Tag: religion
U.S. authorities urged to overturn death sentence after jury consulted Bible
Published October 15, 2009 by the Guardian.
Jurors read from scripture as they deliberated on whether Khristian Oliver should be sentenced to death
By Chris McGreal / the Guardian
The Texas jury didn't hesitate to find Khristian Oliver guilty of shooting and bludgeoning an elderly man to death. Oliver had stood over his bleeding victim, repeatedly hitting him in the head with a rifle butt before robbing his house.
But then came the difficult decision over whether to sentence Oliver to death, and that's when the Bibles came into their own.
The Culture Wars' New Front: U.S. History Classes in Texas
Published July 14, 2009 by the Wall Street Journal.
By Stephanie Simon / The Wall Street Journal
The fight over school curriculum in Texas, recently focused on biology, has entered a new arena, with a brewing debate over how much faith belongs in American history classrooms.
CCISD to End Student Voting for Prayer at Graduations
Published on June 9, 2009 by the Caller-Times.
By Denise Malan / Caller-Times
ACLU gets involved after King students were asked to vote on whether invocation should be included
CORPUS CHRISTI — A longstanding practice for high school seniors to decide whether their graduation should include prayer ended this year after two King High School students contacted the American Civil Liberties Union.
ACLU Sues School District For Punishing Kindergarten Student Because Of Family's Religious Beliefs
By the American Civil Liberties Union
HOUSTON – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas today filed a lawsuit against the Needville Independent School District (NISD) for punishing a five-year-old American Indian kindergarten student for practicing and expressing his family's religious beliefs and heritage by wearing his hair long in violation of school rules.