Category: Religious Freedom
Washington State Forces Churches to Pay for Abortions
Imagine this scenario: Your church believes in the sanctity of life and that abortion is a sin. Your church employs more than 50 persons and...
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Masterpiece Cakeshop: 2; Colorado Anti-Religious Bigotry: 0
Jack Phillips, the Christian baker who fought an unjust decision against him by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission all the way to the U.S. Supreme...
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SCOTUS Declines Religious Freedom Cases, But With a Positive Twist
How can you lose and win at the same time? It’s not easy, but the U.S. Supreme Court has figured out a way. Recently, the...
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The Bladensburg War Memorial: SCOTUS Hears Argument
On February 27, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association. The issue? Does a WWI War Memorial in...
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Bladensburg Oral Arguments Today – What to Expect
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether or not a 100‐year‐old veterans memorial in Maryland should be torn down. Why does this...
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Atheists Flex Legal Muscles at the Supreme Court
On Wednesday, February 27, the U.S. Supreme Court will convene to hear oral arguments over whether a war memorial shaped like a cross, sitting on...
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Hold the Line, Texas!
Conservative Christians in Texas are fighting several bad bills introduced in the state legislature that threaten religious freedom. Introduced by liberal legislators on behalf of...
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Alliance Defending Freedom; Slandered for Christ’s Sake
An atheist group in Arizona is up in arms that there is a vanity license plate available that says “In God We Trust” and that part of...
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Judge Rules University of Iowa Violated Christian Student Group’s Rights
It’s a familiar story. This time it involves the University of Iowa targeting Christian clubs with separate rules it does not impose on other clubs. Business Leaders...
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Go Ahead and Try and “Expose” Christian Schools – They’ve Changed the World for the Better
In what seems to be either a case of sovereign timing or a wickedly intriguing twist of coincidence, Catholic Schools Week began this past Sunday,...
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Federal Judges Block Trump Religious Exemption in Sequel to Little Sisters of the Poor
Free contraceptives are a higher public good than religious freedom. At least you would conclude that if you read the preliminary injunction orders written by Judge...
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January 16: Religious Freedom Day
The commemoration of Religious Freedom Day every January 16 may be the most important – and overlooked – American religious freedom observance on the calendar....
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Federal Judge Nominee Questioned About Religious Affiliation
The U.S. Constitution is rather succinct concerning religious tests for federal public office: There shall be none. Article VI contains this: “…[B]ut no religious test...
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Jack Phillips Winning in Early Masterpiece II Legal Skirmishes
Jack Phillips continues to defend the cause of religious liberty, and he’s winning again. On January 7, senior federal district court judge Wiley Daniel denied the state...
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Chai Feldblum Exits EEOC — Why That’s Good for Religious Liberty
As the new 116th Congress opened its session on January 3, Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner Chai Feldblum tweeted her farewell as both her current term, as well as...
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Religious Freedom and Book Lending Victory in New Mexico
Thanks to the 2017 Trinity Lutheran decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, school children in New Mexico’s religious schools will be able to borrow books through the...
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Colorado and Jack Phillips Square Off Again in “Masterpiece Cakeshop II”
On June 4, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission violated Jack Phillips’ First Amendment right to freedom of religion by showing...
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The Shameful Attempt to Drive Hasidic Jews Out of Airmont, New York
Christians owe a huge debt to the Jewish people. We share much of their spiritual heritage and Scripture, and we are commanded to “pray for...
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New York Threatens Syracuse Faith-based Adoption Agency
The power to license an activity is a government’s doorway to coercing actions that can violate the licensee’s religious beliefs. Without the required license, you...
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“Snaketivity” Designed to Mock Nativity Scene in Illinois
Every year at this time, we are usually treated to news of the latest secular challenge to Nativity scenes on government property. Depictions of baby...
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The Heckler’s Veto on College Campuses
When a government entity cancels or restricts a speaker event – like a Ben Shapiro or Ann Coulter speech at a Young America’s Foundation (YAF) event at...
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We Want Civics! Students and Parents sue Rhode Island.
It becomes clearer with each public survey that Americans do not know their civics, or their history. They’re sketchy about the three branches of government; one-third cannot...
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Kansas Governor-Elect Vows to Thwart Religious Freedom for Adoption Agencies
Kansas Governor-elect Laura Kelly made it one of her first post-election promises to the state’s citizens: She will order her Administration to block, to the extent it...
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Students Ask Supreme Court to Protect Their Privacy
Alexis LIghtcap was in junior high when she went to use the girls’ restroom and found a boy there. She writes, “My first thought was to...
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