Alexander Smith, an air mask technician with the Atlantic City Fire Department in Atlantic City, New Jersey, asked the Court of Appeals for Third Circuit to uphold a religious accommodation allowing him to grow a beard consistent with his faith. Fire department policy prohibits beards of any length. The purported reason for the prohibition is […]
The Committee on Education in the New Hampshire Senate held a hearing on HB 1305, which passed the New Hampshire House in March. This bill would protect religious student associations at New Hampshire’s public institutions of higher education. Seventeen states already have a similar law in place. The Center submitted written testimony to the committee in advance of […]
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