Religious Freedom

A student doesn’t lose the right to freedom of belief when he or she steps in school. Personal religious expression is protected from government interference through the Free Exercise Clause. Schools, as formative institutions, possess an affirmative obligation to not only adhere to these constitutional principles but also to cultivate respect for their practice.

It’s Valentine’s Day and it seems appropriate to write about the business of love in Nevada. Just as the holiday has a more complicated history than a card company’s campaign, (there is the feast day of the Christian St. Valentine and the ancient pagan fertility festival Lupercalia) so too is one’s wedding day more complicated than just saying “I do.”

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. With Christmas just around the corner, we at the ACLU of Nevada are expecting the usual allegations about a supposed ACLU-led “War on Christmas.”