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Search results for "Religious Discrimination" ...
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Waiting for Justice
Investigation into an EEOC complaint that languished and a defendant who not only got away, but then made money off of the federal goverment. The story focused on a religious discrimination case and a fine that was never paid.
Tags: Religious Discrimination; EEOC
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In God's Name
"The series examined the rapidly changing relationship between religious nonprofit groups and government. It found that, contrary to much political commentary, religious organizations not only are not the target of official hostility or discrimination but actually benefit from a broad array of special tax breaks, regulatory exemptions and governemtn funding programming."
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Religious Intolerance in the U.S. Air Force Academy
This story exposed incidents of religious bullying and an atmosphere of religious intolerance at the U.S. Air Force Academy. It includes the first television interview with Melinda Morton, the Air Force Academy Chaplain who blew the whistle about religious bigotry at the academy. Morton's charges spawned a Pentagon task force and generated interest from Congress. The academy's superintendent retired early after the charges became public.
Tags: religion; evangelical Christian; Air Force Academy; discrimination; Air Force
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Evangelist of Hate
The Daily Advertiser investigates self-styled Klansman Darrell Flinn, who gained national exposure after an arrest related to his public access TV show "The Klan in Akadiana". Flinn describes himself as a minister, an adherent of a religious philosophy that forbids interracial romance, a promoter of "white pride," an advocate of non-violent methods to fight reverse discrimination, a man who upholds family values. But the series revealed Flinn abused his ex-wife, shared an apartment with a black woman and failed to pay child support for two of his children. (Dec. 17-20, 1996)
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How Your Tax Dollars Support the Boy Scouts of America
The Humanist magazine reports that "The Boy Scouts of America has come under increasing fire for its rejection of atheists and gays and is currently in court defending itself several discrimination lawsuits. In its legal briefs, it presents itself as a private group with an essentially religious basis that is exempt for discrimination laws...."
Tags: nonprofit religious discrimination separation of church and state BSA subsidy conflict of interest
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Village Voice (New York) exposes the latest tactic of the religious right in its fight against gay and lesbian rights: the promotion of statewide ballot initiatives in six states that write anti-gay bias into law; the potential laws are based on the U.S. Supreme Court's Hardwick decision giving states special permission to discriminate against gays, June 2, 1992.