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==Religious freedom==
 
==Religious freedom==
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In the 2007 case ''Spratt v. Rhode Island Department of Corrections'', the ACLU bought case against the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute following the prison's decision to bar a Christian prisoner and lay ministor Wesley Spratt from preeching to other inmates during weekly services. The ACLU won the case on appeal, securing the right for Spratt to hold religious services for other inmates so long as these do not conflict with prison security.<ref>http://www.aclu.org/religion/frb/29578prs20070409.html</ref>
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In the 2007 case ''Spratt v. Rhode Island Department of Corrections'', the ACLU bought case against the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute following the prison's decision to bar Christian prisoner and lay minister Wesley Spratt from preaching to other inmates during weekly services. The ACLU won the case on appeal, securing the right for Spratt to hold religious services for other inmates so long as these do not conflict with prison security.<ref>ACLU:  Appeals Court Overturns Ban on Christian Preacher in Rhode Island Prison (4/9/2007)[http://www.aclu.org/religion/frb/29578prs20070409.html]</ref>
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in 2004, student Abbey Moler selected a bible verse to accompany her picture in a school yearbook. The school subsequently removed this text before publication. The ACLU filed suit against the Utica Community School District, on the grounds that this cencorship violated Moler's first-ammendment rights to free expression and freedom of religion. The case was settled out of court, with the school district agreeing to replace the verse in following prints of the yearbook and correct it by means of a sticker in copies still in its posession.<ref>http://www.aclu.org/studentsrights/expression/12845prs20040511.html</ref>
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In 2004, student Abbey Moler selected a bible verse to accompany her picture in a school yearbook. The school subsequently removed this text before publication. The ACLU filed suit against the Utica Community School District, on the grounds that this censorship violated Moler's first-amendment rights to free expression and freedom of religion. The case was settled out of court, with the school district agreeing to replace the verse in following prints of the yearbook and correct it by means of a sticker in copies still in its posession.<ref>ACLU:  After ACLU Intervention on Behalf of Christian Valedictorian, Michigan High School Agrees to Stop Censoring Religious Yearbook Entries (5/11/2004)
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[http://www.aclu.org/studentsrights/expression/12845prs20040511.html]</ref>
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The ACLU views freedom of religion and the establishment clause as inseperable: In order for people to have religious freedom, their government must neither endorse nor prohibit any religious position.
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The ACLU views freedom of religion and the establishment clause as inseparable: In order for people to have religious freedom, their government must neither endorse nor prohibit any religious position.
    
==ACLU, Evolution, and the Establishment Clause==
 
==ACLU, Evolution, and the Establishment Clause==
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