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Court rejects deportation of Egyptian to torture

Judge's Decision a Landmark Victory for Due Process and the Rule of Law, Says ACLU

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January 10, 2008

ACLU Files Suit to Prevent Register of Wills from Denying Self-Uniting Marriage Licenses on the Basis of Religion

PITTSBURGH - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit today on behalf of a couple who were denied a self-uniting marriage license on the basis of their religion by the Allegheny County Register of Wills and asked the court to issue an emergency injun

September 21, 2007

Bradford County Settles Lawsuit Challenging Faith-Based Inmate Rehabilitation Program

Towanda, PA - Officials in Bradford County, Pa., have agreed to bar any public funding of religious activities as part of a settlement of a lawsuit challenging a faith-based inmate rehabilitation program.

April 3, 2007

Coatesville City Council Ceases Preaching at Meetings

COATESVILLE, PA - The Coatesville City Council heeded warnings from the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia and the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and backed down from Council members' statements that they would "never" stop using Council meetings to witness to their faith

March 15, 2007

PA Parents File First-Ever Challenge to 'Intelligent Design' Instruction in Public School

HARRISBURG, PA—The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and attorneys with Pepper Hamilton LLP filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of 11 parents who say that presenting “intelligent design” in public school science classrooms viol

October 4, 2004