Category: Religious Freedom
Canadian Pastor Who Ordered Police Out of His Church Arrested for Holding Church Service
A Canadian pastor who refused to shutter his church despite threats from the Calgary Police Service has been arrested for organizing an illegal in-person gathering...
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Canadian Authorities Seize Another Church—Pastor Says That Won’t Stop Them from Worshipping
You may remember that Trinity Bible Chapel in Ontario, Canada has been in trouble recently with the local authorities for holding worship services in violation...
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Ken Starr Provides Powerful Framework to Protect Religious Liberty from Government Intrusion
Over this last year, religious liberty has seemingly been under attack all over the country. From denying churches the opportunity to meet for Easter to...
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Arkansas Sends Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment to Voters
The Arkansas legislature has approved a new state constitutional amendment regarding religious freedom that it will send to the voters for approval in 2022. Senate...
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Forcing Religious Employers to Fund Abortion is Wrong, Groups Tell Supreme Court
A new case has just reached the U.S. Supreme Court that explores the constitutionality of state laws that force religious employers to violate their deeply...
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Indiana Governor Signs Bill Ensuring Churches Cannot Be Closed Due to COVID
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed a bill ensuring that churches cannot be shut down during a state of emergency. The bill is in direct...
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Another Canadian Church Facing Massive Fines, Jail for COVID Violations
Nothing drives home the importance of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution better than watching the effects of lesser religious freedom guarantees in western...
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Christian Colleges Oppose Effort to Revoke Federal Religious Exemption
Several Christian colleges have entered the legal fray over an attempt by LGBT activists to remove the religious exemption contained in the 1972 federal law...
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Hundreds of Canadians Gather to Protest and Worship Outside Fenced-Off Church
The Sunday after Canadian authorities placed a fence around GraceLife Church, about 400 people gathered to protest the church’s closure, sing hymns and hear the...
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Supreme Court Strikes Down California’s Restrictions on In-Home Worship Gatherings
In a late-night order on Friday, the United States Supreme Court struck down California’s restrictions prohibiting religious in-home gatherings, including Bible studies and worship activities,...
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Canadian Authorities Build Fence Around Church to Keep Worshippers Out After COVID Violations
Canada doesn’t have the same type of First Amendment protections regarding the free exercise of religion as the United States. So when Canadian authorities decided...
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Court: Christian Student Club on Campus May Require its Leaders to be Christians
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is a nationwide ministry with chapters on over 600 college campuses. One of those had operated on the campus of Wayne State...
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London Police Shut Down Good Friday Church Service, Threaten Parishioners with Fines and Arrest
The London Metropolitan Police Department is under fire for interrupting and shutting down a Roman Catholic mass on Good Friday, threatening parishioners with fines and...
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9th Circuit Upholds California COVID Restriction Against Home Bible Studies
There have been very few silver linings to the COVID-19 pandemic, unless you consider the rash of religious freedom lawsuits and court decisions protecting religious...
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Forcing Christian Professor to Use Student’s ‘Preferred Pronouns’ Violated First Amendment, Court Rules
Professor Nicholas Meriwether had taught at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio for 25 years until the 2016-17 school year, when he was disciplined for...
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USA Today Calls for Banning Oral Roberts University from NCAA Over its Christian Beliefs
Two recent stories involving major U.S. colleges reveal the truth that as Christians, we will encounter trials and opposition to our message in this world....
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Jack Phillips Back in Court Defending Religious Freedom, Free Speech
Generations of American Christians have grown up believing that they live in a country where the freedom to practice their religion, including the right to...
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Coach Kennedy Will Appeal 9th Circuit Decision Denying His Right to Pray After Football Games
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the religious freedom claims of Coach Joe Kennedy for the second time, setting up another likely...
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California Bill Could Prohibit Religious or Conservative Cops from Serving
A bill proposed by California State Assembly Member Ash Kalra could serve to weed out state law enforcement personnel who hold religious or conservative views....
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Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Against Christian College in First Amendment Decision
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that Professor Margaret DeWeese-Boyd, who taught in Gordon College’s Department of Sociology and Social Work, was not employed as a...
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Supreme Court Rebukes 9th Circuit for Failing to Protect Churches’ Right to Worship
On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order granting a request from five churches in Santa Clara County, California to block that county...
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Religious Freedom Law Introduced by Georgia’s Governor: ‘I Want Georgia to be Known as a Sanctuary State for People of Faith’
Reacting to the spate of church closure orders issued around the country from various governors during the COVID-19 pandemic, one governor has drawn a line...
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‘Daughters of Kobani’ – The Story of Kurdish Women Who Fought for Religious Freedom and Equality Against ISIS and Won
In 2020, the vast majority of news coverage here in the United States was dominated by the presidential election and the COVID-19 pandemic. As a...
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California Legislator Introduces ‘Religion is Essential Act’
California state Senator Brian Jones introduced (SB 397), the “Religion is Essential Act,” to the state’s legislature on February 11. The bill would “require the...
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