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Wyoming Rescue Mission (file photo) ADF attorneys representing Casper homeless shelter favorably settle case with state, federal government officials Two months after filing a lawsuit on behalf of the Wyoming Rescue Mission, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys reached a favorable settlement with state and federal government officials. As part of the…
Wyoming Rescue Mission (file photo) ADF attorneys representing Casper homeless shelter favorably settle case with state, federal government officials Two months after filing a lawsuit on behalf of the Wyoming Rescue Mission, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys reached a favorable settlement with state and federal government officials. As part of the…
Montgomery County validly enforced a zoning requirement that two Burtonsville landowners claim prevented a Christian group from building a church on their land, the county stated Monday in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to deny the owners’ request that it hear their appeal. Burtonsville Associates and Burtonsville Crossing LLC allege…
Church support for Respect for Marriage Act shows what a tangled mess religion and politics make (Rick Bowmer | AP photo) In this Jan. 3, 2018, photo, the angel Moroni statue, silhouetted against the sky, sits atop the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. My wife…
Council Bluffs officials did not violate the rights of dog owners when they banned keeping pit bulls and similar dogs within the city, a federal appeals court has affirmed. The city’s ordinance, which took effect in 2005, bans owning, keeping or selling pit bulls, defined in the law as any…
Notre Dame, IN — A Muslim man’s request to pray in accordance with the dictates of his Islamic faith was repeatedly denied by correctional officers in the Dodge County Detention Facility in Wisconsin. His case addresses the lack of religious accommodations made for practicing Muslims in prison systems. The Notre…
Web designer Lorie Smith is shown in her office on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in the southwest part of Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) LITTLETON — A Christian web designer who contends her religious beliefs prevent her from making wedding websites for gay couples said Monday that her legal battle…
Web designer Lorie Smith is shown in her office on Nov. 7, 2022, in Littleton, Colo. A Christian web designer who contends her religious beliefs prevent her from making wedding websites for gay couples said Monday that her legal battle in the U.S. Supreme Court next month is about protecting…
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) LITTLETON, Colo. — A Christian web designer who contends her religious beliefs prevent her from making wedding websites for gay couples said Monday that her legal battle in the U.S. Supreme Court next month is…
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A Christian web designer who contends her religious beliefs prevent her from making wedding websites for gay couples said Monday that her legal battle in the U.S. Supreme Court next month is about protecting everyone’s right to free speech. Lorie Smith spoke about her case, which…
COMMENTARY: When the Supreme Court takes up 303 Creative v. Elenis on Dec. 5, we will find out if people who believe that marriage is between one man and one woman will be shielded from reprisal. Web designer Lorie Smith is taking her case 303 Creative v. Elenis to the…
American Samoa’s delegation during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 23, 2021. The Insular Cases, which deny citizens of Puerto Rico and four other US territories full constitutional rights, remain good law after the US Supreme Court denied review of a case involving birthright citizenship.…
A state appeals court Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by a Waco justice of the peace who sued after a state ethics agency rebuked her in 2019 for refusing to marry same-sex couples. Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley sued the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, arguing that its sanction violated…
Notre Dame, IN — Religious social service organizations in many states—from adoption agencies to food pantries—may be faced with the choice of secularizing or giving up their funding and closing as a result of a recent decision regarding privately operated charter schools in North Carolina. The Notre Dame Religious Liberty…
In a previous court ruling, judges said that the matter had been resolved because the couple ended up becoming foster parents. Now, the couple is appealing. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Jewish couple in Knox County who was denied by a Methodist foster care agency is arguing they can fairly sue…
Charter Day School in Leland, NC The University of Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic, along with the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty and the Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute, filed an amicus brief in support of Charter Day School in Brunswick County,…
According to a press release from the Thomas More Society, Miller was approached by a lesbian couple in August 2017 after they asked her to design a custom cake for their wedding. The couple then filed a complaint with California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), a state agency…
A California judge has ruled in favor of a Christian cake designer in the latest court decision regarding the conflict between religious freedom and same-sex marriage. Read This Issue More Newsletters Eric Bradshaw, a Superior Court judge in Kern County, said in an October 21 opinion the state violated Cathy…
A California judge has ruled in favor of a Christian cake designer in the latest court decision regarding the conflict between religious freedom and same-sex marriage. Read This Issue More Newsletters Eric Bradshaw, a Superior Court judge in Kern County, said in an October 21 opinion the state violated Cathy…
Lady Justice and the United States Supreme Court building. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear another case about what states can force people to do when it comes to their faith and their business. The issues at stake are nearly identical to Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission…
Bryan Thomas for The New York Times As an Episcopal priest at a parish in Brooklyn, I’ve officiated at scores of weddings. At each one, I stand in wonder at the divine presence that envelops couples as they make solemn vows to each other. At my own wedding, though, I…
Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a group of Christian business owners and employees need not pay for a medication prescribed to prevent HIV infection…
Cannabis plants. Photo by Crystalweed Cannabis/Unsplash/Creative Commons (RNS) — A cannabis church in Southern California — which was shut down by the county of San Bernardino over accusations it was illegally functioning as a dispensary — is taking its fight to reopen to the state Supreme Court, arguing that it…
Justice Hemant Gupta “The State has not denied admission to the students from attending classes. If they choose not to attend classes due to the uniform that has been prescribed, it is a voluntary act of such students,” he wrote, adding that “a student, thus, cannot claim the right to…
Robert Lee Tradition has several definitions, one of which comes from Dictionary.com : "A long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting." Such a tradition has been in place from the beginning of our country when it comes to the separation of church and state. There have been some strong…