http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25287/church-of-universal-love-and-music-founder-sues-over-drug-raid http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25287/church-of-universal-love-and-music-founder-sues-over-drug-raid#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:52:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25287 The Church of Universal Love and Music has set the stage for another federal court battle.

The founder of the controversial music church alleges that the Fayette County Drug Task Force illegally raided a funk concert last year in a "callous and militaristic fashion" with an "overly broad" search warrant that violated the rights of attendees, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25287/church-of-universal-love-and-music-founder-sues-over-drug-raid/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23549/church-universal-love-music http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23549/church-universal-love-music#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:37:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23549 Fayette County, Pennsylvania, officials hope to recover $75,000 the county paid to settle a civil rights case involving the Universal Church of Love and Music, where a drug raid netted 23 arrests over the weekend.

The county argues in a motion filed yesterday in federal court that the church violated the agreement by permitting drug use at the facility. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23549/church-universal-love-music/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23548/settlement-reached-with-church-of-universal-love-and-music http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23548/settlement-reached-with-church-of-universal-love-and-music#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:11:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23548 Church of Universal Love and Music and its operator $75,000 to settle a lawsuit filed against it in June 2006 for claims that it violated their First Amendment rights to freedom of religion.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23548/settlement-reached-with-church-of-universal-love-and-music/feed 0