Category: Religious Freedom
Defense Secretary Asks Supreme Court to Block 5th Circuit Ruling Protecting Navy SEALs’ Religious Objections to Vaccine
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin has requested the U.S. Supreme Court stay (i.e., block) a lower court decision favoring 35 members of the...
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Christian Foster Parents Who Lost License over Biblical Beliefs May Sue, Federal Court Rules
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court decision dismissing a New Jersey couple’s lawsuit against the state after it removed...
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Two More Federal Courts Rule in Favor of Religious Objections to Military’s Vaccine Mandate
Our nation’s military servicemembers were ordered last September to receive COVID-19 vaccinations or be discharged. Some exemptions have been granted for medical and administrative reasons,...
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Supreme Court Turns Away Religious Hiring Case from Christian College – for Now
Gordon College, a Christian educational institution in Wenham, Massachusetts, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an employment dispute with one of its professors that...
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‘The Bible Stays and our Veterans Win’; Lawsuit over POW/MIA Display at VA Hospital Settles
Lawyers at First Liberty Institute have announced a settlement of a years-long litigation over a POW/MIA display at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MVAMC)...
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Pro-Life Nurse Wins $370,000 After Refusing to Assist with Abortions
Illinois might be one of the most liberal states in the country now, but in 1977 the state legislature had the good sense to pass...
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United Airlines’ ‘Coercion’ of Religious Employees over Vaccine Mandate ‘Irreparably Harmed’ Them – 5th Circuit
In an important religious freedom case, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has reversed a lower court and ruled that religious...
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Air Force Grants Nine Religious Exemptions from COVID-19 Vaccines
The United States Air Force has approved nine requests by airmen for exemptions from the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. These are the first requests the...
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Pro-Life Sidewalk Counselors in Greensboro, N.C., Win Settlement in Unlawful Arrest Case
A handful of Christians arrested in March and April 2020 for walking and praying in front of an abortion facility in Greensboro, North Carolina, have...
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City Orders Church to Stop Feeding the Homeless; Church Sues
There’s a familiar but sardonic saying that goes, “No good deed goes unpunished.” For one church in Brookings, Oregon, attempting to fulfill the Bible’s imperative...
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Cop Suspended for Praying at Abortion Clinic While Off-Duty Wins Cash Settlement
A 13-year veteran of the Louisville, Kentucky, police department has received a $75,000 settlement from the city for its wrongful suspension of the officer for...
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Michigan Faith-Based Adoption Agency Wins Big Settlement After State Tries to Shut Them Down
A recent legal victory for religious freedom in the case of a Philadelphia faith-based child-placement agency at the U.S. Supreme Court has now resulted in...
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Finland Prosecutes Christian Member of Parliament for Hate Speech After Quoting Bible
Christianity may be the official religion of Finland, but the country is currently exhibiting signs that, in practice the government and the state churches tolerate...
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Oregon Bakers Who Refused Wedding Cake for Two Women Have Damage Award Reversed by Court
It’s another one of those “good news, bad news” stories involving religious freedom and freedom of speech in the marketplace. First, the good news. Aaron...
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Federal Agencies Storing, Sharing Information on Employees with Religious Objections to Vaccination Mandates
There appears to be a “coordinated data collection” effort being undertaken across a wide spectrum of federal agencies, concerning employees who have requested a religious...
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case of Government ‘Interpreting’ Church Doctrine
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an important religious freedom case involving a local government’s foray into interpreting church doctrine. The case concerns...
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Two Marines Granted First Religious Exemptions in Military to COVID-19 Vaccines
Members of the U.S. military go to work each day in order to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States.” They are willing...
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Family Organizations Ask Supreme Court to Protect Religious Liberty, Halt Vaccine Mandate
On Friday, January 7, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case over the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) employer vaccine mandate,...
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Navy SEALs Win First Legal Battle in Fight for Religious Exemption from COVID Mandate
A federal judge in Texas has issued an injunction blocking the U.S. Navy from punishing several dozen Navy SEALs and other Special Warfare servicemembers for...
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Religious and Secular Employers Ask Supreme Court to Block OSHA Vaccine Mandate
The legal battles over the Biden administration’s attempt to impose vaccination requirements on various segments of the nation’s workers has landed at the U.S. Supreme...
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Supreme Court Upholds NY Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers Without Religious Exemptions
The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away a request from 20 New York healthcare workers for relief from the state’s vaccine mandate. The mandate for...
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Supreme Court Preview: Can a State Bar a Tuition Assistance Program Being Used for Faith-Based Schools?
On December 8, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Carson v. Makin, which involves a student-aid program in the state of Maine...
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Philadelphia Faith-Based Foster Care Case Settles for $2 Million
Last June the U.S. Supreme Court decided Fulton v. Philadelphia, which concerned the religious freedom claims of a faith-based foster care agency. The justices, in...
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‘Divisive Year’ Results in More Support for Religious Freedom, New Survey Shows
In its third annual Religious Freedom Index, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty finds that Americans’ support for religious freedom principles has actually increased from...
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