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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 25 > State lawmaker wants repeal of teacher religious garb ban

State lawmaker wants repeal of teacher religious garb ban

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
November 25, 2009

PORTLAND — An Oregon legislative leader says he will introduce a bill to repeal a state law from 1923 that bans teachers from wearing religious garb.

House Speaker Dave Hunt, D-Gladstone, said he will push to “allow teachers to have the same religious free exercise rights as every other....

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