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The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo Jan 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by an evangelical Christian former mail carrier in Pennsylvania who accused the U.S. Postal Service of religious bias after…
Gerald Groff appears in an image provided to Law&Crime by his lawyers. The Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in the case of an evangelical Christian postal worker who says that his religious freedom was violated when he was forced to surrender his job as the only means of avoiding delivering…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by an evangelical Christian former mail carrier in Pennsylvania who accused the U.S. Postal Service of religious bias after being reprimanded for refusing to deliver packages on Sundays. The justices took up Gerald Groff’s case after lower courts dismissed…
CVS Health is facing another lawsuit brought by a former employee who claims the pharmacy chain’s decision to fire her after she refused to prescribe birth control to patients violated her religious rights under federal law. J. Robyn Strader, a nurse practitioner and Texas resident, worked at a CVS MinuteClinic…
The parish fears the school will be targeted, in the wake of the Michigan Supreme Court’s recent reinterpretation of state antidiscrimination laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Sacred Heart parish worries that a reinterpretation of a law would prevent Sacred Heart Academy from maintaining its standard-of-conduct policies for…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Burtonsville landowners who claim Montgomery County illegally enforced a zoning requirement that prevented a Christian group from building a church on their land. Without comment, the justices let stand a lower court ruling that the county did not…
On Dec. 15, 2022, a New York appellate court unanimously affirmed a lower court’s order, entered June 24, 2022 (discussed here ), which had permanently enjoined Yeshiva University (YU) from refusing to recognize the Yeshiva Pride Alliance as an official student organization. The New York Appellate Division, First Department issued…
Joe Kennedy expects to return for the 2023 season — but the prayer case’s impact could go far beyond the high school football field. FILE – Bremerton assistant football coach Joe Kennedy, obscured at center in blue, is surrounded by Centralia High School football players as they kneel and pray…
Getty Images/Cristian Bortes/EyeEm A federal judge has temporarily blocked the state of New York from enforcing its new law banning guns in houses of worship against a pastor and church who argue that the law violates their constitutional rights. Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. of the Western District of New…
FILE PHOTO: A gavel and a block is pictured at the George Glazer Gallery antique store in this illustration picture taken in Manhattan, New York City Bronson Winslow on December 30, 2022 NEW YORK, NY – New York’s gun ban in churches has hit a brick wall. According to court…
Defence Cabinet Secretary Adan Duale recently sparked a debate over the right of Muslim girls and women to wear the hijab. In a Quran Competition, Duale suggested that Muslim women must wear hijabs whenever in public, and those who oppose it should move elsewhere. Many, including senior government officials such…
Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy stands at the center of the field on the 50 yard line at Bremerton Memorial Stadium, Nov. 5, 2015. Kennedy is in a conflict with the Bremerton School District over his silent prayer after football games. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun) A lower…
A statue of Mary near the U.S. flag a first grade classroom during former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ visit to Sacred Heart Academy in Grand Rapids in 2020. The parish and school are suing the state over the inclusion of LGBTQ protections into the state civil rights act. (Cory…
A statue of Mary near the U.S. flag a first grade classroom during former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ visit to Sacred Heart Academy in Grand Rapids in 2020. The parish and school are suing the state over the inclusion of LGBTQ protections into the state civil rights act. (Cory…
A statue of Mary near the U.S. flag a first grade classroom during former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ visit to Sacred Heart Academy in Grand Rapids in 2020. The parish and school are suing the state over the inclusion of LGBTQ protections into the state civil rights act. (Cory…
It’s just waiting for someone to walk through it. getty The Supreme Court has slowly and steadily busted a hole in the wall between church and state when it comes to education. AG opinion: Statute barring charter school operators from religious affiliation unconstitutional (nondoc.com) In a fifteen-page opinion issued December…
​ Takeaway: An employee who has been fired may attempt to challenge the dismissal under one or more anti-discrimination laws. However, the worker is required to provide enough evidence in support of the claim to merit a court’s review—a simple allegation of wrongdoing is not enough. An employer’s best defense…
What just happened? On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in 303 Creative v. Elenis , an important free speech case that involves a wedding website designer and has important religious liberty implications. What is the case about? According to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) (the law firm defending…
UVA Health (File) CHARLOTTESVILE, Va. (WHSV) – The Founding Freedoms Law Center joined with the law firm of CrossCastle, PLLC to file a class-action lawsuit against the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System in federal court on Dec. 13. The lawsuit, which names six former employees, is filed on behalf…
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill into law that he says will ensure that same-sex marriage remains legal but that critics say goes much further than that by also threatening religious liberty. The bill, the Respect for Marriage Act ( H.R. 8404 ), defines marriage as “between 2…
Unsplash photo by Element5 Digital. Vermont will now apply its tuition benefit program to families who choose to send their children to religious schools. In 1869, Vermont established its Town Tuition Program to provide vouchers to families so they could attend the school of their choice when living in a…
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill codifying same-sex marriage into federal law, sending the measure to President Joe Biden’s desk. The Respect for Marriage Act passed the Democrat-led House in a 258-169 vote Thursday. The vote comes a week after the U.S. Senate approved the legislation in…
Some religious plaintiffs are winning, but often on narrow grounds. U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (photo: Pixabay) Where is the U.S. Supreme Court going on religious freedom? The court’s current trend is to grant religious-freedom claims. That was true even before Amy Coney Barrett joined the court in October…
On December 1, Oklahoma attorney general John O’Connor issued an opinion letter concluding that the state’s laws prohibiting religious charter schools are unconstitutional. The prohibitions, he found, run afoul of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Carson v. Makin , which held that Maine’s exclusion of religious schools from a…
A Catholic church in St. Johns is challenging Michigan’s updated civil rights law in federal court because leaders say the change violates the church’s constitutional rights. In the suit filed Monday, St. Joseph’s parish alleged the state’s redefinition of "sex" in the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act protects others because of…