church and state

Parents in constitutional challenge to pervasive religious influence in school

It has been reported that a couple are seeking to sue their child’s former national school for breach of their constitutional rights in respect of religious and moral education. Their complaint is that the Co. Wicklow school did not properly accommodate the constitutional right of the child to be excluded from religious instruction.  The school(…)

The Ground Zero crucifix and the establishment clause

An atheist group in New York has filed a suit in response to the erection of a crucifix at the ground zero site. Relying both on state and federal law, one of the chief complaints lies in the ‘establishment clause’ of the federal constitution, the main basis for the legal separation of church and state.(…)

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