Category: Religious Freedom
Christian Club Settles with University of Colorado over Leadership Requirements
The Colorado Springs Gazette (“Gazette”) is reporting on a settlement of a federal lawsuit brought by a student Christian club, Ratio Christi, against the...
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San Francisco Sues to Block New HHS Religious Conscience Rule
On May 2, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new rule strengthening enforcement of existing rights allowing healthcare professionals...
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The “Equality Act” Would Mark the End of Religious Conscience
The mis-named “Equality Act,” also known by its bill number, HR 5, is due for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives next week....
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‘God Bless America’ and Other ‘Offensive’ Religious References in the News
While we are waiting for the Supreme Court to—hopefully—rule that religious symbols on government property are constitutional, organizations behind such lawsuits remain busy trying...
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Focus on the Family Hails New HHS Conscience Rule
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a new final rule beefing up enforcement of the conscience rights of healthcare...
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The Satanic Temple is Now a Tax-Exempt “Church” Says the IRS
This story is bound to raise a few eyebrows: The IRS just gave the Satanic Temple (ST) full tax-exempt status. The ST, not to be...
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Federal Appeals Court Okays Discrimination Against Faith-Based Foster Care Agencies
Catholic Social Services (CSS) has operated a foster care agency in Philadelphia since 1917. In 2018, a news reporter brought to the attention of the...
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Cornell Group Invites, Then Disinvites Pro-Life Speaker Over Her Religious Views
Jannique Stewart is a pro-life speaker who received an invitation in January to speak about abortion—from a pro-life perspective—at an event the Cornell University Political...
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Chick-fil-A Was Banned From This Airport
Chick-fil-A (CFA), a frequent target of liberal ire, is once more on the receiving end of the charge of homophobia because its charitable arm, the Chick-fil-A...
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Federal Appeals Court Saves Ministers’ Housing Allowance
The median church in America has 75 regular participants on Sunday mornings. It’s difficult to pay a pastor a living wage—let alone what his college and likely...
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Cleaning House at the Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the controversial group whose well-known “hate map” targets religious conservatives and conservative organizations alongside the KKK and other racist...
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U.S. Department of Education Rejects Ban on Religious Contractors
Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), announced that DOE will no longer enforce a ban on religious organizations serving as contractors to...
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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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