We have another one:
CLA Win in Ohio: Keeping Christ in Assignments: Praise the Lord that after attorneys for CLA intervened with the school principal over a student's right to choose a religious topic for a school project in Ohio, a parent was able to get her child's religious project approved by the teacher.
CLA Win in South Carolina: Islam in School: Praise the Lord that attorneys for CLA were able to assist a South Carolina family whose student was being required to pray an Islamic prayer in school. When attorneys for CLA intervened, the principal was horrified to learn that the prayer had occurred and stopped the practice immediately. Please pray for a similar situation in Texas where middle school children are not only studying Islam in a required social studies class, but the textbook also teaches incorrect information about Christianity. Parents were not notified that their children would be taught religion in school.
CLA Standing Againt New Science Standards that Oppose God: Please pray that Florida will not set new science standards for schools that will require the teaching of evolution as a philosophical worldview. The state education board is considering making these changes and attorneys for CLA are working with state board members as they consider this issue. This change is being considered for many states, and if it is adopted in Florida, other states are very likely to fall in line with the modern science establishment.
Family Units Continue to Be Redefined Contrary to Scripture: New Hampshire has become the fourth state in the nation to legalize same- sex unions. That state joins Vermont, Connecticut, and New Jersey in recognizing civil unions, while Massachusetts continues to be the only state to recognize same sex marriage. New Hampshire estimates that 3,500 to 4,000 civil unions will be performed in the first year. Despite the change in terminology, in practice, civil unions and marriages provide equivalent benefits for nontraditional couples. Please pray that Americans will realize the negative effects of these policies, not only on these couples, but on society as a whole.
CLA Helping Churches Meet in Public Facilities: Please pray for churches in Nevada, Ohio, North Carolina and in many other states who are experiencing increasing difficulty in finding churches and other public facilities for meeting places. Adverse court decisions in New York and California (the Second and Ninth federal circuits) have emboldened local governments to turn away churches needing temporary meeting locations. Please pray that local officials will be elected across our nation who realize that churches are good for a community and who will want to provide places for them to meet. The latest court decisions do not require schools and other public facilities to reject applications from churches, but strong equal access principles followed for many years have clearly been eroded by these courts.
CLA Defending Church Meetings in the Park: Please pray for a Michigan church that was told it could not have religious meetings in the local park even though non-religious groups are permitted to have programs there.
CLA Helps Educators Who Want to Pray: Pray for a new teacher in an Illinois public school who is starting a before-school prayer group for fellow teachers. Also pray for school board members in one Texas district as they are working to keep prayer on their meeting agenda.
Children's Clubs Stop Praying: Pray for 4-H clubs in Virginia who are being told that the children may no longer pray during meetings as they have done during opening devotions ever since the program was founded.
Homosexual Activists Fight Boy Scouts: Pray for the Boy Scouts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who are now being charged hundreds of thousands of dollars to use city facilities that were previously provided free-because the city claims the Scouts discriminate against homosexual scoutmasters.
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I would expect that HSLDA will be all over this case in a matter of hours and I would expect that this appeals court will get smacked down by the state Supreme Court. I will definately be praying that this gets reversed.