Category: Religious Freedom
NFL Punts on Religious Liberty, Threatens to Fine Players for Attending Church
To ostensibly see the return of professional football this fall, the National Football League (NFL) has agreed to a deal which prohibits players from attending...
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Lawsuit Challenges California Ban on Singing in Church
In a lawsuit filed on July 15, three California churches challenged the state’s ban on “indoor singing and chanting activities.” The suit calls this a...
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Christianity Under Attack? U.S. Churches Burned Down, Statues of the Virgin Mary Defaced
Over the past week, two Catholic churches were burned to the ground here at home in the United States and two statues of the Virgin...
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Facing Intense Backlash, Navy Reverses Course and Upholds Sailors Right to Attend Church
The Navy has revised a policy that originally prohibited sailors and soldiers from attending off-campus religious services ostensibly due to concerns over the spread of...
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Little Sisters of the Poor Score Huge SCOTUS Victory for Religious Freedom, and Why It’s Not Over Yet
In a 7-2 decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the religious exemption language created by a federal agency to help religious organizations like...
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California Bans Singing in Church, Pastors Claim Religious Liberty is Being Violated
According to new requirements issued by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on July 1, churches and other places of worship are prohibited from...
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Religion News Service Demands Christians Surrender to LGBT Agenda. Literally.
For a movement that began under a “live and let live” philosophy, the LGBT folks certainly have devolved into one that demands everyone do precisely...
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Christian Photographer Challenges Virginia Anti-Discrimination Law That Will Force Him Out of Business
Chris Herring is a wedding photographer. He is also a Christian who believes that marriage is a God-ordained institution between one man and one woman....
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City Allows Only Secular Christmas Decorations in Public Area, Gets Sued
Nothing announces the coming Christmas season like a local government that bans nativity scenes on public property. Rehoboth Beach, Delaware has hosted Christmas displays on...
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U.S. Navy Prohibits Troops from Worshiping Indoors, But Allows Protests and House Parties, Law Firm Alleges
To ostensibly combat the spread of the coronavirus, the United States Navy has banned and allegedly threatened to court-martial troops who attend indoor religious services....
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Judge Rips Church Restrictions: ‘If Protests are Exempt from Social Distancing, Worship Must be Too’
Judge James Ho, who sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, has only served on the bench for two years,...
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Blind Woman Banned from Public Park for Sharing Her Faith
Gail Blair had to retire from nursing in the late 1980s because of a degenerative eye disease that left her totally blind by 1991. In...
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D.C. Mayor’s Double Standard for Churches: ‘First Amendment Protests and Large Gatherings Are Not the Same’
Yesterday we reported on Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R) request to the U.S. Attorney General to investigate the unequal standards that state and local government...
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Thirty-Four Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Urge Supreme Court to Recognize Religious Freedom of Foster Care Agencies
A major religious freedom case dealing with faith-based foster care agencies will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in the fall, and a widely...
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President Trump Signs Executive Order Promoting International Religious Freedom
President Donald Trump today signed an Executive Order (EO) designed to advance international religious freedom through U.S. foreign policy. Specifically, the EO accomplishes three things:...
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Supreme Court Turns Down San Diego Church Request to Open on Same Terms as Malls, Businesses
A few minutes before midnight last Friday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order denying a San Diego church’s request for an emergency injunction...
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Amazon Rejects Plea to Stop Using SPLC for Charity Guidance – Continues to Exclude Christian Organizations
Amazon shareholders rejected a proposal to investigate the company’s use of the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a gatekeeper for the company’s AmazonSmile...
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Oregon Churches Facing Fines, Jail Time if They Worship Indoors, But OK for Gyms, Restaurants, Malls to Open
Two Oregon churches have filed a federal lawsuit against Governor Katherine Brown for her unconstitutional closure order banning indoor worship services of more than 25...
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California Church Asks Supreme Court for Emergency Order Allowing It to Open for Pentecost Sunday
South Bay United Pentecostal Church (South Bay) in San Diego is the first faith-based litigant in this coronavirus lockdown era to reach the U.S. Supreme...
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Minnesota Churches Unite to Tell Governor They’re Reopening Worship Services
Since the Protestant Reformation, Catholics and Lutherans have been divided. But no longer. The Minnesota Catholic Bishops and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in Minnesota have...
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Mississippi Church That Sued Over COVID-19 Meeting Restrictions Burned Down; Arson Suspected
The First Pentecostal Church in Holly Springs, Mississippi burned down yesterday in what is being described as a “total loss.” Officials say that arson is...
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Twenty Congressmen ask DoD to Protect Religious Liberty Rights of Christian Chaplain
Last week, The Daily Citizen brought you the story of U.S. Army Col. Moon H. Kim who is under fire for sharing via email a...
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Judge Blocks North Carolina Governor’s Order Restricting In-Church Worship Services
On Saturday, a federal judge in North Carolina issued a temporary restraining order against Governor Roy Cooper’s executive order #138, which treats churches less favorably...
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California Church Can Sue the State over Abortion Mandate, 9th Circuit Rules
Several years ago, California began requiring churches and other religious organizations to pay for abortions in their employee health care plans, an act that prompted...
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