Freedom of Religion Tag

NY State Proposed Regulations Threaten Orthodox Jewish Schools

Posted by Jane Coleman on July 18, 2022 41 Comments

A proposed set of regulations that require private schools to be “substantially equivalent” to public schools threaten to wreak havoc with Orthodox Jewish yeshivas in New York. Religious education leaders and parents are starting to fight back....

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Praying Coach Vindicated at SCOTUS in Another Big Religious Freedom Win

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2022 24 Comments

Gorsuch for the 6-3 Majority: "Joseph Kennedy lost his job as a high school football coach because he knelt at midfield after games to offer a quiet prayer of thanks...

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Religious Liberty Win – Supreme Court Strikes Maine Law That Funded Secular But Not Religious Private Education

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2022 69 Comments

Ruling: The state does not have to fund private education, but once it decides to fund private education, it can't discriminate against religious private schools. Let the hysterical overreactions begin!...

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Palestinians Vandalize, Set Fire to Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus 

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 12, 2022 27 Comments

The Times of Israel: "Overnight Sunday, around 100 Palestinians broke into the site, rioted and smashed objects inside, and set it ablaze." ...

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Supreme Court Refuses To Halt NY State Healthcare Worker Vaccine Mandate Lacking Religious Exemption

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2021 43 Comments

Gorsuch dissent: "Those who cite medical reasons are exempt. But no comparable exemption exists for individuals whose sincere religious beliefs prevent them from taking one of the currently available vaccines. It seems New York is one of just three States to have a scheme like...

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Lawsuit Filed Against University of Nebraska-Lincoln by Christian Student Group

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 31, 2021 2 Comments

"The University of Nebraska-Lincoln should have no problem supporting speakers from a wide variety of viewpoints on campus, including Christian speakers."...

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Barrett and Kavanaugh Join Supreme Court Liberals To Reject Stay Of Maine Vax Mandate Lacking Religious Exemption

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2021 48 Comments

Worried about the shadow docket: "Were the standard otherwise, applicants could use the emergency docket to force the Court to give a merits preview in cases that it would be unlikely to take—and to doso on a short fuse without benefit of full briefing and...

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Afghanistan: Taliban Desecrate Sikh Temple in Kabul, Arrest Worshipers

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on October 07, 2021 13 Comments

The temple sheltered hundreds Hindus and Sikhs refugees....

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Lawsuit: NY’s Gov’s Vax Mandate Deliberately Ignores Constitution and Federal Law Prohibiting Religious Discrimination

Posted by Ameer Benno on September 21, 2021 33 Comments

Although the regulation allows for a medical exemption from the vaccination requirement, it provides no religious exemption whatsoever. This was no oversight....

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UMass-Boston Reportedly Rejecting All Catholic Students’ Religious Exemption Vaccination Requests

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 11, 2021 9 Comments

"Shawn De Veau, the vice chancellor of student affairs, has done his own research and determined that Catholic students cannot have valid objections to getting vaccinated against coronavirus"...

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Some Colleges Requiring Notes From Clergy for COVID Vaccine Exemption

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 01, 2021 8 Comments

"require students to submit a statement from a religious leader in order to seek a religious exemption"...

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SCOTUS Unanimously Sides With Catholic Foster Agency in Dispute Over Gay Couples

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 17, 2021 13 Comments

"CSS seeks only an accommodation that will allow it to continue serving the children of Philadelphia in a manner consistent with its religious beliefs; it does not seek to impose those beliefs on anyone else."...

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Colorado Judge Fines Masterpiece Cakeshop For Refusing To Bake Gender Transition Cake

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2021 148 Comments

Attorney vows appeal: "Jack Phillips serves all people but shouldn’t be forced to create custom cakes with messages that violate his conscience." In the meantime, Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop have to bake the cake, or risk further lawsuits and fines....

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Virginia Teacher Sues Over Suspension For Publicly Opposing Proposed “Preferred Pronoun” Policy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2021 35 Comments

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Calgary SWAT Arrest Pastor for ‘Inciting’ People to Attend Church

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 10, 2021 41 Comments

The Calgary Police Service arrested pastor Artur Pawlowski, the head of Calgary's Street Church, and his brother Dawid after they did not allow authorities to interrupt Sunday's service.

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Supreme Court lifts California’s COVID ban on household religious gatherings

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 11, 2021 17 Comments

This February, Professor Jacobson reported that the U.S. Supreme Court issued an Order partially enjoining California’s total ban on indoor church services, but leaving in place restrictions on “singing and chanting” during services.

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Professor Who Refused To Obey “Preferred Pronouns” Can Continue Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 26, 2021 29 Comments

The level of speech control on campuses in mind-numbing. If you've followed the dozens, maybe hundreds, of cases and incidents we've covered in the last decade, you'd know that campuses are the most intolerant places in the country, though corporations are catching up quickly.

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Masterpiece Cakeshop On Trial For Refusing To Bake A “Transition” Cake

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2021 64 Comments

Masterpiece Cake Shop famously won a U.S. Supreme Court case over it's owner Jack Phillips' refusal to bake a cake that celebrated a same-sex marriage. Phillips said while he would sell anyone a cake, requiring him to put lettering on it celebrating the marriage violated his religious beliefs and was unconstitutional.

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