Click here to view original article www.newsobserver.com The courts must stay out of Charlotte Catholic High School’s decision to fire a beloved theater teacher for being gay and posting about his engagement on Facebook, according to a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Wednesday. A panel of three judges…
First Amendment rights provide Americans broad leeway, but there are also limitations
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com Editor’s note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of America. Amendments are part of the Constitution. The…
Catholic and Anglican nuns defend religious freedom in New York’s highest court
Click here to view original article www.catholicnewsagency.com Anglican nuns from Sisterhood of Saint Mary (photographed with bishops from the Anglican Church of North America’s Diocese of the Living Word) are among those suing the state of New York for requiring that they cover abortion in their health plans. | Credit:…
Sex discrimination case against Moody Bible Institute may proceed
Click here to view original article baptistnews.com A sex discrimination lawsuit filed against Moody Bible Institute can proceed after a federal appeals court ruled the litigation poses no threat to the Chicago school’s constitutionally protected religious autonomy. The evangelical institution said it fired communications instructor Janay Garrick in 2017 for…
Legal Representative ‘Very Hopeful’ on Oklahoma Catholic School Court Case
Click here to view original article thetablet.org Holy Family Cathedral in downtown Tulsa, Okla., is pictured in an undated photo. (Photo: Diocese of Tulsa) PROSPECT HEIGHTS — After presenting an oral argument to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, a legal representative for the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board is “very hopeful”…
Oklahoma Supreme Court justices weigh a religious charter school. It would be first in US.
Click here to view original article www.yahoo.com The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a case that could pry open the door to publicly funded religious charter schools across the country. The state’s virtual charter school board approved a proposal to establish the school in a narrow vote last summer.…
Nation’s First Tax-Funded Religious Charter School Will Go Before Oklahoma Supreme Court This Week
Click here to view original article www.nysun.com Families are ‘better off with more choices,’ backers of the school tell the Sun. Opponents say it tramples on the separation of church and state. Oral arguments are set for Tuesday morning after the state’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma…
Court: ‘Religious motivation’ doesn’t exempt Catholic Charities from unemployment insurance
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…
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…
‘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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
James C. Nelson: Mr. Speaker starts with list of negatives
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…
Trump, Biden and the old Christian nation: Letters
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…
Local Government Violates the Constitution by Charging Taxes Disguised as Fees, Church Claims in New Lawsuit
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…