Freedom of Religion Tag

Guam Legislature Overrides Veto, Approves Religious Charter Schools Amid Dueling Constitutional Arguments

Posted by Terrance Kible on July 27, 2023 18 Comments

Governor: Religious charter schools violate the Establishment Clause. Legislature, Attorney General: The Free Exercise Clause prevents Guam from denying publicly available funds to religious charter schools....

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NY Times Runs Yet Another Suspiciously-Timed Hit Piece on Hasidic Yeshivas, Casts Them as “Lawbreakers”

Posted by Jane Coleman on July 03, 2023 23 Comments

NYT dropped the article just before the Sabbath of a holiday weekend, so that those affected could not respond for at least 24 hours....

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Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Christian Web Designer Who Refused to Design Sites for Gay Weddings

Posted by Terrance Kible on June 30, 2023 59 Comments

"The framers designed the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to protect the 'freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think.'"...

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Court Blocks Federal Civil Rights Agency From Suing Christian-Owned Business Over LGBT Firings

Posted by Terrance Kible on June 24, 2023 14 Comments

"Being forced to employ someone to represent the company who behaves in a manner directly violative of the company’s convictions is a substantial burden," the three-judge panel of Republican appointees found....

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North Korea: Christians in Possession of Bible Face Execution, Prison — Including Children 

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on May 28, 2023 18 Comments

"70,000 Christians have been imprisoned in camps along with those believers from other religions."...

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Biden Admin Stopped Threatening OK Catholic Hospital System Over the Chapel’s Sanctuary Lamp

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 05, 2023 46 Comments

The Department of Health & Human Services told the system "it would lose its ability to accept Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)" if it did not remove the candle from the chapel....

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Fact Checking Media Claims of Israel’s Anti-Christian Bias

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 22, 2023 12 Comments

Number of Christian worshipers limited based on church's own security assessment. Similar restrictions also on Jewish pilgrims at Mount Meron....

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Yeshiva U Fight Against Order It Recognize Student Pride Alliance Suffers Blow When Denied “Leave To Appeal” to NY High Ct

Posted by Jane Coleman on April 02, 2023 19 Comments

YU's lawyer: “The parties will press forward with discovery,” after which Yeshiva can appeal to the Court of Appeals and, if necessary, the United States Supreme Court.”...

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Court Strikes NY State Regulations Threatening Orthodox Jewish Yeshivas Under “Substantial Equivalency” Test

Posted by Jane Coleman on March 24, 2023 28 Comments

Court finds the state education department exceeded its authority in requiring religious schools to provide the substantial equivalent of secular education: "Parents should be given a reasonable opportunity to prove that the substantial equivalency requirements for their children's education are satisfied by instruction provided through...

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Equal Protection Project Files Opposition to Biden Education Dept. Rule Rescinding Trump-Pence Campus Religious Protections

Posted by James Nault on March 22, 2023 3 Comments

Proposal would remove Trump-Pence era regulation mandating that higher education treat campus religious groups and secular groups equally...

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NYC Comptroller to Yeshiva University: Recognize LGBTQ Club or Risk Public Funding

Posted by Jane Coleman on March 03, 2023 45 Comments

Comptroller warns: "I must urge your institution to change course and offer a secure environment for your LGBTQ+ students and staff to create a supportive space to rightfully express their full selves."...

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Eric Adams: ‘When We Took Prayers Out of Schools, Guns Came Into Schools’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 01, 2023 39 Comments

"Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state. State is the body, church is the heart. You take the heart out of the body, the body dies."...

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Nicaragua Regime Sentences Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez to 26 Years for Treason

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 14, 2023 15 Comments

“The defendant Rolando José Álvarez Lagos is held to be a traitor to the country.”...

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Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips Loses Appeal Over Transgender Transition Celebration Cake

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 26, 2023 97 Comments

It's never really over in the culture war, is it? Perhaps on a second trip to the U.S. Supreme Court we will finally get a ruling on the merits of whether anti-discrimination laws can be used to compel speech with which the speaker disagrees on...

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Yeshiva University Inches Its Way Back To SCOTUS By Appealing LGBTQ Club Ruling To NY’s Highest Court

Posted by Jane Coleman on January 19, 2023 15 Comments

The motion is the latest step on YU's path back to the United States Supreme Court....

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Yeshiva University Must Recognize LGBTQ Club, Appeals Court Rules

Posted by Jane Coleman on December 16, 2022 24 Comments

Rejects Yeshiva's claim to be an exempt "religious corporation" and rejects Yeshiva's 1st Amendment claim: "Providing the Pride Alliance with full and equal access to public accommodations does not intrude on Yeshiva’s asserted right “to decide matters ‘of faith and doctrine.’"...

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Court: Barrington (RI) School Committee Liable For Attorney’s Fees Of Teachers Fired Over Covid Vax Mandate

Posted by Jane Coleman on October 09, 2022 10 Comments

A follow up to our prior coverage of the three Christian teachers fired after the district refused even to consider their requests for religious exemption. Court imposed a $500 fine for an open meetings violation and more significantly, the teacher's attorney's fees that could be...

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Yeshiva University and ‘Pride Alliance’ Agree To Stay Of State Court Order That Forced School To Officially Recognize LGBT Group

Posted by Jane Coleman on September 23, 2022 10 Comments

The Supreme Court indicated it likely would take the case once state appeals were exhausted, and likely would rule in favor of the university....

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