Arkansas Religion

The Interfaith center in Little Rock is hosting “Love Thy Neighbor” at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Little Rock. Organizers say the annual event will bring together congregations from across Central Arkansas in worship.

A federal judge converted a temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction Wednesday in a case challenging the constitutionality of a new state law requiring Ten Commandments displays in Arkansas public schools.

A federal judge Thursday evening ordered the Conway School District to remove Ten Commandments posters from classrooms and libraries, less than 24 hours after the district was added to a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring the displays.

Conway parents seek to challenge their school district’s postings of the Christian doctrine after a judge blocked the law requiring the display

40 Arkansas faith leaders from multiple traditions signed a letter delivered to Gov. Sarah Sanders' office, urging her to reconsider a law allowing for executions via nitrogen hypoxia.

The groups seemed to view a recent injunction blocking Arkansas' law requiring the Ten Commandments in state-run buildings as a minor setback.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks says Act 573 likely violates the First Amendment.

A federal judge said he will decide soon whether to block implementation of a new state law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools, following a nearly nine-hour hearing Friday.

The response says harm is not sufficient for court intervention, since copies of the Ten Commandments have yet to be displayed in public buildings.

The law mandates a copy of the Ten Commandments be hung in all Arkansas public buildings, including school classrooms.