Justices Decline to Revisit Who Is a Minister Under Job Bias Law

Justices Decline to Revisit Who Is a Minister Under Job Bias Law

A gavel is displayed. Massachusetts religious college to face teacher’s suit State’s top court found job didn’t make her a ‘minister’ A Massachusetts religious college failed to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to review a state court ruling that a former teacher can sue for alleged job bias because she…

Potential Supreme Court nominee faces questions on religious rights case

Leondra R. Kruger argued 12 cases at the Supreme Court, representing the United States in both Republican and Democratic administrations, and one of them is receiving special scrutiny as President Biden decides whether to nominate her to the bench. The Supreme Court’s 2012 decision in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church v.…

Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Boston’s Refusal to Fly Christian Flag

Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Boston’s Refusal to Fly Christian Flag

City Hall in Boston. The city refused to fly the flag of Camp Constitution, a Christian organization, saying that it would amount to government endorsement of religion.Credit…Ted Shaffrey/Associated Press WASHINGTON — The City of Boston, which refused to let a private group raise a Christian flag in front of its…

OPINION: What is a chaplain?

OPINION: What is a chaplain?

Having talked a lot about being a Christian and church life, perhaps I also need to point out some salient issues involving chaplains. When I was a chaplain for the Bella Vista Police Department, I knocked on one door and introduced myself as a chaplain. The person at the door…

[OPINION] Thoughts on mandatory military service for all Filipinos

[OPINION] Thoughts on mandatory military service for all Filipinos

Primarily, I want to focus my argument on the effects of mandatory military service on civil liberties since many have already cited the adverse impact on government funding. As Dean Ronald Mendoza of ASoG stated, a “mandatory and poorly funded program is a waste of time for our youth (and…

EXPLAINER: The Boston flag case

EXPLAINER: The Boston flag case

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Shurtleff v. Boston , a key First Amendment case before the court this term. Here’s what you need to know about this case: What is this case about? The City of Boston manages three flagpoles in front of…

Supreme Court to decide a key case in separation of church and state

Supreme Court to decide a key case in separation of church and state

One of the smartest things the framers of the United States Constitution did for the future of the government they were designing was to both mandate freedom from state-sponsored religion and freedom to choose one’s own form of worship. These principles were concisely summed up in a single phrase in…

Guest column: Is the United States still a Christian nation?

Guest column: Is the United States still a Christian nation?

Is America a Christian nation? Should it be? What does it even mean for a country to be a Christian nation or a nation of any other religion? These were among the questions Pastor Jim Eaton of Mosaic Church in Frederick, Md., and I discussed for the National Day of…

Religious News From Around the Web December 27, 2021

Religious News From Around the Web December 27, 2021

Houses of Worship Struggle to Rebuild Attendance; Michigan City Gets Ready for All-Muslim Government; New York Can Force Photographer to Take Pictures for Same-Sex Wedding; Archdiocese sues LAUSD, alleging it kept federal funds from Catholic schools; Maine Tuition Case Before SCOTUS; China Will Ban Foreigners From Offering Online Religious Services;…

U.P. Congressman Supports Religious Exemptions For Navy Vaccine Mandate

U.P. Congressman Supports Religious Exemptions For Navy Vaccine Mandate

Rep. Jack Bergman and 37 House Republicans led by Rep. Mike Johnson, filed an Amicus Brief before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in support of 35 Navy service members seeking religious accommodations for the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The brief states: “The…