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Click here to view original article religionunplugged.com WASHINGTON — The barring of two Christians from jury duty in a trial involving a lesbian is evidence that Christians with a biblical worldview are increasingly seen as bigots, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said after Missouri asked the High Court to…
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com Feb. 24—ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a divisive bill on Thursday that its backers contend will give people more protection from government intrusion while practicing their faith. It now heads to the full Senate for a vote that could clear…
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com Feb. 24—ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a divisive bill on Thursday that its backers contend will give people more protection from government intrusion while practicing their faith. It now heads to the full Senate for a vote that could clear…
Click here to view original article www.columbian.com In a stunningly bad decision, the Alabama Supreme Court has held that frozen embryos in a lab count as children for the purposes of the state’s wrongful death law. It would take some time to enumerate everything that’s wrong with the holding. To…
Click here to view original article www.worldreligionnews.com It began in May of this year when Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law that gave a tax incentive to parents who send their children to private and parochial school. Denounced by the opposition as “a tax shelter for individuals…
Click here to view original article www.milwaukeeindependent.com By Frank S. Ravitch, Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to post “In God We Trust” in every classroom, from elementary school to…
Click here to view original article www.postindependent.com Post Independent Letters to the editor graphic Are we forgetting about the First Amendment? It is unfortunate when people misstate, misinterpret, or misunderstand history. It is worse when they do so to further an agenda. Mr. Villareal does so in his letter (P.I.…
Click here to view original article www.lohud.com HAVERSTRAW – A federal judge has dismissed a legal action seeking to block a residential synagogue and overrule a federal law aiming to protect religious liberty. The case involved residents opposed to a synagogue at 62 Riverglen Drive. Haverstraw officials had approved K’hal…
Click here to view original article www.aol.com A federal judge rejected a religious discrimination case against personal finance guru Dave Ramsey and his company that sought to challenge the Franklin-based employer’s COVID-19 response and ensuing personnel conflict. U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson in Nashville dismissed claims that Ramsey Solutions violated…
Click here to view original article triblive.com A menorah and a Christmas tree in the courtyard of the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg, Dec. 13. The return of a holiday display — a Christmas tree and a framed depiction of a menorah — in the public square outside the Westmoreland…
Click here to view original article www.christianpost.com The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal filed by a Christian therapist against Washington state’s ban on "gay conversion therapy," allowing the law to remain in effect. In an orders list released Monday morning, the high court declined without comment…
Click here to view original article dailyfreepress.com Columns , Opinion , The Perfectly Imperfect Human Condition Having a uterus is a fatal flaw. Most girls can say this from a devastatingly young age. I know I did. I know my sister did. I know my mom did. There are several…
Click here to view original article wng.org Mid-Vermont Christian School should be free to practice its beliefs about biological sex GlobalStock/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Tuesday, December 5th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary…
Click here to view original article ffrf.org Idaho is at the forefront of implementing cruel anti-abortion restrictions on top of already existing abortion bans. The Christian nationalist Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is launching its latest attack on abortion rights and life-saving medical treatments in the state. It is calling on…
Click here to view original article www.justice.gov The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey filed a statement of interest today explaining that an Orthodox Jewish congregation’s claims under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) are ready to…
Click here to view original article www.ncregister.com The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, with the Religious Freedom Institute’s Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team, filed a brief. Freedom of religion is included in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. (photo: Shutterstock) Daniel Payne/CNA Nation November 27, 2023 A Jewish…
Click here to view original article helenair.com James C. Nelson Rep. Mike Johnson, R-LA, the new Mr. Speaker proposed by the Freedom Caucus and anointed by the GOP, is a curiosity to science. He’s composed of anti-matter. Here’s what he’s against — anti-: the LGBTQIA+ community (he says homosexuality should…
Click here to view original article www.ocregister.com This in response to the letter Nov. 15 from Mr. Welborn. First, he insinuated that, should Trump be elected in 2024, “the wall between church and state would crumble” because the Constitution would be superseded by the Christian Bible. No one person or…
Click here to view original article www.christianpost.com The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s superintendent of public instruction cannot intervene in a lawsuit against the state’s first religious charter school. In a decision last week, the high court denied the Oklahoma Department of Education and Superintendent Ryan Walters’…
Click here to view original article www.dailysignal.com Inside of a church with a large cross A Texas church is suing the local government, claiming that “illegal excessive” fees to install a water tap violate the U.S. Constitution and the state’s religious freedom law . First Liberty Institute, a legal organization…
Click here to view original article news.bloomberglaw.com An entrance to Seattle Pacific University in displayed. University says AG probe violates First Amendment rights Appeals ruling that it lacked standing, suit intruded on state The Ninth Circuit on Thursday will explore what may be the next frontier in the workplace clash…
Click here to view original article www.kmov.com Circuit Judge Jason Sengheiser heard arguments Thursday in a case brought by clergy challenging Missouri’s abortion ban.(Robert Cohen, Post-Dispatch | Pool photo by Robert Cohen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – More than a year after Missouri’s near-total ban on abortion…
Click here to view original article www.oklahoman.com Guest columnists Three members of the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board tell why they think a virtual Catholic school is no threat to religious liberty. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board’s recent vote approving St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School was…
Click here to view original article www.oklahoman.com Oklahoma Supreme Court The Oklahoma Supreme Court has denied a request by State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters to intervene in a lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Gentner Drummond seeking to stop the creation of what would be the nation’s first religious charter…