The Old Tale That Still Haunts People There is a story passed down in many churches, the kind where you sit stiff in a wooden pew while the preacher shouts about fire and smoke and souls that scream forever. It […]

Joe Baltas claimed prison officials denied him religious freedom, basic hygiene, and due process while in solitary. A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of his case on qualified immunity grounds. Joe Baltas spent 47 days in a restricted housing

A federal court in New Orleans has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Catholic priest Kesiena Dennis Obienu, who alleged employment discrimination, retaliation, and unequal treatment by the Archdiocese of New Orleans and senior clergy. The court ruled that the

TL:DR – Jolene Van Alstine, a Canadian woman with a painful but treatable condition, was approved for assisted death after being unable to access surgery through her provincial health system. Canada’s MAiD law allows nonterminal patients to qualify based on

Calvary Chapel San Jose says state orders punished religious exercise while exempting comparable secular activity Calvary Chapel San Jose wants the U.S. Supreme Court to answer a question that goes to the heart of constitutional protections: Can a church be

The road into Bethlehem ran black under a sky that looked too large for the world. Joseph counted his steps because counting was the only thing that kept the fear down. Mary swayed on the animal with both hands at

Illinois court tosses religious discrimination claim where faith met wastewater management On December 4, 2025, the Illinois Appellate Court ended a three-year legal effort by John Schoff and Jane Stoller-Schoff to frame a zoning dispute as a matter of religious

By Michael Peabody – It is a rare and courageous thing to see a man who is comfortable in the orthodoxy of his peers suddenly stop, look at the text in his hand, and say that it does not mean

Note: After I posted about the differences between the Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort’s beliefs about hell, an alert reader contacted me and asked if I had the specific quotations from Plato that undergirded the traditional (and I would argue

Court finds plaintiffs failed to show how vaccine mandate burdened religious beliefs under Free Exercise Clause or Illinois RFRA Scott Troogstad and over 130 other employees of the City of Chicago lost their appeal this week in the United States