Category: Religious Freedom
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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Christian High School Club Can’t be ‘Derecognized’ For Requiring its Leaders to Affirm the Bible’s Teachings, Federal Appeals Court Rules
In an important ruling for religious freedom, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the San Jose Unified School District (District) in California...
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Texas Law Mandates Donated ‘In God We Trust’ Signs be Displayed in Public Schools
Texas public schools have begun displaying posters with the national motto “In God We Trust” around their campuses – and some leftists are really angry...
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U.S. Marines Win Class Protection from Vaccine Mandate
The U.S. Marines have won a class action lawsuit to prevent the Department of Defense (DoD) from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate on thousands of...
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California Church Fined $200K for Defying COVID-19 Restrictions Gets Charges Dropped
In a great victory for the freedom of religion, a California church that was fined $200K for violating county health orders during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Washington State Attorney General Investigating Christian University for its Marriage Beliefs
Washington state Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson, who became well known for hounding Christian florist Barronelle Stutzman into retirement for her biblical beliefs about marriage,...
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Christian Healthcare Workers Win $10.3 Million Over Denied COVID-19 Vaccine Exemptions
In what’s being described as a “strong measure of justice,” a group of Christian doctors and nurses have won a $10.3 million settlement from a...
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Federal Court Delivers Legal Victory for Religious Hiring Rights at Faith-Based Schools
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has delivered an important religious freedom victory to religious schools in a case it decided on July 28....
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Christian School Challenges Federal Lunch Program Gender and Sexual Orientation Mandate
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the nation’s massive school lunch program for needy students, recently imposed a “nondiscrimination” requirement on the program that...
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Gallup Literally Asks the Wrong Question About Interpreting the Bible
The George Gallup polling organization follows trends over decades by continuing to ask the same questions every year or every few years. It has revealed...
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Victory for Praying Coach Kennedy at Supreme Court
In an important 6-3 religious freedom decision from the U.S. Supreme Court, the high court ruled that a public high school in Washington state violated...
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Infringing Religious Speech Proves Costly for Georgia College
In 2016, Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) made the same constitutional mistake a lot of other liberal public educational institutions have made over the years; it...
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Sports Illustrated Fumbles Story on Coach Kennedy and Religious Freedom
When I heard that Sports Illustrated (SI) did a story on Coach Joe Kennedy, my first thought was, “Why?” As faithful readers of The Daily...
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What Rights do Religious Employees Have in the Workplace?
What do you say and do when your employer makes it clear that you must celebrate “pride month” in some manner the company has planned,...
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Federal Judge Refuses to Protect High School Christian Club from Harassment, De-recognition
A federal judge has refused to order a school district in San Jose, California, to reinstate a student club, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA),...
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Christian Grad Student Sues University for Emotional Distress, Damage to Reputation
Maggie DeJong should be familiar to readers of The Daily Citizen. Earlier this year, we reported on the young woman’s experience as a graduate student...
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Two Years After Lockdown Orders, California County Still Seeking Millions in Fines from Worshipping Church
During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local governments issued lockdown and other mandates that heavily impacted churches and their ability to...
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Flight Attendants Fired for Questioning Alaska Airlines’ Support for LGBT Bill Sue for Religious Discrimination
In February 2021, two female flight attendants for Alaska Airlines, both Christians, read a company statement on an internal forum supporting the problematic Equality Act...
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Four Air Force Cadets May Not Graduate After Being Denied Religious Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccination Order
Four seniors at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, have been warned that their continued refusal to submit to COVID-19 vaccinations following...
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Arizona Affirms Religious Freedom and Parental Rights
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation ensuring that churches, clergy, religious organizations and people of faith cannot be discriminated against during a public emergency. In...
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Church-Owned School Fights Government Religious Hostility in Massachusetts
It is basic First Amendment law that the government may not discriminate against religious belief without a compelling reason. So, when government officials stonewall a...
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Finnish Member of Parliament is Acquitted of ‘Hate Speech’ for Quoting the Bible; Prosecutors May Appeal
In a case that has attracted international attention because of its free speech and human rights implications, a Finnish grandmother and member of Parliament has...
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