As public high schools around the country make their final plans in coming weeks for spring graduation ceremonies, a case the Supreme Court has been pondering might have an influence on the place they ...
A federal judge has ruled that graduation ceremonies for Enfield High School in Connecticut cannot be held at a local church. US District Judge Janet Hall, who toured the church—First Cathedral in ...
WASHINGTON — Can a public high school hold its graduation ceremony in a local church? The Supreme Court has been pondering that question in its private conference for six weeks, discussing whether to ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
When 470 Lake Zurich High School seniors gather later this month in church, it won’t be to pray for a good summer job or to do well in college. They’ll be there to graduate, a decision that has ...
The ACLU sued the schools for violating split between church and state. June 28, 2010 — -- After months of controversy and a cantankerous legal battle that's still raging, seniors at Enfield and ...
reporting from WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave supporters of church-state separation a rare and surprising victory Monday, leaving intact a lower-court decision that barred a public school ...
A group is suing a Wisconsin school district for hosting graduation in a church. April 29, 2009— -- Students and parents at two Wisconsin public high schools are suing the school district to ...
I read with interest your article about the Lake Zurich seniors protesting plans to hold their graduation ceremony in a Baptist church (“Graduation in church irks Lake Zurich teens,” Metro, June 3). I ...