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• Conn. ACLU sues to stop graduations at church (AP)
• Judge who struck down Day of Prayer in spotlight (AP)
• Egypt Christians want action on "insulting" novel (Reuters)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Louisiana blessing of boats a sad affair this year (AP)

Conn. ACLU sues to stop graduations at church (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 12:09 PM PDT AP - The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop two Connecticut high schools from holding their graduation ceremonies at a megachurch.

Judge who struck down Day of Prayer in spotlight (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 11:45 AM PDT AP - Since U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, critics have declared what they think of her: A Marxist. A moron. A disgrace.

Egypt Christians want action on "insulting" novel (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 09:59 AM PDT Reuters - Egyptian Christians have called for government action against the author of a widely read novel they say insults Christianity, in an unusual case that puts freedom of expression in Muslim-majority Egypt under fresh scrutiny.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 08:38 AM PDT AP - A federal appeals court says Orange County officials acted legally when they ordered a Muslim inmate in a courthouse holding cell to remove her headscarf.

Louisiana blessing of boats a sad affair this year (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 08:32 AM PDT AP - The blessing of the boats is normally a joyous kickoff to the spring fishing season in St. Bernard Parish. But this year's affair had more the air of a wake.

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