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Sued Over Group Event Prayers
A community college is Southern California faces a federal lawsuit for opening its public ceremonies with an official prayer.
The group Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed the lawsuit last week against the South Orange County Community College District in U.S. District Court.
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The group Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed the lawsuit last week against the South Orange County Community College District in U.S. District Court.
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ban Catholic symbols in schools
There is a push in Spain to remove religious symbols from public schools, according to the GlobalPost. The Ministry of Justice, in charge of religious affairs, is considering the ban:
The issue originally surfaced in 2008 with a controversial court decision, which stated that Macias Picavea, a public school in Valladolid, was to remove all crucifixes from classrooms and common spaces. The school’s council, composed of teachers and parents, had voted to maintain the religious symbols which dated back to the establishment’s 1930 inauguration. But a group of parents felt the symbols violated fundamental rights such as freedom of conscience. They took the case to court and won.
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The issue originally surfaced in 2008 with a controversial court decision, which stated that Macias Picavea, a public school in Valladolid, was to remove all crucifixes from classrooms and common spaces. The school’s council, composed of teachers and parents, had voted to maintain the religious symbols which dated back to the establishment’s 1930 inauguration. But a group of parents felt the symbols violated fundamental rights such as freedom of conscience. They took the case to court and won.
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Man thought to be in a coma
From the Guardian comes the unbelievable story of Rom Houben, who sustained massive brain trauma in a car crash and was believed to be in a vegetative state. Though completely paralyzed, however, he was also completely conscious: He could hear everything going on around him, he simply couldn't communicate.
For 23 years.
Then a neurologist, Steven Laureys, who decided to take a radical look at the state of diagnosed coma patients, released him from his torture. Using a state-of-the-art scanning system, Laureys found to his amazement that his brain was functioning almost normally.
"I had dreamed myself away," said Houben, now 46, whose real "state" was discovered three years ago, according to a report in the German magazine Der Spiegel this week.
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For 23 years.
Then a neurologist, Steven Laureys, who decided to take a radical look at the state of diagnosed coma patients, released him from his torture. Using a state-of-the-art scanning system, Laureys found to his amazement that his brain was functioning almost normally.
"I had dreamed myself away," said Houben, now 46, whose real "state" was discovered three years ago, according to a report in the German magazine Der Spiegel this week.
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