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03.04.15
ACLU, PETA Foundation Challenge School District’s Treatment of Teacher
Allege Violation of Keith Allison’s Constitutional Right of Free Speech
UPDATE: ACLU, PETA Foundation Settle Lawsuit Against School District’s Treatment of Teacher CLEVELAND—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) Foundation filed a lawsuit today on behalf of Smithville resident and teacher Keith Allison against the Board of Education of Green Local School District. “Keith Allison Read more…
Free Speech
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02.27.15
Ohio Legal Team Files Brief at U.S. Supreme Court Challenging Same-Sex Marriage Bans
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the American Civil Liberties Union along with Lambda Legal and Gerhardstein & Branch filed their brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell et al. v. Hodges, which challenges the state’s laws barring the recognition of same-sex couples’ marriages from out of state. The brief argues Ohio’s ban on recognizing the legal marriages Read more…
LGBT Rights
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02.23.15
ACLU Documentary Chosen for Cleveland International Film Festival
“Prisons for Profit” Exposes Serious Issues at Ohio’s Privately Operated Prison
Watch the “Prisons for Profit” trailer on YouTube. Tickets for the Ohio Shorts Program, which includes the ACLU film, go on sale March 6 at clevelandfilm.org. CLEVELAND— “Prisons for Profit” will debut at the 39th Cleveland International Film Festival. The 22-minute documentary, produced by the ACLU of Ohio and directed by Cleveland filmmaker Craig Knowles, Read more…
Prisoners' Rights
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02.18.15
ACLU Settles Sex Discrimination Case of Pregnant Employee Fired From Religiously Affiliated Organization
DAYTON—The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Ohio reached settlement in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a single mother who alleged she was fired from a religiously affiliated organization because she became pregnant. The defendant, Inside Out, is a Christian-based childcare facility in Springfield, Ohio, that employed Jennifer Maudlin as a cook. Read more…
Reproductive Freedom, Women's Rights
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02.05.15
ACLU Makes Cleveland Police Reform Recommendations
Calls for Community Involvement, Increased Oversight, Community Policing, Review Board Reform
CLEVELAND—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sent a letter to the city of Cleveland, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice (DOJ) calling for meaningful reforms within the Cleveland Police Department (CPD). The recommendations were in response to the DOJ’s recent findings on Cleveland police practices and its pending consent decree with Read more…
Police Practices