Click here to view original article www.catholicnewsagency.com The Catholic bishops are backing a suit by Apache Stronghold, a coalition of Native Americans and their supporters, in its lawsuit against the federal government. The lawsuit argues that the coalition’s freedom of religion was violated when the federal government announced its intention…
U.S. Bishops, Knights of Columbus Back Apache Religious Freedom Bid at Supreme Court
Click here to view original article www.ncregister.com Religious liberty scholars from the Notre Dame Law School, Seton Hall University, and the University of St. Thomas School of Law also filed a brief backing the Native Americans. Numerous other religious groups also filed amicus briefs. The Catholic bishops are backing a…
Advocates for nation’s first Catholic charter school appeal to Supreme Court
Click here to view original article www.ncronline.org The U.S. Supreme Court building is pictured in Washington June 24. (OSV News/Reuters/Nathan Howard) The U.S. Supreme Court building is pictured in Washington June 24. (OSV News/Reuters/Nathan Howard) Staff Reporter View Author Profile Join the Conversation Send your thoughts to Letters to the…
Oklahoma Catholic Charter School Petitions US Supreme Court to Consider Approval
Click here to view original article www.ncregister.com St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School petitioned the high court to review the decision on the basis of Supreme Court precedent and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Kate Quiñones/CNA Education October 8,…
Religious groups can challenge Michigan anti-discrimination law, US appeals court rules
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com A federal appeals court has ruled a pair of lawsuits against Michigan’s anti-discrimination law filed by groups claiming it infringes on their religious liberties can continue, reversing a decision made last year by a lower court to dismiss the lawsuits. In a 37-page…
Religious groups can challenge Michigan anti-discrimination law, US appeals court rules
Click here to view original article www.usatoday.com A federal appeals court has ruled a pair of lawsuits against Michigan’s anti-discrimination law filed by groups claiming it infringes on their religious liberties can continue, reversing a decision made last year by a lower court to dismiss the lawsuits. In a 37-page…
Appeals court upholds Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors
Click here to view original article www.upi.com An appeals court Thursday upheld Colorado’s ban on minors receiving conversion therapy. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | Sept. 13 (UPI) — An appeals court Thursday ruled against a challenge to Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, saying the state can continue…
Christian School Sues Maine Over Law Deterring Religious Schools From School Choice Program
Click here to view original article www.ncregister.com First Liberty Institute asked the U.S Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to reverse a lower court decision. Bangor Christian Schools building in Bangor, Maine. (photo: Courtesy photo / First Liberty Institute) Kate Quiñones/CNA Nation September 12, 2024 A Christian school on…
Christian school sues Maine over law deterring religious schools from school choice program
Click here to view original article www.catholicnewsagency.com Bangor Christian Schools building in Bangor, Maine. | Credit: Photo courtesy of First Liberty Institute CNA Staff, Sep 11, 2024 / 16:11 pm A Christian school on Sept. 3 filed an appeal against Maine for attempting to dodge a U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
Federal appeals court upholds Title IX exemption for religious schools
Click here to view original article www.ncronline.org Notre Dame football players at the Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz. 2016. University of Notre Dame football players are seen during the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., in this 2016 file photo. (OSV News/Mark J. Rebilas, Action Images via USA TODAY Sports and Reuters)…
Evangelical Broadcasters Sue Over IRS Ban on Political Endorsements
Click here to view original article www.christianitytoday.com National Religious Broadcasters convention in Nashville Bob Smietana / RNS A group of evangelical broadcasters who hosted Donald Trump at their national conference earlier this year are suing the Internal Revenue Service over the so-called Johnson Amendment, a tax law that bars nonprofits…
US court upholds Title IX exemption for religious schools
Click here to view original article www.ucanews.com A federal appeals court allows religious schools to receive federal funding despite challenges from LGBTQ+ students People send out love during the Boston Pride Parade in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 8. (Photo: AFP) Updated: September 04, 2024 05:03 AM GMT A federal appeals…
New Course on Current Issues in Law, Faith, and Religion Invites Leading Scholars to the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
Click here to view original article www.pepperdine.edu Caruso School of Law Expanding on the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law’s many law, faith, and religion course offerings, the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics launched a groundbreaking new course in fall 2023 titled Current Issues in Law, Faith, and Religion.…
Ocala files appeal after prayer vigil ruled unconstitutional
Click here to view original article www.wuft.org Then-Ocala Mayor Kent Guinn, left, talks to Edrige Rivers, 51, at a 2014 prayer vigil. A federal court ruled the vigil unconstitutional, and the city of Ocala is appealing the decision. (WUFT file photo) TALLAHASSEE — After a federal judge ruled that a…
Ocala files notice of appeal after prayer vigil ruled unconstitutional
Click here to view original article www.wcjb.com OCALA, Fla. (NSF) — After a federal judge ruled that a prayer vigil in a town square was unconstitutional, the city of Ocala has taken a long-running lawsuit to a federal appeals court. Attorneys for Ocala last week filed a notice that is…
Catholic Charities asks Supreme Court to protect First Amendment rights in battle against the state
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Christian and conservative professors divided over Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments law
Click here to view original article www.thecollegefix.com Political science professors at conservative and Christian colleges are split over the constitutionality of a new Louisiana law that requires all public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The law already faces a legal challenge from several families as well…
Why Christian adoption agencies should have the right to deny Jewish couples
Click here to view original article religionnews.com (Image by Sebastian/Pixabay/Creative Commons) (RNS) — It might seem strange that an Orthodox Jewish rabbi would side with a Christian adoption agency that refused to accommodate a Jewish couple. But I do. Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram, of Knox County, Tennessee, wanted to adopt…
Will Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry endorse school prayer following new Ten Commandments law?
Click here to view original article www.shreveporttimes.com Will Louisiana consider mandating religious prayer in schools after it became the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school and university classroom? Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry was asked specifically if he believes organized prayer should…
Connecticut’s top court upholds ban on religious exemptions
Click here to view original article justthenews.com (The Center Square) – (The Center Square) — Connecticut’s highest court has rejected another legal challenge to the state’s pandemic-era law repealing religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements. Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruling rejected several claims by the plaintiffs in the case, who argued…
Churches, religious bodies required to file financial returns in proposed law
Click here to view original article citizen.digital A cross is seen on the roof of a church. REUTERS/FILE All churches and religious organisations will be required to submit financial returns every year to the government if a proposed draft law to curb religious extremism and extortion is passed. The draft…
Philadelphia DA Must Face Religious Bias Claim Over Vax Mandate
Click here to view original article news.bloomberglaw.com Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks to reporters on Nov. 7, 2022. Prosecutor defended rule as public safety measure Jury could view comments as hostile to religion The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office cannot escape a lawsuit from an employee who was fired for…
Why mandating biblical texts in public schools may backfire
Click here to view original article religionnews.com Workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off of Interstate 71 on Election Day near Chenoweth, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2023. Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into…
At least eight large Oklahoma school districts rebuke Ryan Walters’ order to teach Bible
Click here to view original article www.yahoo.com Less than a month before Oklahoma school districts begin classes, state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters on Wednesday issued guidance for how they might incorporate his directive, issued in late June, that the Bible be taught in every classroom. “Immediate and complete implementation of…
At least eight large Oklahoma school districts rebuke Ryan Walters’ order to teach Bible
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com Less than a month before Oklahoma school districts begin classes, state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters on Wednesday issued guidance for how they might incorporate his directive, issued in late June, that the Bible be taught in every classroom. “Immediate and complete implementation of…