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Click here to view original article paisano-online.com Storm Goodman The boundaries between religious freedom, the separation of church and state and the principles of public institutions have been debated for years. In the United States, the First Amendment assures the free exercise of any religion, yet it also prohibits the…
Click here to view original article www.mvtimes.com The First Amendment’s two religion clauses require the government to “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Historically, the Supreme Court has interpreted these clauses by saying, for example, that a government official like a public…
Click here to view original article dailymontanan.com Commentary Newly elected U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, delivers remarks with fellow Republicans on the East Front steps of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 25, 2023 in Washington, D.C. After a contentious nominating period that…
Click here to view original article www.counterpunch.org November 7, 2023 House Speaker Mike Johnson on FoxNews Sunday. 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…
Click here to view original article www.yahoo.com A Puyallup pastor endorsed two city council candidates from his pulpit Sunday, Oct. 29, in what appears to be a violation of the Johnson Amendment , a law that prohibits churches and other houses of religion from participating in political campaigns. Motion Church…
Click here to view original article religionunplugged.com (ANALYSIS) In 1996, a school board in eastern Texas created a program called Clergy in Schools. Beaumont Independent School District recruited volunteer clergy to counsel K-12 students on topics such as self-esteem, peer pressure and violence. The goal, officials said, was to create…
Click here to view original article catholicreview.org Oklahoma’s Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond sued Oct. 20, 2023, to challenge the constitutionality of the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approving the funding of a religious charter school. The board approved an application for the school submitted by the Archdiocese of…
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Click here to view original article news.google.com On October 18, the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board executed a contract with St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, creating the nation’s first religious charter school. The board approved St. Isidore’s application earlier this year. Enforcing Oklahoma’s ban on religious charter…
Click here to view original article www.deseret.com Alex Cochran, Deseret News The heartbeat of this nation is our unwavering commitment to religious freedom — the ability to pray and worship without persecution. The following remarks are adapted from a speech given by Sen. Mike Lee on Oct. 18 at the…
Click here to view original article minnlawyer.com Depositphotos.com image “COVID-19 has threatened the lives and livelihoods of everyone on this planet.” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, World Health Organization The recent uptick of COVID was a stark reminder that the affliction still exists. So, too, are COVID-related cases, including ones…
Click here to view original article www.texastribune.org McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley has waged a battle against the State Commission on Judicial Conduct after it issued a public warning against her for refusing to perform same-sex marriages. Sign up for The Brief , The Texas Tribune’s daily…
Click here to view original article angelusnews.com The Oklahoma attorney general filed a lawsuit, claiming the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School, which would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, violates the state’s religious liberty protections. (OSV News/Chris Porter, courtesy of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma) The…
Click here to view original article www.denverpost.com Colorado can’t prohibit a Catholic health clinic from using a controversial medication abortion “reversal” treatment, a federal judge ruled over the weekend in a lawsuit that seeks to block the first-of-its-kind state law on religious freedom grounds. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Domenico…
Click here to view original article www.pawhuskajournalcapital.com Oklahoma’s attorney general on Friday, Oct. 20 filed a lawsuit against what he characterized as a violation of the religious freedom rights of the state’s residents. Attorney General Gentner Drummond sued the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board for approving what would be…
Click here to view original article www.news9.com The Oklahoma attorney general has filed a lawsuit against publicly funded religious school. Governor Kevin Stitt and State Superintendent Ryan Walters responded. OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a lawsuit regarding the first ever publicly funded religious charter school. Drummond…
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma Attorney General has filed a lawsuit over the controversial religious public charter school saying it violates the state and U.S. Constitutions. Attorney General brought the suit against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board for approving what…
Click here to view original article www.christianpost.com A group of Christian parents have filed a lawsuit against California over a charter school policy prohibiting the inclusion of religious materials in homeschool study programs. The parents of school-aged children who participate in the independent study programs of Blue Ridge Academy and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…