Click here to view original article journalrecord.com The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board meets Monday at the Oklahoma History Center to consider a charter contract for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School. The board voted 3-2 to approve the contract. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice) Listen to this…
Religious charter school receives green light to open next year
Click here to view original article www.enidnews.com The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board meets Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, at Oklahoma History Center to consider a charter contract for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School. ( Nuria Martinez-Keel / Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY — The nation’s first Catholic charter…
Nation’s first religious charter school gets final approval from Oklahoma board
Click here to view original article www.oklahoman.com Oklahoma Voice The nation’s first Catholic charter school cleared its final bureaucratic hurdle and could open next year, barring a court order forbidding it. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School will be the first state-funded religious school. The school, created by the…
LOCAL CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR TO SPEAK AT NEW ORLEANS SECULAR HUMANIST ASSOCIATION MEETING AT EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY
Click here to view original article www.jeffparish.net NEWS RELEASE JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JEFFERSON, LA – Andrew L. Seidel, a constitutional attorney and author, will speak on the topic of “American Crusade: How the Supreme Court Is Weaponizing Religious Freedom ,” at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, October 21, 2023…
Smith & Tuttle on the Establishment Clause
Click here to view original article lsolum.typepad.com Peter J. Smith (George Washington University – Law School) & Robert W. Tuttle (George Washington University Law School) have posted Establishment Clause Mythology on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For 75 years, the Supreme Court’s opinions have reflected stark conflict between two competing…
WashU Law Professors Review SCOTUS Cases for Constitution Day
Click here to view original article www.studlife.com Washington University School of Law professors speak at the U.S. Supreme Court Review on September 26th. (Isabelle Diaz｜Student Life) Washington University School of Law held a Constitution Day Supreme Court (SCOTUS) panel and discussed cases related to LGBTQ+ discrimination, affirmative action, voting rights,…
Legal fight over Oklahoma Catholic charter school draws help from national groups
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com Laura Schuler, senior director for Catholic Education at Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, and Michael Scaperlanda, chancellor for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, present a proposal for the nation’s first publicly funded Catholic charter school earlier this year at a meeting of the Oklahoma…
Legal fight over Oklahoma Catholic charter school draws help from national groups
Click here to view original article www.oklahoman.com The two sides squaring off over public funding for a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma have lawyered up. Already, 27 attorneys from six states and Washington, D.C., have signed on for the battle , which is in Oklahoma County now but may ultimately…
A Debate about Religious Liberty in America
Click here to view original article constitutioncenter.org How did America’s founders view religious liberty? What does it mean today? And to what does the Constitution require religious exemptions from generally applicable laws? Marci Hamilton , author of God vs. the Gavel: The Perils of Extreme Religious Liberty , and Michael…
OSDE moves to dismiss lawsuit against proposed religious online charter school
Click here to view original article www.poncacitynow.com OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — The Oklahoma State Department of Education and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters (R) have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. Motion to dismiss lawsuit regarding St.…
Commentary: One nation under God
Click here to view original article www.nvdaily.com Hardly a day goes by when there is an attempt by a segment of our society to remove organized religion from our everyday lives. As a child I remember reciting the Lord’s Prayer in public school as well as reciting the Pledge Of…
Gay Teacher’s Case Latest to Probe Religion-Sex Bias Boundaries
Click here to view original article news.bloomberglaw.com Religious entity’s liability for non-religious bias at issue Drastic impacts forecast regardless of outcome on appeal The Fourth Circuit will be the latest court to examine the interplay between federal job discrimination law and religious freedom protections when it hears arguments Wednesday in…
First Liberty Asks Federal Court to Rehear Our Faith Under Fire Case
Click here to view original article firstliberty.org Share: Insider 2023 09 15 A4 1200×630 V1 This week, First Liberty—along with our friends at the Church State Council and the law firm Baker Botts LLP—filed a petition in our Faith Under Fire case involving Fire Chief Ron Hittle. Last month, a…
Jacksonville agrees to exempt Catholic bookstore from LGBT nondiscrimination law
Click here to view original article www.christianpost.com Getty Images The city of Jacksonville, Florida, has agreed to exempt a Catholic bookstore from an LGBT nondiscrimination law, thereby enabling the establishment to operate in accordance with its religious beliefs about gender and sexuality. Last Thursday, the city of Jacksonville and Queen…
Catholic charities fight for tax exemption at top Wisconsin court
The Catholic organization doesn’t want to pay the Wisconsin unemployment insurance tax, which is usually mandatory for private employers. (CN) — A Catholic nonprofit umbrella organization and its subordinate businesses went before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday, arguing the groups ought to be exempt from paying the state’s unemployment…
CT Supreme Court rules for wife in religious marriage case, avoiding courts ‘interpreting’ doctrine
Connecticut Supreme Court, Hartford, Conn. May 2022. The state Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to enforce a premarital agreement signed by a couple as part of their Jewish wedding ceremony, saying that attempts to interpret and enforce disputes over religious doctrine would violate the constitutional prohibition against government interference in…
Religious Liberty Event Commemorates 130 Years of Advocacy
Nearly 200 religious liberty leaders, scholars, and advocates from around the world met for the ninth World Congress of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, from August 21–23, 2023. The international event invited attendees to discuss “a holistic understanding of freedom of religion or…
NC Symphony, NCDNCR being sued over COVID vaccine mandate
Image of NC Symphony is public domain via NC DNCR. Three former members of the North Carolina Symphony are suing their past employer to reinstate their jobs after being fired for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate because of their religious beliefs. Chris Caudill, Rachel Niketopoulos, and David…
Joe Kennedy returns to Bremerton High School football, prays following win
BREMERTON — Moments after the Bremerton High School football team shook hands following its season-opening football win Friday night at Memorial Stadium, assistant coach Joe Kennedy walked to the 50-yard line and prayed. By himself, he knelt at the center of the 50-yard line for a quick prayer, that was…
Appellate Judges Revive Jewish Couple’s Lawsuit Alleging Adoption Bias Under Tennessee Law
FILE – Tennessee Sen. Paul Rose, R-Tipton, speaks on his bill allowing faith-based adoption agencies to decline to place children with same-sex couples because of their religious belief during a legislative session, Jan. 14, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. On Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, appellate judges revived a couple’s lawsuit that…
Father fails in discrimination case over daughter who opted out of religious classes
A father has failed in his claim that his daughter suffered discrimination from her school’s failure to allow her to participate in alternative classes after she opted out of religion classes. The man alleged the school had breached the Equal Status Act on grounds of religion. In a case at…
Appellate Judges Revive Jewish Couple’s Lawsuit Alleging Adoption Bias Under Tennessee Law
Appellate Judges Revive Jewish Couple’s Lawsuit Alleging Adoption Bias Under Tennessee Law August 25th, 20PM August 25th, 20PM NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Appellate judges have revived a couple’s lawsuitthat alleges a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency wouldn’t help them because they are Jewish and argues that a Tennessee law protecting such…
Court rules Jewish couple can sue state for ’20 adoption law
Tennessee state Sen. Paul Rose, R-Tipton, speaks on his bill allowing faith-based adoption agencies to decline to place children with same-sex couples because of their religious belief during a legislative session in 2020. On Thursday, appellate judges revived a couple’s lawsuit that alleges a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency wouldn’t help…
Appellate Judges Revive Jewish Couple’s Lawsuit Alleging Adoption Bias Under Tennessee Law
Appellate Judges Revive Jewish Couple’s Lawsuit Alleging Adoption Bias Under Tennessee Law August 25th, 22PM August 25th, 22PM NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Appellate judges have revived a couple’s lawsuitthat alleges a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency wouldn’t help them because they are Jewish and argues that a Tennessee law protecting such…
‘Warped history’: how the US supreme court justified gutting gay rights
A pride flag flies in front of the US supreme court, in Washington. The extreme religious right’s mission to roll back civil rights from abortion to public accommodations is being fueled by false facts and false history. Recent articles in the New Republic have documented the shaky factual foundation behind…