Posted: August 24, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern


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An employee of the California Department of Social Services filed suit yesterday after state officials removed items from his cubicle they consider "political, religious or social" in nature.

Enoch Lawrence sued when his employer, the Roseville branch of the California Department of Social Services, took down from the walls of his cubicle a bumper sticker that reads "Marriage: One Man One Woman," a small sign that says "Jesus Spoken Here," various Bible verses and two published articles on current political issues.

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In June, Google took down pro-life T-shirt ads a clothing company, Run2316, had run for a time in 2003 without a problem, the firm's operations administrator, Christopher Clay, says.

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Posted: August 17, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern


By Ron Strom
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Google has banned a Christian organization's advertisements promoting its stance against homosexuality, saying the group promotes "hate."

Stand to Reason, a nonprofit apologetics organization, says its "AdWord" advertisement on Google recently was pulled down. Specific AdWord ads are listed in the right-hand margin of search results on the popular site when key words an advertiser submits match with those put in by a Net user. A company promoting hats, for example, could have their site displayed when a user searches for information about hats.

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Posted: August 15, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern


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For the second time in two years the University of North Carolina finds itself embroiled in a First Amendment dispute with Christian groups on campus.

The Chapel Hill school has removed official recognition of Alpha Iota Omega, a Christian fraternity, because its officers have refused to sign an anti-discrimination clause on a university application that would have required the group to accept any student as a member, regardless of religion.

The group was formed five years ago for the purpose of "providing leadership and outreach to the campus Greek community through evangelism and mentorship." Without official recognition, Alpha Iota Omega does not qualify to receive student fee money.

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In rejecting the request to reconsider, Moeser said it is the university's duty to balance the constitutional principles of nondiscrimination and free association.

"The Constitution allows people to join associations on the basis of shared beliefs, and it allows them to exclude people of dissimilar beliefs," says Greg Lukianoff, FIRE's director of legal and public advocacy. "College Republicans, for example, don't have to include Democrats in their group. It's a basic, common sense moral right."

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