Category: Religious Freedom
New York Law Requires Religious Employers to Condone Abortion, Violate Their Deeply Held Beliefs
Back in January, New York’s state legislature passed Senate Bill 660, which went into effect November 8. It directly targets religious and pro-life employers by...
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Maryland Revokes Christian School’s Participation in a State Scholarship Program and Demands Refund
Maryland is singling out a Christian school for its beliefs. A church-run school in Maryland was kicked out of a state scholarship program for holding...
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Can Religious High Schools Use a Government Microphone to Pray at a Championship Football Game?
Two Christian high schools in Florida met to battle it out in a state championship football game in 2015. The game was played in the...
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Christian Website Designer Appeals Colorado’s “Gag Rule” Forcing Her to Compromise Beliefs About Marriage
Lorie Smith owns her own website and graphic design business in Denver called 303 Creative. She wanted to expand her business into building custom wedding...
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Appeals Court Keeps New York Faith-Based Adoption Agency in Business. For Now.
New Hope Family Services is a faith-based adoption and foster care agency operating in Syracuse, New York. It believes and operates under the principle that...
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Rep. Jim Banks Introduces House Resolution Defending Religious Freedom
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives that would reaffirm the right to the freedom of conscience for all...
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Intolerance Toward Chick-fil-A Goes International
Chick-fil-A opened its first restaurant in the United Kingdom in the town of Reading, about 40 miles west of London, on October 10. Reading Pride,...
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Why Are Churches and Religious Organizations Tax-Exempt?
In the wake of the 2015 Obergefell same-sex marriage ruling, political and cultural opposition to religion has ramped up, with some calling for the revocation of tax-exempt...
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Attorney General Assails the Left’s ‘Unremitting Assault on Religion and Traditional Values’
William Barr is the Attorney General of the United States. He is also an unabashed defender of religious freedom. His recent remarks on the subject...
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Presidential Hopeful: Let’s Strip Tax-Exempt Status from Churches that Believe in God’s Design for Marriage
Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke stoked the flames of religious bigotry last Thursday at the CNN Town Hall concerning LGBT issues when he responded to a...
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Anti-Religion Zealots Force Students to Take Down “Prayer Lockers” in Kentucky Schools
In this culture, almost anything related to Christianity can be deemed “offensive.” According to an attorney for the Kentucky public school board, the use of...
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Department of Justice Joins Little Sisters in Asking Supreme Court to Protect Religious Conscience
Last week the Little Sisters of the Poor filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court requesting the justices overturn a federal court decision from...
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After a Massive Win for Religious Freedom, Radical Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Vows a Renewed Attack on Religion
Back in August, The Daily Citizen covered the story of Carl and Angel Larsen, the couple who owns Telescope Media Group in Minnesota. To recap,...
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Focus’s Bring Your Bible to School Day Breaks Records and Inspires Students Across the Country
Last week on October 3, Focus on the Family held an extraordinary event called Bring Your Bible to School Day (BYBTSD). The initiative began in...
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Little Sisters of the Poor Back at the Supreme Court; Their Religious Freedom Struggle Continues
You may have thought that the Little Sisters of the Poor long ago won their battle to gain a religious exemption from a federal government...
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University of Iowa Caught Discriminating Against Faith-Based Student Clubs For the Second Time
The University of Iowa (UI) has been called out for the second time this year by a federal court for discriminating against faith-based student clubs...
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The Bible as a Historical Document – The Power of Archaeological Evidence
Bring Your Bible to School Day (BYBTSD) is an amazing opportunity for students across the country to share their faith with friends and classmates. But...
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Supreme Court Will Take on State Religious Hostility Toward Private Schools
The U.S. Supreme Court will have many important cases to consider during the weeks and months following the opening of its 2019-20 term on...
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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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