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MADISON 鈥?A Wisconsin judge ruled against the state prison system on Thursday, saying its COVID-19 visitor policy that barred Catholic clergy from meeting with inmates for more than a year violated state law and the state constitution s guarantee of religious freedom.The Archdiocese of Milwaukee filed a lawsuit in 2021 demanding state corrections officials relax their COVID-19 protocols and allow ministers to visit inmates. The policy was in place from March 13, 2020, until June 21, 2021.The archdiocese alleged that the Department of Corrections policy prevented clergy from the archdiocese from meeting in-person with inmates to provide spiritual guidance, communion and penance, violating a state law that grants clergy of all faiths weekly visits with prisoners and inmates constitutional right to fre
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NEW YORK AP 鈥? Sesame Street has always pressed for inclusion. Now in the wake of the national reckoning on race, its going further 鈥?teaching children to stand up against racism. Sesame Workshop 鈥?the nonprofit, edu
gourde stanley cational organization behind Sesame Street 鈥?will air the half-hour anti-racist special The Power of We and hopes families will watch together. The special defines racism and shows how it can be hurtful. It urges children who encounter racism or hear someone else be the victim of it to call it out. Gabrielle the Muppet advises: When you see something thats wrong, speak up and say, Thats wrong and tell an adult. Sesame Street has the ability to entertain children while explaining complex issues like no other program and equips families and caregivers with the support they need to have empathetic conversations, said Kay Wilson Stallings, Executive Vice President of Creative and Production a
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