We wrote earlier about the Greene County Tech elementary counselor in Paragould who put up a Nativity scene display in her classroom despite counsel against it from the school district lawyer, Donn Mixon of Jonesboro, and the administration.
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Bus company yields a little ground to ACLU on 1st Amendment
The ACLU announced today that the Central Arkansas Transit Authority agrees that citizens have at least some First Amendment rights — such as leafleting and gathering petition signatures — at the River City Travel Center.
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Cops don’t like being on camera
In light of the pummeling a Little Rock cop gave a bar patron who disrespected him the other night — caught in unflattering fullness on video — you can understand the rising resistance around the country by cops to use of recording devices on their actions.
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The eagle is flying
And the Friday night line is open. Final words:
* KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Perhaps inspired by the Occupy Wall Street and similar demonstrations, the ACLU of Arkansas has prepared materials to arm those about to embark on free speech, assembly and demonstration of grievances.
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Company to change filtering of gay sites UPDATE
The ACLU, which has brought complaints nationwide, including in Arkansas, about schools that use web filters to block access to educational websites about sexuality, says one major supplier of such filters is going to remove the objectionable portion of the filter.
The eStem Charter School in Little Rock has changed its filter in response.
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More on Internet filtering at LR schools
I’ve continued to exchange notes with John Bacon, who heads the eStem Public Charter School, over the ACLU complaint that eStem and the Little Rock School District had placed filters on school computer networks that blocked access to legitimate, educational websites about homosexuality — support groups for gay kids, for example.
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ACLU demands schools stop blocking gay websites
The Arkansas affiliate of the ACLU, as part of a national project, has written letters demanding that the Little Rock School District and the eStem Public Charter Schools stop blocking access on their computer systems to websites with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender content.
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Freethinkers, state settle lawsuit
The Arkansas Society of Freethinkers and Secretary of State Charlie Daniels today filed a proposed settlement of the society’s lawsuit over the state’s initial refusal to allow it to erect a winter solstice display along with the Christmas decorations at the Capitol.
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ACLU settles with NLR on prayer
The Arkansas chapter of the ACLU says it is satisfied with North Little Rock’s response to a complaint about the sectarian prayers that have routinely opened City Council meetings.