on duty for many years. A federal judge ordered the New York Department of Corrections to allow the guard to resume wearing his head covering on the job.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2007) a devoted Muslim woman who was forbidden from riding a public bus in Grand Rapids because of her religious veil. After the 老澳门开奖结果 met with county officials, the bus system repealed its no-face-covering rule and agreed to conduct diversity training.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Alabama (2007) represented Native American inmates in their successful lawsuit requiring the state of Alabama to permit sacred sweat lodge ceremonies at designated correctional facilities on holy days. After winning that case, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Alabama represented some of the inmates again when the State attempted to transfer them to a correctional facility in Louisiana that does not allow such religious ceremonies.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia (2007) wrote a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on behalf of a Sikh physician. The doctor had been instructed that he must, contrary to his religious beliefs, shave his beard and remove his turban in order to work at the Public Health Commissioned Corporation of CDC. After receiving the 老澳门开奖结果's letter, the CDC implemented a new, individualized process for requests for religious exemptions that creates a general presumption in favor of religious accommodation.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of West Virginia (2007) brought suit challenging a company's refusal to permit one of its employees to wear a skirt to work. The employee's religious beliefs prohibited her from wearing trousers. The employer refused to accommodate these beliefs despite the employee's offer to pay for a uniform skirt with her own funds.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Missouri (2007) sent a letter to the Kansas City Water Department demanding that a Muslim employee be permitted to attend Friday prayers. The Department responded by extending the employee's Friday lunch to accommodate her religious observance.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Nevada (2007) the Nevada Equal Rights Commission and the EEOC on behalf of a Jewish Orthodox employee of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department whose request to wear a trim beard and yarmulke while at his non-uniform desk job was denied. When the Department still refused to grant the employee a religious accommodation, the 老澳门开奖结果 brought a successful suit in federal court.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2007) filed a complaint under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act challenging a Virginia Department of Corrections policy requiring inmates to be clean-shaven and to keep their hair short. The policy infringed on the beliefs of Muslim and Rastafarian inmates who have religious objections to cutting their hair.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of New Jersey (2007) filed a religious discrimination case on behalf of a Muslim student who had to choose between following his religious beliefs that forbid him from entering buildings with foreign religious symbols and attending his public high school graduation that was scheduled to be held in a church. The 老澳门开奖结果 argued that the school's decision unlawfully forced the student to choose between attending his graduation and violating his faith.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana (2007) in federal court after the David Wade Correctional Facility refused to permit a Muslim inmate to receive a religious newspaper.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California (2007) under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, the First Amendment, and several state law provisions on behalf of Souhair Khatib, a practicing Muslim woman who was forced to remove her hijab, a religious headscarf, when taken into custody at an Orange County courthouse holding facility. In accordance with her religious beliefs, Mrs. Khatib wears her headscarf whenever she is in public or in the presence of men who are not part of her immediate family, and she does not permit any physical contact with men who are not her immediate relatives.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana (2006) after filing a federal lawsuit against the Department of Corrections on behalf of an inmate who was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). The inmate, Norman Sanders, was denied access to religious services and religious texts, including The Book of Mormon.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana (2006) prevailed in its lawsuit defending the right of a Christian man to exercise his religious and speech rights by protesting against homosexuality in front of a Wal-Mart store with a sign that read: "Christians: Wal-Mart Supports Gay Marriage and Gay Lifestyles. Don't Shop There."

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Nevada (2006) defended the free-exercise and free-speech rights of evangelical Christians to preach on the sidewalks of Las Vegas. When the county government refused to change its unconstitutional policy, the 老澳门开奖结果 filed suit in federal court.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California (2006) filed suit on behalf of a Vietnamese Buddhist Temple (Quan Am Temple) against the City of Garden Grove and its officials for violating the congregation's First Amendment rights to free religious exercise and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the city's zoning codes, as well as the city's application of the zoning codes to Quan Am Temple. A federal judge issued a preliminary ruling requiring the city to allow "the Temple, the Abbot, and his congregation [to] peaceably practice their Buddhist faith at the Chapwood Property immediately."

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Massachusetts (2006) helped a Rastafarian baggage screener wear his hair in accordance with his religion. The screener had been employed for three years by the Logan Airport for the Transportation Security Administration. The 老澳门开奖结果 filed a complaint before the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission defending his religious rights.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2006) called the U.S. attorney on behalf of a Muslim woman who was being pressured to have her photograph taken without her headscarf by the FBI. While she was willing to be photographed, it would have been a violation of her faith for men who were not members of her family to see her without her religious head covering. The U.S. attorney directed the FBI to accommodate the woman's religion.

The New York Civil Liberties Union (2006) filed a federal lawsuit in Manhattan defending the right of people wearing religious head coverings not to have them removed for identity photos. The case was brought against a Coast Guard regulation denying merchant marine licenses to those who would not remove the coverings for photographs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2006) filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting an inmate's allegation that the Virginia Department of Corrections violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) by refusing to provide him with meals consistent with his religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska (2006) brought a free-exercise claim on behalf of followers of the Church of Scientology, who alleged that Nebraska's mandatory testing of newborn infants for metabolic diseases violated their religious liberty by preventing them, as new parents, from exercising their belief that a newborn should be kept quiet and serene during the first days of life.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2005) on behalf of a Sikh student at Wayne State University, who was charged with violating a Detroit knife ordinance for carrying a ceremonial sword called a Kirpan as required by his faith.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida (2005) represented Christian and Jewish cemetery plot owners in a challenge to the city of Boca Raton's restrictions prohibiting vertical grave markers, memorials, monuments, and other structures, including Christian crosses and Stars of David.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Iowa (2005) defended the rights of two teenage girls who were threatened with punishment by school officials after seeking to wear, for religious reasons, anti-abortion t-shirts to school.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of New Mexico (2005) helped release a street preacher who had been incarcerated in Roosevelt County jail for 109 days. The case was brought to the 老澳门开奖结果 by the preacher's wife and was supported by the American Family Association.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2005) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Joseph Hanas, a Roman Catholic who was punished for not completing a drug rehabilitation program run by a Pentecostal group whose religious beliefs he did not share. Part of the program required reading the Bible for seven hours a day, proclaiming one's salvation at the altar, and being tested on Pentecostal principles. The staff confiscated Mr. Hanas's rosary beads and told him Catholicism was witchcraft.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California (2005) defended an evangelical scholar who monitored the fundraising practices of several ministries and their leaders after a defamation suit was brought against him in order to silence him.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2005) on behalf of a small Pentecostal church which was issued an eviction notice by the city of Ypsilanti. Under the city's zoning ordinance, secular groups are permitted to meet downtown but religious groups must meet outside the downtown area. After the 老澳门开奖结果's letter, the city reversed its position, allowing the church to remain.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania (2004-2005) won two cases on behalf of predominantly African-American churches that were denied permits to worship in churches previously occupied by white congregations. In 2005, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania settled a case against Turtle Creek Borough brought on behalf of the Ekklesia Church. After the 老澳门开奖结果's advocacy, the Borough of West Mifflin granted Second Baptist Church of Homestead an occupancy permit in 2002 and, in 2004, agreed to pay it damages and compensate it for its losses.

The New York Civil Liberties Union (2005) to stop the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing a policy of detaining, interrogating, fingerprinting, and photographing American citizens at the border solely because they attended Islamic conferences.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2005) came to the defense of a Muslim 7th-grader who was told that she could not swim in clothing that covered her body in accordance with her faith. After negotiations with the 老澳门开奖结果, the county adopted a model policy that does not deny access to individuals because of their religious garb.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Washington (2005) The Islamic Education Center of Seattle, a small Muslim nonprofit organization that holds prayer services, education programs, and cultural activities, after the city of Mountlake Terrace denied the Center a conditional land use permit. The City denied the Center permission to operate even though it granted an allowance to a Christian church next door to the Center. With the aid of the 老澳门开奖结果, the Center eventually received its permit from the City.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of New Jersey (2005) with the New Jersey Department of Corrections on behalf of Patrick Pantusco, an inmate who was denied religious books and other items while in prison. Although it permitted persons of other religions to obtain materials for their religious practices, it denied Mr. Pantusco's requests because it did not recognize Wicca as a legitimate religion. In the settlement, the state agreed to permit Mr. Pantusco access to all requested items and pay damages.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Northern California (2005) filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging restrictions on an asylum seeker's right to wear a religious head covering. The plaintiff, Harpal Singh Cheema, a devout Sikh, had been imprisoned since 1997, while awaiting a decision on his asylum application. The Sikh faith requires men to cover their heads at all times, but Yuba County jail authorities would not allow Mr. Cheema to leave his bed with his head covered.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Wisconsin (2005) filed suit on behalf of a Muslim woman who had been required to remove her headscarf in front of male prison guards in order to visit her husband at the Columbia Correctional Institution. Ms. Rhouni offered to be searched by a female guard, but the prison would not accommodate her request and respect her religious belief that her head should not be uncovered in the presence of unrelated males.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania (2005) sued on behalf of a devout Muslim firefighter, Curtis DeVeaux, who was suspended for refusing, for religious reasons, to shave his beard as required by city regulations.

In response to a lawsuit filed by the 老澳门开奖结果 of Colorado (2005), the Department of Corrections agreed to resume providing kosher meals to Timothy Sheline, an Orthodox Jewish inmate, whose kosher diet was revoked for one year as punishment for allegedly violating a dining hall rule.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska (2005) settled a lawsuit against the city of Omaha on behalf of Lubna Hussein, a practicing Muslim woman who wore a headscarf and long sleeves for religious reasons. Hussein was twice denied entry to Deer Ridge pool property to watch her children swim because she refused to wear a swimsuit. The city changed its policy to allow for medical and religious exceptions.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California (2005) represented a Native American inmate who refused, for religious reasons, to cut his hair. Prison officials punished the inmate by revoking his visitation rights and extending his time in prison. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the prison ban on long hair violated the prisoner's religious freedom and ordered the prisoner released immediately.

The 老澳门开奖结果 (2005) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a group of Ohio prisoners who were denied religious items and literature, as well as time to worship, in violation of federal law. The Supreme Court decided in favor of the prisoners, upholding the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA).

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California (2005) supported Jewish residents of Orange County after a special election was scheduled on the first day of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah. The 老澳门开奖结果 called on the county to make accommodations for Jewish residents who wished to vote early in the election.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2005) on behalf of Cynthia Simpson, a Wiccan woman whom county leaders refused to include in a list of religious leaders invited to give invocations at meetings of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors. The Board's reason for refusing to add her to the list was that "Chesterfield's non-sectarian invocations are traditionally made to a divinity that is consistent with the Judeo-Christian tradition."

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana (2005) successfully represented a Rastafarian mother and her fourth grade son before the Lafayette Parish School Board. The Board seized the child'sbooks and suspended him for having dreadlocks. The nine-year-old child was allowed to return to school.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of New Jersey (2004) appeared as a friend of the court to argue that a prosecutor violated the New Jersey Constitution by striking individuals from a jury pool after deciding that they were "demonstrative about their religion." One potential juror was a missionary; the other was wearing Muslim religious garb, including a skull cap. The 老澳门开奖结果-NJ also argued that permitting strikes based on jurors' display of their religion would often amount to discrimination against identifiable religious minorities.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska (2004) defended the Church of the Awesome God, a Presbyterian church, from forced eviction under the City of Lincoln's zoning laws. The 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska also challenged city ordinances requiring religious organizations to meet safety standards not imposed on non-religious groups.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania (2004) in its arguments that the government had to allow Amish drivers to use highly reflective gray tape on their buggies instead of orange triangles, to which the drivers objected for religious reasons.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2004) threatened to file suit against the Fredericksburg-Stafford Park Authority after the Park Authority enacted an unconstitutional policy prohibiting religious activity in the park and the Park Manager stopped a Cornerstone Baptist Church minister from conducting baptisms in the park. Under pressure from the 老澳门开奖结果, the Park Authority revoked the prohibition and allowed baptisms in the park.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2004) wrote a letter on behalf of a student at Central Michigan University whose Hanukkah candles were seized from his dorm room by campus officials. Although the university allowed students to smoke in the same dorm, it claimed that the candles posed a fire hazard. After the letter was sent, the university changed its policy.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Washington (2004) on behalf of Donald Ausderau, a Christian minister, who wanted to preach to the public and distribute leaflets on the sidewalks around a downtown bus station in Spokane, Washington.

With the help of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter (2004), an Episcopal social services group was able to keep its program of feeding the homeless running. The County Health Department reversed its decision that meals served to homeless people in a church must be cooked on the premises, as opposed to in individual homes. Had the decision not been reversed, the ministry would have been forced to cease the program.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Nevada (2004) represented a Mormon high school student, Kim Jacobs, whom school authorities suspended and then attempted to expel for wearing t-shirts with religious messages.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2004) represented Abby Moler, a student at Sterling Stevenson High School, whose yearbook entry, a Bible verse, was deleted because of its religious content. A settlement was reached under which the school placed a sticker with Moler's original entry in the yearbooks and agreed not to censor students' yearbook entries based on their religious or political viewpoints in the future.

The Indiana Civil Liberties Union (2004) filed suit on behalf of the Old Paths Baptist Church against the City of Scottsburg after the city repeatedly threatened to cite or arrest members who held demonstrations regarding various subjects dealing with their religious beliefs.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Massachusetts (2003) intervened on behalf of a group of students at Westfield High School who were suspended for distributing candy canes and a religious message in school. The 老澳门开奖结果 succeeded in having the suspensions revoked and filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a lawsuit brought on behalf of the students against the school district.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Rhode Island (2003) interceded on behalf of an interdenominational group of carolers who were told they could not sing Christmas carols on Christmas Eve to inmates at the women's prison in Cranston, Rhode Island.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan (2003) the right of a pastor to erect a large sign on the lawn of the Wesley Foundation in Mt. Pleasant stating, "We Value All Life; End the Cycle of Violence." The city claimed that the church had violated a city sign ordinance, but after the 老澳门开奖结果's involvement, the city allowed the sign to stay up and stated that the ordinance would be reviewed.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida (2003) represented a Muslim homemaker whose driver's license was revoked after she declined on religious grounds to remove her veil for a driver's license photo. Noting that the state allowed others to obtain driver's permits without photographs, the 老澳门开奖结果 argued that the photograph requirement imposed a needless burden on the woman's exercise of her religion with no benefit to public safety.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Virginia (2002) and the late Rev. Jerry Falwell prevailed in a lawsuit arguing that a Virginia constitutional provision banning religious organizations from incorporating was unconstitutional.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Ohio (2002) in support of a preacher who wanted to protest abortion at a parade, but was prohibited from doing so in an Akron suburb.

The Iowa Civil Liberties Union (2002) filed a friend-of-the court brief supporting a group of Christian students who sued Davenport Schools asserting their right to distribute religious literature during non-instructional time.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska (2002) challenging a Nebraska Liquor Control Commission regulation that defined "church" in a manner that excluded all religious organizations that do not own property. The 老澳门开奖结果 argued that the "definition of a church established by the Liquor Control Commission violated the rights of members of the House of Faith to the free exercise of their religion."

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Massachusetts (2002) filed a brief supporting the right of the Church of the Good News to run ads criticizing the secularization of Christmas and promoting Christianity as the "one true religion." The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority had refused to allow the paid advertisements to be posted and refused to sell additional advertising space to the church.

The 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania (2002) supported the members of Congregation Kol Ami in their fight to use a former Catholic convent as a synagogue. The 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania argued that the Abington Township Board of Commissioners' opposition to the proposed use of the convent violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.