http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/ma-challenge-to-excommunication-dismissed-under-church-autonomy-doctrine/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/ma-challenge-to-excommunication-dismissed-under-church-autonomy-doctrine/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:33:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125940 Religion Clause: An Cassell v. Christian Science Board of Directors, 2012 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 173 (MA App., Feb. 15, 2012), the Appeals Court of Massachusetts affirmed the trial court's application of the church autonomy doctrine and dismissed a challenge by plaintiff to her excommunication from the Christian Science church. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/ma-challenge-to-excommunication-dismissed-under-church-autonomy-doctrine/feed/ 0