A news update on free speech:
A Phoenix, Arizona blogger says the police raided his home, seized his computer, electronic records and storage devices after he blogged about allegations of racism, corruption, and ineptitude in his local police department. The department is declining to talk about the incident and won't reveal the charges behind the affidavit for the warrant that allowed them to come into his home. More details here.
Here is a lengthy article about the history of school prayer and the cases that have lead up to where we are today. Somewhat related: an article about students being required to stand during the Pledge, and an article about a school board in Louisiana that is facing a federal lawsuit for using part of their school board meetings for prayer.
Here's a story about a Texan teen who was suspended for refusing to cut his shoulder-length hair. He was allowed back in class after his parents filed a federal lawsuit saying the school was in violated of freedom of religious expression.
And for a banned books update, four sex-related books will be allowed to remain on the shelves in a library in Kansas after the Board of Trustees reversed a vote that would have banned them from being in the library. And here's an article about the books that were most complained about in 2008, including The Kite Runner and And Tango Makes Three.
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