Category: Religious Freedom
Ten Commandments Can Remain in Texas Classrooms
According to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, it’s constitutional to require public schools in Texas to display the Ten Commandments. Tuesday’s...
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Supreme Court Takes Case About Colorado Discrimination Against Catholic Preschools
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about the state of Colorado excluding Catholic families and preschools from the state’s universal preschool program because...
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New Bill Protects Religious Organizations from Federal Discrimination
A bill introduced in Congress today would prevent the federal government from using funding and tax benefits to strong-arm religious organizations into compromising their beliefs...
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Louisville to Pay $800,000 for Violating Christian Photographer’s Free Speech Rights
The city of Louisville, Kentucky will pay $800,000 in attorneys’ fees for violating the First Amendment rights of a Christian photographer and blogger. “The government...
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HHS Investigates 13 States for Requiring Health Care Providers to Cover Abortion
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it is investigating thirteen states for “allegedly coercing health care entities to provide coverage of, or...
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Religious Liberty Commission Hears Testimony From Healthcare Workers
President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission held its sixth hearing at the Museum of the Bible on Monday to discuss religious liberty in health care and...
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Moody Bible Institute Wins Religious Freedom Case for Student Teachers
The Chicago Board of Education settled a lawsuit with the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago that allows student teachers from Moody to train in the...
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Jimmy Lai and the Cost of Convictions
A few weeks ago, a Chinese court sentenced businessman and politician Jimmy Lai to 20 years in jail. Because Lai is 78 years old, this...
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Barrett v. Kagan: Key Takeaways From Supreme Court Ruling on ‘Transgender’ School Policies
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Mirabelli v. Bonta was an important victory for parents, ruling against California policies that required schools to hide...
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Vermont Win for Children, Foster Families and Religious Freedom
The Vermont foster care system revoked a policy requiring foster parents to affirm a child’s “sexual orientation,” “gender identity” or “gender expression.” Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) represented two Christian...
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Court Rules Louisiana Schools Can Post Ten Commandments in Classrooms
Louisiana’s law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms statewide can take effect, a federal appeals court decided on Friday. The U.S. Court of...
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Was Don Lemon a Protestor, a Journalist or a Worshipper in Cities Church Disruption?
Don Lemon pled not guilty to charges that he violated the law when he entered Cities Church, in St. Paul, Minnesota, with activists to film...
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DOJ Arrests Three Activists Who Disrupted Cities Church Service in St. Paul
The Department of Justice has arrested three radical activists who disrupted a service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday, January 18. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the...
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Pastor Son’s Trial and the Crisis in South Korea
A few thousand worshippers at last week’s Sunday service at Segero Church in the city of Busan, South Korea, sang loudly, “All my life, you...
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President Trump: “I think God is very proud of the job I’ve done.”
At Tuesday’s White House briefing marking the one-year anniversary of the second Trump administration, a reporter asked President Trump the following question: “Last year, you told me...
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Is Religious Faith Gaining Influence in America?
In late October, Pew Research Center reported that “there was a sharp rise in the share of U.S. adults who say religion is gaining influence...
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Parents Should Be Allowed to Take Children to Church
According to Judge Jennifer Nofsinger of Maine’s District Court, Emily Bickford isn’t allowed to take her 11-year-old to church on Sunday or any other day of the...
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International Rugby Star and His Wife Endured Attacks for Biblical Beliefs
Israel Folau was one of the top rugby players in the world when his contract with Rugby Australia was terminated. His crime? He posted on...
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Trump Admin: ‘The Days of Anti-Christian Bias in the Federal Government are Over’
Apple founder Steve Jobs famously said you can’t connect the dots looking forward – you can only connect them looking backward – a truism of...
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Court Rules Against Little Sisters of the Poor, Again
On August 13, the Little Sisters of the Poor faced yet another court ruling challenging their faith-based conscience objections to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive...
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Pro-Life Activist Arrested for Peaceful Prayer Appeals to Supreme Court
A pro-life activist is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene take up his case after being arrested for peacefully praying outside an abortion clinic....
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Trump Admin Issues New Guidance to Protect Workplace Religious Expression
The Trump administration has issued new guidance to protect religious expression across the federal workplace. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Monday sent...
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Court Frees Christian Mom to Adopt, Stops Oregon’s Gender Ideology Adoption Mandate
A federal appeals court has upheld Christian parents’ right to adopt children from the foster care system, rejecting Oregon’s unconstitutional “gender ideology” mandate for adoption....
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Christian Coffee Shop Owner Labeled a ‘Bigot’ Despite Helping the Homeless
A Christian coffee shop dedicated to helping the homeless in Denver, Colorado is being targeted by protesters for promoting biblical truths. Founded by Jamie Sanchez...
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