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Chesapeake City Council Revises Prayer Policy

ACLU warned council members not to continue opening meetings with sectarian prayers

Chesapeake, VA – The ACLU of Virginia recently learned that Chesapeake City Council has adopted a new policy requiring that prayers offered at the start of its meetings be nonsectaria

October 16, 2009

Why We Have -- and Should Have -- Elected School Boards in Virginia

By Kent Willis, Executive Director, ACLU of Virginia

October 15, 2009

ACLU Tells Chesterfield That Proposed Home Search Ordinance Violates Privacy Rights of Tenants

Civil liberties organization is prepared to challenge ordinance in court unless it is amended to require warrants before rental units are entered without consent

Chesterfield County, VA – The ACLU of Virginia has warned Chesterfield County offi

October 13, 2009

Prince William County Drops Loitering Charges Brought Against Group of Latino Men

ACLU lawyers applaud decision, but say arrests were illegally made based on nationality and that the county’s anti-loitering ordinance is still unconstitutional

Prince William County, VA – The Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney has dropped charges brought aga

October 7, 2009

2009 Voters’ Rights Cards Available Free of Charge

More than 50,000 cards in English and Spanish distributed in 2008

Richmond, VA –Between now and Election Day, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP will be distributing informational cards describi

October 6, 2009

ACLU Tells High School to Allow Students to Protest ACLU at Football Game

Gate City High School students organized the protest after the ACLU warned school against sectarian prayers being delivered over the public address system

Gate City, VA – The ACLU of Virginia today asked the principal at Gate City High School to honor the free

October 1, 2009