Category: Religious Freedom
Jack Phillips Appeals Bad Decision in Transgender Cake Case
There has not been a day since 2012 when Jack Phillips, the Christian baker and owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, has not been...
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Department of Justice Abandons Lawsuit it Filed on Behalf of Pro-Life Nurse Forced to Participate in Abortion
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has notified a federal court in Vermont that it is abandoning a lawsuit it filed on behalf of a...
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Ministry Forced by Washington State to Hire Applicant Hostile to Christian Faith Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court
An important case involving the freedom of religious organizations to hire like-minded believers has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. It involves a...
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Coral Ridge Ministries Can’t Sue Amazon over ‘Hate Group’ Designation, Appeals Court Rules
Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Inc., a Christian ministry founded by the late D. James Kennedy, has now lost a second round in its legal battle...
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Trial Begins for Michigan Farmers Excluded from Farmer’s Market over Religious Beliefs About Marriage
A trial began this week in a federal courtroom in Michigan over whether the City of East Lansing (City) violated the free speech and religious...
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Christian Web Designer Must Create Same-Sex Wedding Websites, Federal Court Rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Christian web designer in Denver, Colorado, cannot turn away a request to create a same-sex wedding website...
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9th Circuit Rules in Favor of Seattle Church Forced to Include Abortion in Maternity Care Coverage
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled partially in favor of a Seattle church on July 22, explaining that a lower court...
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University of Iowa Officials Discriminated Against InterVarsity Student Club, Federal Appeals Court Rules
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed down an important decision in the battle over the religious freedom of student clubs on the...
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Federal Appeals Court: Courtroom Invocations do not Violate First Amendment
Prayers that begin a courtroom session are part of an “abundant history and tradition of courtroom prayer” in America, and do not violate the First...
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New Texas Law Takes on HOAs that Prohibit Religious Displays on Front Lawns
A new Texas law that went into effect recently will protect homeowners who put up religious displays on their lawns such as crosses, Nativity scenes...
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El Paso’s Attempt to Ban Religious Speech Overturned by Federal Appeals Court
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower federal court and held that an evangelical Christian named Ryan Denton cannot be excluded...
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IRS Reverses Course, Grants Christians Engaged Tax-Exempt Status Following Backlash
Just last month, The Daily Citizen informed you about the conflict between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Christian nonprofit organization, Christians Engaged. After...
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DC Church Wins Favorable Settlement with City over COVID Restrictions
Capitol Hill Baptist Church was founded in 1878 in our nation’s capital, and has met together every Sunday since then, except for three weeks in...
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case of Florist who Turned Down a Same-Sex Wedding
Barronelle Stutzman, the 76-year-old grandmother and owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Washington, learned this week that the Supreme Court will not hear her free...
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Army Chaplain’s Facebook Post on Transgender Military Policy Almost Cost Him His Career
Military chaplains enjoy First Amendment freedoms like free speech and religion, except when liberal superiors decide to punish them for supporting the “wrong” policies. In...
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Unanimous Supreme Court Upholds Religious Freedom of Philadelphia Faith-Based Foster Care Agency
Updated 6/17/21 at 3:30pm The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down its decision in the much-anticipated religious freedom case, Fulton v. Philadelphia, which pitted the...
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Once Again, a Colorado Court Finds Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop Committed ‘Discrimination’
Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, has already been to the U.S. Supreme Court once for refusing, on conscience grounds, to...
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Underground Churches, Police Search Helicopters, Pastor Arrested – in Canada?
In the U.S., local health officials have seen courts declare their COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings in religious schools and churches unconstitutional. But, shockingly, our Canadian...
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Wisconsin Public Health Officials Can’t Order Religious Schools Closed, State Supreme Court Rules
In a victory for religious freedom during the COVID-19 era, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court struck down an attempt by a county public health officer in Dane...
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Under Pressure from Activists, DOJ Walks Back Promise of ‘Vigorous’ Defense of Religious Liberty in Title IX Lawsuit
Yesterday, The Daily Citizen reported on the U.S. Department of Justice’s promise to undertake the defense of Title IX’s religious exemption for faith-based schools against...
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Department of Justice Tells Court it will Defend Religious Freedom of Faith-Based Schools
Less than 24 hours after this news was reported, the DOJ began back-tracking on its emphatic commitment to “vigorously defend” religious freedom in the face...
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Second Grader Told She Can’t Read Bible at School; Parents and Lawyers Push Back
The parents of Gabrielle, a second grader at an Illinois public school, recently heard from administrators that their daughter, who liked reading her Bible out...
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California to Pay $2 Million to Settle Two More COVID-Related Church Closure Cases
California taxpayers are once again footing the bill for the state’s violations of the First Amendment during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to an earlier...
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College Student Punished for Private, Religious Text Wins Court Settlement
Jack Denton was the Student Senate President at Florida State University in 2020 when he engaged in a private group text conversation with a Catholic...
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