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Click here to view full article at www.lifesitenews.com Shutterstock OTTAWA, June 15, 2018 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The Supreme Court decision favoring LGBTQ “rights” over a Christian college’s freedom to uphold Christian moral standards is an outright attack on religious freedom, said a number of critics. In a pair of…
Click here to view full article at lawandreligionforum.org Another slightly longer thought on the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision. Many were interested to see how the role of “animus” might affect the outcome in the case, and specifically the free exercise leg of the case. Animus played a starring role. Animus mattered…
Click here to view full article at www1.cbn.com Many religious liberty advocates were thrilled with last week’s Supreme Court ruling which seemingly vindicated a Colorado baker who declined to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple, citing his Christian beliefs. A recent decision by an Arizona appellate court, however,…
Click here to view full article at lawandreligionforum.org Another slightly longer thought on the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision. Many were interested to see how the role of “animus” might affect the outcome in the case, and specifically the free exercise leg of the case. Animus played a starring role. Animus mattered…
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com More answers to readers’ queries and comments Below is a further compilation of “Quick Answers” to questions which have arisen from searches of, or comments during the past couple of weeks, providing links to our blog posts addressing these issues. As before,…
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com More answers to readers’ queries and comments Below is a further compilation of “Quick Answers” to questions which have arisen from searches of, or comments during the past couple of weeks, providing links to our blog posts addressing these issues. As before,…
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com Advocate General Wathelet has issued his Opinion in IR (Social policy – Occupational activities of churches – Opinion) [2018] EUECJ C-68/17 O . The facts The Roman Catholic Church in Germany requires that Church managerial employees such as doctors who are Heads…
Click here to view full article at dailycaller.com An American 20 dollar bill note. (YouTube screenshot/NowThis World) A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the federal government can lawfully print “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency. Though the result is a victory…
Click here to view full article at www.irishtimes.com German hospital not entitled to fire surgeon who divorced and remarried in a civil ceremony The complainant, named as JQ, was head of the Internal Medicine Department of a Catholic hospital in Düsseldorf. A Catholic hospital in Germany was not entitled to…
Click here to view full article at sobserver.ws Re: Church opposes tax law I do not support this law by the Samoa government. It is NOT RIGHT and it has many bad consequences if enforced. First of all the money donated by the parishioners or members of a congregation to…
Click here to view full article at catholicleader.com.au Religious freedom: Jesuit Father Frank Brennan, former attorney general Philip Ruddock and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. THE Federal Government has received a report into religious freedom in Australia, but it could be weeks before the findings are made public. Prime Minister Malcolm…
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com More answers to readers’ queries and comments Below is a further compilation of “Quick Answers” to questions which have arisen from searches of, or comments during the past couple of weeks, providing links to our blog posts addressing these issues. As before,…
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com More answers to readers’ queries and comments Below is a further compilation of “Quick Answers” to questions which have arisen from searches of, or comments during the past couple of weeks, providing links to our blog posts addressing these issues. As before,…
Click here to view full article at www.wsws.org US Education Secretary billionaire Betsy DeVos. Credit: Gage Skidmore On Tuesday and Wednesday last week, US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made her first official visit to New York City. She declined to visit the nation’s largest public school district and instead…
Click here to view full article at www.pnj.com Buy Photo The fate of Pensacola’s Bayview Park cross now rests with three federal judges after oral arguments were held Wednesday morning in Atlanta in the appeal of last year’s lower federal court ruling ordering the cross be removed from the public…
Click here to view full article at religionclause.blogspot.com In Diocese of Palm Beach, Inc. v. Gallagher , (FL App., May 9, 2018), a Florida state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine requires dismissal of a defamation suit brought by a Catholic priest against the diocese in which he…
Click here to view full article at religionclause.blogspot.com A lawsuit was filed yesterday in Michigan federal district court against the University of Michigan challenging provisions in its disciplinary code prohibiting harassment, bullying and bias-related conduct, and enforcement of these provisions by the University’s Bias Response Team. The lawsuit contends that…
Click here to view full article at www.mcall.com The Lehigh County seal (Contributed Photo / THE MORNING CALL) A group of 20 religious and civil rights organizations have filed a brief supporting a federal court’s ruling against Lehigh County, arguing the county seal is unconstitutional because features a cross .…
Click here to view full article at www.mcall.com The Lehigh County seal (Contributed Photo / THE MORNING CALL) A group of 20 religious and civil rights organizations have filed a brief supporting a federal court’s ruling against Lehigh County, arguing the county seal is unconstitutional because features a cross .…
Click here to view full article at www.mcall.com The Lehigh County seal (Contributed Photo / THE MORNING CALL) A group of 20 religious and civil rights organizations have filed a brief supporting a federal court’s ruling against Lehigh County, arguing the county seal is unconstitutional because features a cross .…
Click here to view full article at www.mcall.com The Lehigh County seal (Contributed Photo / THE MORNING CALL) A group of 20 religious and civil rights organizations have filed a brief supporting a federal court’s ruling against Lehigh County, arguing the county seal is unconstitutional because features a cross .…
Click here to view full article at evangelicalfocus.com European Court of Justice. In recent years, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the American Supreme Court have taken some decisions regarding the hiring of religious employees. For example, in 2012 a teacher laid off from a school linked to…
Click here to view full article at www.greeleytribune.com Kirkpatrick, R. Craig Recently, a series of letters have appeared on the editorial page of The Tribune addressing the issue of religious practice within our public square. One writer offered an opinion of those who argue that teaching the Bible should be…
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com Local elections apart, such a quiet week that on Saturday The Sun led with the story that a bloke was buying a suit… …and the newspaper both created and solved the Church Mystery: Grave of woman who died in 2011 mysteriously appears…
Click here to view full article at www.ncronline.org Students wait in line outside the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in 2015. (CNS/University of Notre Dame/Barbara Johnston) The University of Notre Dame changed its mind again earlier this year. Holy Cross Fr.…