Click here to view original article wausaupilotandreview.com by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner March 14, 2024 In a 4-3 opinion issued Thursday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a Wisconsin Catholic Charities organization and four nonprofits affiliated with the agency can’t bow out of the Wisconsin unemployment insurance system on religious…
A Wisconsin ruling on Catholic Charities raises the bar for religious tax exemptions
Click here to view original article religionnews.com The entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers in the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond) MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Exemptions that allow religious organizations to avoid paying Wisconsin’s unemployment tax don’t apply to a Catholic charitable organization because its on-the-ground…
A Wisconsin ruling on Catholic Charities raises the bar for religious tax exemptions
Click here to view original article abcnews.go.com A ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court is raising the bar for religions to show that their charity arms deserve tax exemptions 1:13 National headlines from ABC News Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. MADISON, Wis. — Exemptions that allow religious…
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against tax exemption for Catholic charities
Click here to view original article www.courthousenews.com MADISON, Wis. (CN ) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court decided on Thursday that a group of nonprofit organizations affiliated with a Catholic diocese are not exempt from paying the state unemployment insurance tax. In a 4-3 decision split along ideological lines, the court’s…
California’s Sweeping Climate Disclosure Laws Facing Court Challenge, But That Doesn’t Mean You Can Disregard Them
Click here to view original article www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com Sweeping climate change disclosure laws recently enacted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom may never take effect if business groups prevail in a new federal lawsuit challenging the legislation. But absent an injunction, the law remains in effect, which means thousands of companies are…
Opinion | Alabama’s church-state merger and hell rides with it
Click here to view original article www.alreporter.com The recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court, which classifies frozen embryos as children under state law, is not merely a legal precedent; it is a societal earthquake that shakes the very foundations of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments and, more broadly, personal…
Alliance Defending Freedom isn’t representing you, but Christian Nationalism broadly | Opinion
Click here to view original article www.yahoo.com In a recent Idaho Statesman guest opinion , Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador complained that those who criticized him for placing Idaho’s legal affairs into the hands of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) were “whiners.” The opinion boasted that ADF’s legal services were…
Arizona Senate passes bill to allow Ten Commandments in public school classrooms
Click here to view original article www.indystar.com Madeleine Parrish The Arizona Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would allow the Ten Commandments to be posted and read aloud in public school classrooms. Senate Bill 1151, sponsored by Sen. Anthony Kern, R-Glendale, would add the Ten Commandments to a list…
Supreme Court to decide if tech companies can censor what you post on the internet
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Justice Alito Sounds Alarm After Christians Denied Jury Duty Service In Missouri
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…
‘Religious liberty’ legislation emerges from eight-year slumber at the Georgia Capitol
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…
‘Religious liberty’ legislation emerges from eight-year slumber at the Georgia Capitol
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…
Feldman: Embryos now considered children in Alabama
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…
Oklahoma: Both Sides Cite Religious Freedom in Ongoing Legal Dispute Over America’s First Religious Public School
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…
Limits of religion: How “In God We Trust” laws tests in public schools are used to push Christian Nationalism
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…
Friday letters: Religion in school, religion in government
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.…
Federal judge dismisses legal challenge to Haverstraw residential synagogue, federal law
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…
Religious discrimination case against Dave Ramsey’s company over COVID policies dismissed
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…
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Courthouse holiday displays spread cheer, hope
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…
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Washington ‘gay conversion therapy’ ban
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…
Religion has no place in abortion rights | The Perfectly Imperfect Human Condition
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…
Daniel Suhr: Obergefell’s bitter aftertaste
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…
Idaho at center of regressive abortion bans endangering patients
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…
Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Religious Land Use Case Involving Orthodox Jewish Congregation
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…
Jewish, Muslim Groups Call for Religious-Liberty Protections in Catholic-School Lawsuit
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…