Category: Religious Freedom
Wyoming Rescue Mission Fights for Right to Hire Christian Employees – and Wins
A shocking government edict that a Christian-run homeless shelter in Casper, Wyoming, must hire an admitted atheist as an employee has been resolved in favor...
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King County Cancels Christmas – To Honor Diversity
The Grinch arrived early in King County this year, in the form of a memo to employees, cautioning them about religious holiday decorations at work...
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Elvis Presley, Dolores Hart, The Bible and The Actress Who Became a Nun
As we await the results of today’s highly anticipated midterm elections, here’s an inspiring story that transcends politics and policy. It’s one of those fascinating...
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Remembering When Hillsdale College Stood Up to Discrimination Then – and Now
Hillsdale College president Dr. Larry Arnn is out in today’s Wall Street Journal with an impassioned and well-argued defense of his school’s longstanding policy of...
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Religious New York City Workers Ask Supreme Court to Block City’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
Disputes over religious freedom continue to percolate up through the legal system in response to the actions various state and local governments have taken to...
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Canadian Pastor Who was Harassed, Ticketed and Jailed for Violating COVID Orders, Found Not Guilty
Pastor Tim Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary, Alberta tried to be faithful to his God and the needs of his flock, as well...
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Pew Says 45% of Americans Want a ‘Christian Nation.’ What Does that Actually Mean?
The folks at the Pew Research Center are reporting that “45% of Americans Say U.S. Should be a ‘Christian Nation’” even though they admit that...
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Coach Joe Kennedy, Fired for His Faith, to be Reinstated as Football Coach Next Year
Joe Kennedy, who was fired from his job as a high school football coach for taking a knee and praying quietly at the 50-yard line...
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Glasgow, Scotland Venue Violated Franklin Graham’s Rights by Cancelling Evangelistic Outreach
When Rev. Billy Graham visited the people of Scotland in 1955, he was warmly welcomed and preached the gospel in crusades across that country for...
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Physician Assistant Fired for Believing People Are Male or Female – Fights Back With Lawsuit
Valerie Kloosterman, a physician assistant with University of Michigan Health, was fired when she asked for a religious accommodation when dealing with “transgender”-identified patients. She...
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Jack Phillips Back in Court to Win Protections for Free Speech in Transgender Cake Case
Jack Phillips is back in court today to defend his constitutional First Amendment right to free speech against a leftist, transgender attorney with a chip...
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Bring Your Bible to School Day, October 6 – It’s Your Right to Exercise Your Faith
On October 6, 2022, approximately 500,000 students across the country will exercise their constitutional right to bring their Bibles to school and share their beliefs...
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Students Around the World Gathered Today for the 32nd Annual ‘See You At The Pole’ Prayer Event
Today marks the 32nd annual “See You At The Pole” global prayer gathering for students. At schools across America and around the world, children gathered...
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Rescue Mission Sues EEOC After Being Told It Must Hire Non-Christians
The state of Wyoming and the federal government recently declared that a Christian rescue mission in Casper violated the law when it refused to hire...
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Michael Farris: The Man Who Helped Save Homeschooling in America
When Mike Farris, the outgoing CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom – our nation’s premier Christian legal advocacy group – assumed his current role in 2017,...
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U.S. Marine Corps Won’t Dismiss Troops With Religious Objections to COVID-19 Shots
The U.S. Marine Corps will stop seeking to punish troops who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 based on religious grounds. In an administrative message...
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Federal Appeals Court Comes to the Defense of Air Force Religious Exemption Claimants in COVID-19 Vaccination Case
In what is being hailed as a victory for religious freedom, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request from the U.S....
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Supreme Court Refuses to Protect Religious University’s First Amendment Rights, For Now
In a case that has important religious freedom implications for all faith-based educational institutions and organizations, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused – for now...
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Over 400 ‘Conservative’ Leaders and More Than 200 Businesses Urge Passage of Bill that Would Discriminate Against Christians Who Support Traditional Marriage
This week over 400 progressive “conservative” leaders and more than 200 businesses released letters addressed to the U.S. Senate urging them to support a bill...
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Seattle-Pacific University’s Students and Faculty Sue to Force it to Abandon Christian Beliefs
Same-sex “marriage” was at one time sold to the American public as harmless. “How is my gay marriage going to harm you?” was the constant...
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Hundreds of Millions of Christians Facing Persecution Worldwide
The fact that hundreds of millions of Christians are currently facing significant persecution worldwide is perhaps one of the most underreported stories of our generation....
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Faith-Based Adoption Provider Wins Big Religious Freedom Victory in New York
It took four years, and some help from an appellate court, but a faith-based adoption agency in New York has won a permanent legal victory...
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Indiana Supreme Court Affirms Church Autonomy Doctrine in Lawsuit Over Same-Sex Marriage
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Indiana, won a major religious freedom victory on behalf of all religious organizations in the state recently when the state supreme...
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Christian Teacher Wins $95,000 in Damages Against District That Punished Her for Refusing to Submit to Gender Ideology Policy
In a successful conclusion to a story the Daily Citizen has been following for the last few months, Pamela Ricard, a middle school math teacher...
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