 May 5, 1999
___ Religious leaders credited with good. Americans often point to their religious leaders as those doing the most in their communities to help build a more inclusive society, a study concludes. The results of a nationwide poll of adults on the topic were released April 26 by the National Conference for Community and Justice. Seventy percent of the 1,035 adults surveyed said their religious or faith leader is doing "some" (24 percent) or "a lot" (46 percent) to make U.S. society more inclusive. Such inclusiveness was defined as aiding in the creation of equal access to real opportunities, such as jobs.
___ Operation Rescue has new name. Operation Rescue, which finished a weeklong anti-abortion campaign in Buffalo, N.Y., April 25, has announced a change in name and focus. Spokeswoman Eileen Schopf said the organization now will be known as Operation Save America and will work to fight against not only abortion, but teen sex, homosexuality, child pornography and the absence of God from the classroom.
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___ Atheist can't be forced to attend AA meetings. An atheist cannot be forced to attend meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous, a federal appeals court has ruled. The ruling, issued April 19 by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, upheld a lower court ruling. But it also declared that the atheist's award of $1 for damages by the lower court was "just about right." Robert Warner had argued that the Orange County Department of Probation in New York erred when it required him to attend AA meetings after he was convicted of driving while impaired.
___ ACLU sues to block sponsorship of Boy Scouts. The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit April 14 in Chicago seeking to stop federal agencies and public schools from sponsoring or aiding Boy Scouts because the youth organization requires an oath to God. The suit, filed in Chicago, named the city's public school system and the United States Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base in southern Illinois as defendants.
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___ "Deprogrammers" can be held liable. A cult-information network can be held partially liable for an illegal forced "deprogramming" of an 18-year-old resident of Washington state, according to a ruling left standing by the U.S. Supreme Court March 22. The court refused to hear Cult Awareness Network's claim that it should not be held responsible for violating the civil rights of Jason Scott, who was abducted and turned over to a deprogrammer recommended to his mother by a CAN volunteer.
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