Category: Religious Freedom
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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Navy SEALs Sue Biden Admin for Denying Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate
The U.S. military has mandated that all members of the Armed Forces, both those on active duty and in the reserves, be fully vaccinated against...
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Biden Administration to Revoke Religious Freedom Hiring Guarantees for Federal Contractors
Many faith-based organizations do business with the federal government, which has long recognized that such entities are more effective service providers and closer to their...
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Bi-Vocational Pastor Could be Punished by Real Estate Association Over Biblical Views
If the Left can’t physically stop pastors from preaching the truth about human sexuality and God’s design for marriage, it will find other ways to...
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Forbidden to Advertise for a Christian Babysitter Because of New State Law, Virginia Parents Fight Back
Scott and Jane Woodruff are Christians living in Loudoun County, Virginia. In 2015 they adopted a daughter with medical conditions that require the couple to...
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The Best of Times and the Worst of Times for Religious Freedom at the Supreme Court
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” So...
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Supreme Court Won’t Block Maine’s Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers
The Supreme Court has ruled against a request from nine Maine healthcare workers seeking religious exemptions from the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. On August 12,...
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Christian Student Club Sues University of Houston over Leadership Requirements
Ratio Christi is a Christian student organization with chapters on college campuses across the United States. It exists to equip students to defend the faith...
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Canadian Judge Orders Pastor to Preach Government’s Views on COVID
Artur Pawlowski is a Polish immigrant who pastors Street Church and The Cave of Adullam in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He and his brother Dawid have...
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Missionary Kidnappings in Haiti a Reminder the Great Commission Takes Great Sacrifice
Seventeen Christian missionaries, sixteen of whom are Americans, were kidnapped over the weekend in Haiti while visiting an orphanage on the corrupt, poverty stricken Caribbean...
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Baltimore Can’t Ban Religious Group from Holding Rally Because of its Message, Judge Rules
A request from a Catholic group to rent an outdoor event space owned by the city of Baltimore, Maryland, for a rally in November was...
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‘Be Strong and Courageous’: Annual Bring Your Bible to School Day Will be Held on October 7
Focus on the Family’s annual Bring Your Bible to School Day (BYBTS) will be held on Thursday, October 7, 2021. The nationwide event encourages students...
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case of Boston’s Religious Discrimination Against the Christian Flag
In an important First Amendment case, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a dispute sparked by the refusal of the City of Boston,...
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