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Many American sports team names and mascots are based upon or use religious symbolism.The majority are scholastic teams at institutions founded by various denominations of Christianity, both Catholic and Protestant.
Canton High School, Killingly High School and Windsor High School were ruled ineligible to receive grant funding in November 2022. [39] Canton and Windsor do not receive grants, but Killingly will forfeit $94,184. Other towns, including the Derby Red Raiders will keep their mascot due to agreements with Native groups. [40]
In Skowhegan, Maine, where the area high school sports team was named the "Indians", the Penobscot Nation and the ACLU of Maine urged that it be changed. In March 2019 the local School Board voted to eliminate the mascot at Skowhegan Area High School. This was the last school in the state to retire this name. [150]
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In 2013, North Carolina politicians proposed a bill that could have seen North Carolina establish an official religion for the state. [33] [34] An 2013 YouGov poll found that 34% of people would favor establishing Christianity as the official state religion in their own state, 47% would be opposed and 19% were undecided. [35]
Hononegah Community High School, Rockton, Illinois - A non-native cheerleader's performance as "Princess Hononegah" has led to competing online petitions by students regarding the elimination or retention of the school mascot; [161] and a state legislator's proposal to amend the Illinois Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act to require the ...
Ahlquist v. Cranston, 840 F. Supp. 2d 507 (D.R.I. 2012), was a case where the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ruled that a "School Prayer" banner posted in Cranston High School West was a violation of the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution and ordered its removal.
School board aims to memorialize the history of the school while allowing today’s students to have a greater voice. Alums not giving up in fight to save traditional Beaufort High School mascot ...