Category: Religious Freedom
Students Around the World Gathered to Pray During “See You at the Pole” Events
The movement started small, when a group of teenagers from Burleson, Texas, met for a weekend of discipleship at the beginning of 1990. The students...
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Court: It’s Not Defamation to Call a Ministry a ‘Hate Group’
A federal judge in Alabama has dismissed a defamation lawsuit initiated by a church ministry against a self-proclaimed watchdog organization for labeling the ministry as...
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The President Urges United Nations to Step Up Protection of International Religious Freedom
On Monday, President Trump hosted and spoke at the United Nations’ Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom event. The President was introduced by Vice President...
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Duke University Denies Young Life ‘Official Status’ on Campus
Usually it’s a public university that grabs the headlines by discriminating against a faith-based or conservative student group. The First Amendment calls that type of...
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Washington Florist and Religious Freedom Back at the Supreme Court
Barronelle Stutzman, a 74-year-old great-grandmother and owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Washington, is a living, breathing, First Amendment trooper. Declining to create a one-of-a-kind...
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Major Court Victory for Wedding Vendor’s Freedoms of Religion and Speech in Arizona
Brush & Nib, a graphics design business owned by two young Arizona Christians, scored a huge win for religious freedom and free speech at the...
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Court Rules Atheists Can Be Barred From Giving Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Invocation
Recently, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ policy which does not allow atheists, those who don’t...
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Federal Appeals Court Hands Minnesota Filmmakers a Win for Free Speech and Religious Freedom
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed two Minnesota filmmakers a massive win for free speech and religious freedom. The Court ruled that these...
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Church Wins Right to Hold Worship Services in Government-Owned Building
If a government rents out space in one of its facilities to community groups for events, it cannot discriminate against religion by forbidding “religious worship...
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Virginia Realtor Fights Law that Won’t Let Her Mention God
A Christian realtor in Virginia is in danger of losing her livelihood for putting Christian messages on her business cards, email and website. Hadassah Hubbard...
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Department of Labor Proposes Rule to Protect Faith-Based Government Contractors
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is making good on a 2018 promise to clarify government contracting rules to guarantee the religious freedom of faith-based...
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Lawsuit by Church Organist Falls Flat; Appeals Court Resolves Case on High Note for Religious Freedom
Sometimes important cases arise from mundane facts. In the case of a fired church organist in Illinois, his lawsuit against the Catholic Bishop of Chicago...
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Federal Court Ends Anchorage’s Anti-Woman Crusade
On August 9, the US District Court for the District of Alaska entered a preliminary injunction against the city of Anchorage. The injunction prohibits Anchorage...
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EEOC Scores Big Win for Employee’s Religious Rights
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the federal agency that looks into and fights against workplace discrimination. It recently sided with an employee who...
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Another Federal Court Win for Religious Freedom
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a major religious freedom victory. It ruled that the 94-year old Bladensburg World War I Memorial, which...
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Bring Your Bible to School Event Leads to Religious Freedom Win
The Huntington Beach City School District in California has settled a lawsuit over its free speech policy concerning discussions of religion and passing out fliers...
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Another University Admits Discriminating Against Conservative Student Groups
Public universities are bound by the First Amendment’s free speech clause not to discriminate against viewpoints when allocating student fees among the various clubs on...
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Faith-Based Foster Care Agency Asks Supreme Court for Help
Catholic Social Services (CSS), which operates a faith-based foster care agency in Philadelphia, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in to protect the...
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Reexamining the Separation Between Church and State
Stop me if you have heard these before. “We have a separation of church and state.” “You can’t use your religion to inform public policy.”...
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Grand Slam Diplomacy at the State Department
For the second year in a row, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback have hosted A...
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Religious Freedom Around the World: An Interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
While most of us are aware of the importance of religious freedom here in the United States, some may be unaware that the promotion of...
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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Religious Freedom Regulation
The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia struck down a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Final Rule that would have...
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Florida County Legislative Prayer Policy Unconstitutional, Federal Court Rules
“We need go no further today than to say this: in selecting invocation speakers, the Commissioners may not categorically exclude from consideration speakers from a...
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Ninth Circuit Defies Supreme Court Decision on Religious Hiring
Religious institutions can hire and fire their “ministers”—including teachers—without fear of government interference. This is basic First Amendment religion clause jurisprudence.* However, to the United...
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