Atheist Group Wants to Remove Church Welcome Signs in WisconsinJune 13, 2017 — ICC Note: Last month, a handful of church welcome signs in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin came under fire from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). Two of the signs serve as city...
US Supreme Court Rejects Review of US-Marine Religious Freedom CaseJune 12, 2017 — ICC Note: In May of 2013, US Marine Lance Corporal Monifa Sterling posted three copies of a Bible verse in her work space. Sterling's supervising Staff Sergeant instructed her to...
Missouri Superintendent Placed on Leave for Praying at High School GraduationJune 12, 2017 — ICC Note: Kent Medlin, the superintendent of a school district in Missouri, was recently placed on leave for leading a prayer at a high school graduation. Medlin, who planned on...
House Passes Assistance to Victims of ISIS’ Genocide by Unanimous ConsentJune 7, 2017 — HR 390, a Bill to Provide Humanitarian and Accountability Support to Iraq/Syria Moves on to Senate 6/7/2017 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) is elated to...
School District to Again Allow Student Attendance of Off-Site Voluntary Bible Class After Review of ComplaintJune 7, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, a school district in Michigan recently banned students from attending an off-campus, voluntary Bible class during their lunch hour. However, after closely reviewing the complaint,...
City Refuses Atheist Group’s Request to Remove Cross from Public ParkMay 31, 2017 — ICC Note: Earlier in May, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) issued a letter to the mayor of a city in Missouri regarding a cross on public park grounds. The...
Texas Governor Signs ‘Sermon Safeguard Bill’ Preventing Government from Probing PreachingMay 25, 2017 — ICC Note: Governor Greg Abbott of Texas recently signed into law the “Sermon Safeguard Bill” which prevents the government from summoning sermons for investigation through subpoenas. The matter arose in...
Legal Group Pushes Back After School District Stops Student from Attending Off-Site Voluntary Bible ClassMay 24, 2017 — ICC Note: A school district in Michigan recently decided to ban students from leaving campus to attend a voluntary Bible class during their lunch hour. The class is offered by...
Virginia Sheriff Instructed to Remove ‘Peacemaker’ Bible Decals from Patrol VehiclesMay 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Following complaints from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a sheriff’s office in Virginia will be removing Bible decals from their...
Illinois Eighth-Grader Prohibited From Delivering God-Centered Speech, Prayer at GraduationMay 22, 2017 — ICC Note: An eighth grade student from Illinois’ Akin Grade School was recently banned from including any Christian content in his graduation speech, including a prayer. The superintendent and principal...
TX Attorney General Moves to Intervene in Lawsuit Against Judge Sued Over Chaplain-Led PrayersMay 19, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, a Texas judge named Wayne Mack was sued by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) in an attempt to ban chaplain-led prayers from the courtroom....
Maine School Employee Reprimanded for Telling Churchgoing Coworker ‘I Will Pray for You’May 18, 2017 — ICC Note: An employee of a public high school in Maine, Toni Richardson, was recently reprimanded for telling a coworker that she would pray for him regarding job difficulties. Although...
Special Needs Teacher Files Charge with EEOC after Punishment for Faith-Based StatementsMay 17, 2017 — ICC Note: On May 16, Toni Richardson and her legal counsel filed a charge of religious discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Augusta School Department, after...
West Virginia School Sued by Atheist Group Proposes Another Course on the BibleMay 17, 2017 — ICC Note: Earlier this year, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sued a West Virginia school district over a course about the Bible that the district offered. Now, the district...
Alabama Senate Approves Proposal That Would Allow Display of Ten Commandments on Public PropertyMay 16, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, there have been several cases in which Ten Commandments displays on government property in the United States have been debated in the courts. Most recently,...
New Jersey Borough Agrees Not to Restore ‘Religious’ Veterans DisplayMay 15, 2017 — ICC Note: Last year, the American Humanist Association (AHA) issued a letter of complaint regarding a veterans memorial on public library property depicting a soldier paying his respects before a...
