Category: Religious Freedom
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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An Interview with Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop – Christian, Baker, Author
Recently The Daily Citizen had the opportunity to sit down with Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, to discuss his new book, The Cost...
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The Cost of My Faith: How a Decision in My Cake Shop Took Me to the Supreme Court
An excerpt from “The Cost of My Faith: How a Decision in My Cake Shop Took Me to the Supreme Court” By: Jack Phillips “Masterpiece...
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Church Wins Injunction Plus $1.35 Million in Settlement of California COVID Restrictions Case
Attorneys for Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry in Pasadena, California, have announced a settlement of a religious freedom lawsuit against Governor Gavin Newsom...
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Another Canadian Pastor Arrested and Church Closed, as Churches Band Together to Contest COVID Worship Restrictions
In the Canadian province of Alberta, church services are currently limited to 15 people in attendance according to the government, due to COVID-19. A growing...
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USA Today Calls for Banning Promise Keepers from Cowboys Stadium over its Christian Beliefs
The Christian men’s movement known as Promise Keepers (PK) is back, holding large stadium events and calling men to be better husbands, fathers and servants...
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Massachusetts Church Fights Discriminatory COVID Restrictions on Worship
As readers of The Daily Citizen are aware, the U.S. Supreme Court has been busy of late blocking state COVID restrictions on churches that are...
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Canadian Pastor Who Ordered Police Out of His Church Arrested for Holding Church Service
A Canadian pastor who refused to shutter his church despite threats from the Calgary Police Service has been arrested for organizing an illegal in-person gathering...
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Canadian Authorities Seize Another Church—Pastor Says That Won’t Stop Them from Worshipping
You may remember that Trinity Bible Chapel in Ontario, Canada has been in trouble recently with the local authorities for holding worship services in violation...
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Ken Starr Provides Powerful Framework to Protect Religious Liberty from Government Intrusion
Over this last year, religious liberty has seemingly been under attack all over the country. From denying churches the opportunity to meet for Easter to...
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Arkansas Sends Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment to Voters
The Arkansas legislature has approved a new state constitutional amendment regarding religious freedom that it will send to the voters for approval in 2022. Senate...
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Forcing Religious Employers to Fund Abortion is Wrong, Groups Tell Supreme Court
A new case has just reached the U.S. Supreme Court that explores the constitutionality of state laws that force religious employers to violate their deeply...
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Indiana Governor Signs Bill Ensuring Churches Cannot Be Closed Due to COVID
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed a bill ensuring that churches cannot be shut down during a state of emergency. The bill is in direct...
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