The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case centered on whether religious schools in Montana can qualify for a state tax credit on scholarships.
‘Reindeer’ ruling allows secular, religious symbols to coexist
Terry Mattingly
Year after year, the Lion s Club sets up wire-frame Christmas decorations on the lawn of the historic Jackson County courthouse, facing Main Street in Brownstown, Ind.
The display, which belongs to the local ministerial alliance, glows from dusk to dawn from Thanksgiving until New Year s Day, with the county providing the electricity.
This led to yet another Christmas Wars dispute, with the recent Woodring v. Jackson County court decision offering a precise description of this tableau.
There is a waving Santa Claus with his sleigh, a reindeer, seven large candy-striped poles, the nativity scene … and four carolers standing in front of a lamp post, noted Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Joan St. Eve. Santa Claus and the reindeer are on the left. …To their right are three gift-bearing kings (Magi) and a camel, who look upon the nativity. On the right side of the sidewalk, Mary, Joseph, and infant
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Execution canceled as US court says inmate s pastor should be with him
Supreme Court rules that Alabama state cannot proceed without the condemned man s pastor in the execution chamber
Updated: February 16, 2021 06:02 AM GMT
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Willie B. Smith III was convicted of murder 30 years ago but was granted a last-minute stay of execution on Feb. 11 after a US Supreme Court ruling. (Photo: Alabama Department of Corrections/AFP)
After the Supreme Court blocked the execution of an Alabama man because it ruled his pastor should be allowed to be with him, the state canceled the execution.
In a divided midnight vote Feb. 11, the justices upheld a lower court s ruling that Willie Smith III s pastor should be with him in the execution chamber, which the state opposed.