Click here to view original article www.wlrn.org The school board of Broward County convened on Tuesday, Dec. 10 for a workshop in which school signage was briefly addressed. The Broward County school board is scheduled to rule on Tuesday what signs are permissible on school campuses following challenges from a…
Religious Freedom From Taxes? SCOTUS Will Hear Key Case in 2025
Click here to view original article www.kiplinger.com (Image credit: joe daniel price/Getty Images) By Kelley R. Taylor last updated 16 December 2024 in News If you’re wondering what the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and religious liberty have to do with taxes, you’re probably not alone. These issues are…
Supreme Court to hear Catholic Charities case on whether serving the poor is religious act
Click here to view original article www.catholicnewsagency.com CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2024 / 18:20 pm The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case brought by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior in Wisconsin after the Wisconsin Supreme Court in March ruled the agency ineligible for a…
Supreme Court takes Catholic Charities bid to evade state unemployment taxes
Click here to view original article www.washingtonexaminer.com The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a significant 1st Amendment case that could reshape the balance between religious liberty and state taxation laws. At the center of the case is a dispute involving the Catholic Charities Bureau in Wisconsin, which argues that…
US Supreme Court will hear clash over religious exemptions from Wisconsin tax
Click here to view original article www.reuters.com The flag of the U.S. state Wisconsin is seen in this illustration taken, August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Catholic entity says state court ruling violated First Amendment Groups "operated primarily for religious purposes" are exempt WASHINGTON,…
Judge says New Jersey county can’t exclude churches from historic preservation grant
Click here to view original article www.catholicnewsagency.com Zion Lutheran Church in Long Valley, New Jersey, is one of two churches that have won a victory against county officials who were excluding them from a historic preservation grant program. | Credit: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec…
In arguing for church-state separation, we lose sight of real religious freedom | Opinion
Click here to view original article www.kentucky.com OPINION AND COMMENTARY Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. Op-Ed Freedom of religion should not be confused with enforced secularism, writes J. Larry Hood. DNY59 Getty…
Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments To Be Displayed in Every Public Classroom To Face Appeals Court Test
Click here to view original article www.nysun.com Students rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to support the Ten Commandments in 2005. Alex Wong/Getty Images Arguments over Louisiana’s law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom are set for January, as a debate is…
Court ruling stops Louisiana from requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms for now
Click here to view original article apnews.com FILE – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks holds up a mini-display showing the Ten Commandments during a press conference regarding the Ten Commandments in schools Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP, File) NEW ORLEANS (AP)…
Louisiana Law on Ten Commandments in Classrooms Remains Blocked by Court
Click here to view original article www.newsweek.com A Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms remains blocked by an appellate court ruling on Wednesday. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a state request to temporarily halt in Baton Rouge that blocked state education officials…
Court ruling stops Louisiana from requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms for now
Click here to view original article www.yahoo.com FILE – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks holds up a mini-display showing the Ten Commandments during a press conference regarding the Ten Commandments in schools Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP, File) NEW ORLEANS (AP)…
Small business group joins suit against Illinois law restricting employer speech
Click here to view original article justthenews.com (The Center Square) – An Illinois trade organization has joined a legal challenge to a new law that restricts employers’ free speech rights in the workplace. The Schaumburg-based Technology and Manufacturing Association represents more than 800 small businesses in Illinois. The group has…
Federal judge rules that Louisiana shalt not require public schools to post the Ten Commandments
Click here to view original article religionnews.com (The Conversation) — Do the Ten Commandments have a valid place in U.S. classrooms? Louisiana’s Legislature and governor insist the answer is “yes.” But on Nov. 12, 2024, a federal judge said “no.” U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles blocked the state’s controversial…
Small business group joins suit against Illinois law restricting employer speech
Click here to view original article www.aol.com Jeffrey Schwab, attorney with the Liberty Justice Center ©Greg Bishop / The Center Square Jeffrey Schwab, attorney with the Liberty Justice Center ©Greg Bishop / The Center Square (The Center Square) – An Illinois trade organization has joined a legal challenge to a…
Federal judge rules that Louisiana shalt not require public schools to post the Ten Commandments
Click here to view original article theconversation.com Do the Ten Commandments have a valid place in U.S. classrooms? Louisiana’s Legislature and governor insist the answer is “yes.” But on Nov. 12, 2024, a federal judge said “no.” U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles blocked the state’s controversial House Bill 71…
Court strikes down Louisiana Ten Commandments law
Click here to view original article baptistnews.com A Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in every public classroom is “unconstitutional on its face” and may not go into effect Jan. 1 as state officials hoped, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles in Baton…
Opinion: Louisiana’s Ten Commandments push shows GOP doesn’t care about the Constitution
Click here to view original article www.usatoday.com Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry had a remarkably frivolous and flip response earlier this year to parents suing to stop his state’s mandate that every public school – from kindergarten to college – display a Protestant Christian version of the Ten Commandments. "Tell your…
Judge rules Louisiana law ordering schools to display Ten Commandments violates First Amendment
Click here to view original article www.cbsnews.com A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that would have required public schools statewide to display the Ten Commandments in their classrooms by Jan. 1. U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles of Baton Rouge, who was appointed by former President Barack…
Louisiana law that requires Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms deemed unconstitutional
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com Louisiana law that requires Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms deemed unconstitutional A federal judge has struck down a Louisiana law that required every public school and university classroom to display the Ten Commandments , drawing legal challenges from civil rights…
The Problem with Religious Charter Schools
Click here to view original article news.google.com Texas students rally for School Choice_GettyImages-539724026 The United States has long struggled to determine where religion fits into an ostensibly secular public education system. Given religion’s, and particularly Christianity’s, crucial cultural role within American society, and education’s fundamental role in “ transmitting ”…
Federal court allows religious homelessness nonprofit to hire based on sexuality
Click here to view original article www.seattletimes.com The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is supported by BECU, Campion Foundation, Raikes Foundation and Seattle Foundation. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project Homeless content. A federal court ruled Friday that a religious organization providing homelessness services in Yakima is temporarily allowed…
Notre Dame Law professor discusses religious freedom
Click here to view original article www.ndsmcobserver.com Professor Richard Garnett gives a talk at the Notre Dame law school. Photo by Luka Vaicekauskaite / The Observer On Monday, Notre Dame Law school professor Richard W. Garnett delivered a timely lecture titled “Freedom of Religion in Catholic Teaching and Constitutional Law.”…
Notre Dame Law professor discusses religious freedom
Click here to view original article www.ndsmcobserver.com Professor Richard Garnett gives a talk at the Notre Dame law school. Photo by Luka Vaicekauskaite / The Observer On Monday, Notre Dame Law school professor Richard W. Garnett delivered a timely lecture titled “Freedom of Religion in Catholic Teaching and Constitutional Law.”…
Ukraine: New Law Raises Religious Freedom Concerns
Click here to view original article www.hrw.org A Ukrainian flag in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kozelets, Chernihivska region, on May 14, 2022 (Kyiv, October 30, 2024) – Ukraine’s new law banning religious organizations with ties to the Russian Orthodox…
Court rules in favor of Jewish families regarding special education funding in California
Click here to view original article www.catholicnewsagency.com Credit: RasyidArt/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 17:20 pm The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Monday in favor of a group of Jewish parents who argued that California is discriminating against religious parents and schools by excluding them from receiving…