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Appeals court upholds dismissal of Alamo Ministries civil suit and more...

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Appeals court upholds dismissal of Alamo Ministries civil suit and more...

Appeals court upholds dismissal of Alamo Ministries civil suit

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by members of imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo's Christian Ministries, claiming an Arkansas agency infringed upon their religious rights in seizing children from their compound in 2008.

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Amish sect members plead not guilty in beard-cutting case

Twelve members of an Amish splinter group in Ohio pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a spate of beard- and hair-cutting assaults last fall on other Amish.

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U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejects government oversight of churches

Religious workers can't sue for job discrimination, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

They said that churches — not courts — are the best judges of whether clergy and other religious employees should be fired or hired.