Category: Religious Freedom
Canadian Teen Suspended From Christian School for Saying There are Two Sexes, Later Arrested.
Josh Alexander, an 11th grader at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Renfrew, Ontario, has found himself in hot water with his school and local...
Read MoreCoach Joe Kennedy Finally Rehired After Religious Liberty Win at Supreme Court
Joe Kennedy – the now-famous Christian football coach – has officially been reinstated in his coaching position after being fired from his job back in...
Read MoreActivists Petition School District to Kick Church Out of School Building – For Hosting Speaker Who Left Homosexuality
The pastor of Canyon Springs Church, in the Scripps Ranch community of San Diego, invited a woman who had left lesbianism to come speak to...
Read MoreVirginia Legislature Protects Houses of Worship From Unequal Restrictions During Public Emergencies
In reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown policies that closed churches but kept liquor stores and other “essential” businesses open, the Virginia legislature has passed...
Read MorePro-life Volunteer and Priest Acquitted for Praying Silently Near UK Abortion Facility
“No one should be criminalized for their thoughts,” said Isabel Vaughan-Spruce on the courthouse steps after a British magistrate acquitted her and a Catholic priest,...
Read MoreThird Grader Can Wear ‘Jesus Loves Me’ Facemask at School After School District Loses Lawsuit
Nine-year-old Lydia Booth from Mississippi has won a lawsuit against the Simpson County School District for violating her First Amendment constitutional rights. Back in 2020,...
Read MoreHockey Player Refuses to Participate in LGBT Pride Night – Points to His Christian Faith
The Philadelphia Flyers hosted their annual LGBT Pride Night celebration on Tuesday, January 17, during a home game against the Anaheim Ducks. Before the game,...
Read MoreCVS Goes Woke, Revokes Religious Accommodations for Pro-life Christians, Prompts Lawsuits
It’s a good thing the U.S. Supreme Court has now decided to hear an important case involving the rights of religious workers to reasonable accommodations...
Read MoreSupreme Court Agrees to Hear Case of Christian Postal Worker Denied Sundays Off
In a hugely important lawsuit concerning the rights of religious American workers’ vis-a-vis their employers, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case...
Read MoreFederal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Attacking Faith-based Schools
A federal judge in Oregon has dismissed a lawsuit from LGBT activists challenging the religious exemption that faith-based schools enjoy under Title IX of the...
Read MoreCourt Rules Catholic Hospital Broke the Law When It Refused to Perform Transgender Surgery
A Catholic hospital that refused, on religious and ethical grounds, to allow a hysterectomy to be performed on a healthy woman as “treatment” for her...
Read MoreJudge Rules Against Challenge to Colorado Therapy Ban for ‘LGBT Minors’
A U.S. District Court judge denied a motion by a licensed counselor asking for a preliminary injunction against a Colorado law banning any help for...
Read MoreKirk Cameron’s ‘Story Hour’ Reading Draws Record Breaking Turnout at Indianapolis Library, Publisher Says
After finally finding a library that was willing to host his “story hour” event, Kirk Cameron’s public reading of his new book As You Grow...
Read MoreBritish Woman Arrested for Thinking Wrong Thoughts on Public Street in Abortion ‘Sacred Space’
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, a 45-year-old woman, was arrested as she silently prayed outside the office of a closed abortion seller in Birmingham England in early December....
Read MoreNew York Appeals Court Rules Yeshiva University Must Recognize LGBT Club
In a case that has made it to the United States Supreme Court once, and is seemingly destined to do so again, a New York...
Read MoreFederal Court Upholds Airmen’s Religious Liberties, Keeps Air Force Vaccine Mandate on Ice
A U.S. federal appeals court has upheld a lower court judge’s injunction prohibiting the U.S. Air Force from penalizing and firing airmen who have religious...
Read More‘Respect for Marriage Act’ Passed by Senate Without Religious Freedom Protections Requested by Conservatives
On Tuesday, November 29, the U.S. Senate held four votes on H.R. 8404, the deceptively titled “Respect for Marriage Act,” which enshrines same-sex marriage into...
Read MoreReligious Freedom Victory for Doctors and Hospitals Over Abortion and ‘Gender Transition’ Mandate
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chose not to appeal a recent court decision stating the agency could not force doctors and hospitals...
Read MoreWyoming 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...
Read MoreKing 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...
Read MoreElvis 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...
Read MoreRemembering 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...
Read MoreReligious 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...
Read MoreCanadian 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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