Bans on Christmas Tidings Taken to Court
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After years of legal assaults on municipal displays of Nativity scenes and observances in public schools, Christian groups are mounting court challenges in the other direction.
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Wilson usually makes a fair share of his livelihood during December, taking his animals to Christmas events around the Southeast. This year, his business has been hurt by travel restrictions from states trying
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A public Christmas festival is no place for the Christmas story, the city says. Officials have asked organizers of a downtown Christmas festival, the German Christkindlmarket, to reconsider using a movie studio as a sponsor because it is worried ads for its film "The Nativity Story" might offend non-Christians.
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The Christmas tree decorations were being rehung at Pasco County buildings Friday after the reversal of a county attorney's finding that the trees were unacceptable religious symbols.
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Three out of four British businesses have banned Christmas decorations from the workplace out of fear for offending people of other faiths, according to a report.
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WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court said Tuesday it will hear arguments in two cases that could determine whether government displays of the Ten Commandments are permissible.
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OTTAWAâNo matter how the Supreme Court of Canada rules today on gay marriage, it will set off an explosive debate, with hints from federal officials that legislation could be introduced as early as before Christmas.
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Bakers of mince pies, Christmas puddings and other traditional British treats have been warned that they might be facing a lard-free Christmas this year.
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The Court of Appeal in London began hearing a case brought by Prince Charles against the Mail on Sunday after the publication by the weekly of extracts from a private journal belonging to the heir to the throne.
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BARTOW, Fla. - When a church group put a nativity scene on public property, officials warned it might open the door to other religious - and not-so-religious - displays. They were right.
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MONTEREY, Calif. -- Salvation Army bell ringers will be back in time for the holidays, at least at one nationwide store chain that had banned them.
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A European Union court will rule in mid-December on an appeal by US software giant Microsoft to suspend EU sanctions.
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Home Secretary John Reid has waded into a seasonal row over politically correct attempts to ban festive decorations and even the word &quot;Christmas&quot;, branding the whole subject &quot;mad&quot;.
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Massachusetts highest court, which legalized gay marriage here three years ago, will hear arguments in December in a case that seeks to let voters decide if same-sex couples should be allowed to wed.
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The European Union (EU)&#39;s Court of First Instance will decide between 18 and 20 December whether to suspend the European Commission&#39;s sanctions against software giant Microsoft
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By ROBERT WELLER DENVER - A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.
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Britain made merry-making with drunken excess grounds for a steep fine during the Christmas season, with the government attempting to rein in a worrying and widespread problem of binge-drinking.