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Maryland State Legislature considers a Workplace Religious Freedom Act (HB 381)

March 31, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland State Legislature is presently considering a state-level Workplace Religious Freedom Act” (HB 381).  The bill, currently working its way through the House where it was heard on February 10, 2010, addresses employee requests for observance of holy days. Modeled on the Maryland Flexible Leave Act, the Maryland Workplace Religious Freedom Act would require […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Employment Law, Legal Issues Tagged With: Maryland Workplace Religious Freedom Act, Workplace Religious Freedom Act

Should Europe recognize Sunday as the official day of rest? (BBC Video)

March 30, 2010 by Administrator

Dr. Michael Schluter, founder of Keep Sunday Special, debates business entrepreneurs and representatives of other faith groups on the issue of whether Europe should adopt Sunday as a uniform day of rest. Part I Part II Related stories: ANALYSIS: European Sunday Weekly Rest Day Legislation Remains Unlawful “This matter deserves a full debate engaging all […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Family, Politics, Religion Tagged With: Keep Sunday Special, Sunday rest, Sunday rest legislation

Arrests Made in Christian Militia Police-Killing Plot (CBN)

March 29, 2010 by Administrator

EXCERPT: Members of a paramilitary group have been charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and wage war against the United States — and they use God as their reasoning. The group is active in three Midwest states. The FBI believes some of its members were about to launch a massacre. Read […]

Filed Under: In the News

NJ county’s Sunday buying ban may be checking out (AP)

March 29, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Thanks to RLTV reader Doug Beasley for finding this story. EXCERPT: The Sunday shopping ban in New Jersey’s largest county – among the nation’s last remaining blue laws – may be lifted to satisfy the state’s hunger for more sales tax revenue. The budget proposed last week by new Republican Gov. Chris Christie assumes $65 million in new […]

Filed Under: Church and State, Current Events, Employment Law, In the News

Stephen Colbert Tests Columbia Prof On Textbooks (Comedy Central)

March 25, 2010 by Administrator

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c I’s on Edjukashun – Texas School Board www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform The Texas State Board of Education has voted to radically alter textbook lessons for future generations, removing from curricula separation of church and state and references to Thomas Jefferson. […]

Filed Under: Education, Featured Video, In the News, Video Tagged With: Stephen Colbert, Texas Board of Education

9th Circuit Upholds the Term ‘God’ in Pledge and on Currency

March 21, 2010 by Michael Peabody

Although this was a lawsuit brought by an atheist, had he won, the result might have actually been more protective of the honor of God. After these rulings stripping the name of God of any religious meaning, those who have so long clamored for God’s name to be mentioned as a statement of this nation’s religious faith might want to re-think their position.

Filed Under: Church and State, Current Events, In the News, Religion

9th Circuit Holds ‘Ministerial Exception’ Bars Seminarian Employment Case

March 21, 2010 by Administrator

EXCERPT: This “ministerial exception” helps to preserve the wall between church and state from even the mundane government intrusion presented here. In this case, plaintiff Cesar Rosas seeks pay for the overtime hours he worked as a seminarian in a Catholic church in Washington. The district court correctly determined that the ministerial exception bars Rosas’s claim and dismissed the case on the pleadings.

Filed Under: Church and State, Current Events, Employment Law, Legal Issues

Washington State Bill to Unionize Child Care Centers Dies in Committee

March 18, 2010 by Administrator

Washington State Bill to Unionize Child Care Centers Dies in Committee We have good news from the State of Washington. You may have read our last newsletter about the bill that labor unions were trying to pass that would unionize private child care centers, and including faith-based preschools, and categorize their workers as government employees […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Employment Law, In the News, Politics

Oregon Legislature Votes Down 1923 Ban on Teachers Wearing Religious Dress

March 17, 2010 by Administrator

Oregon Legislature Votes Down 1923 Ban on Teachers Wearing Religious Dress By Michael Peabody – This month we have a couple of big stories coming out of the great Pacific Northwest. In Oregon, the legislature has passed a bill championed by the Northwest Religious Liberty Association that overturns a 87-year-old law that prohibited teachers from […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law, In the News

Texas education board rejects in-depth study of First Amendment (DallasNews.com)

March 12, 2010 by Administrator

EXCERPT: AUSTIN – Republicans on the State Board of Education soundly rejected a Democratic-backed proposal Thursday that would have required Texas students to be taught the reasons behind the prohibition of a state religion in the Bill of Rights. The contentious decision in curriculum standards for U.S. government classes appeared to signal the unhappiness of several board […]

Filed Under: Church and State, Current Events, Education, Free Speech, In the News

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Statement on the Leak in Dobbs

The leak was intended to disrupt the processing of the decision and we are not going to dignify the leak or the unidentified leaker by analyzing it prematurely. As a constitutional republic we cannot go down that road without doing severe damage to the institution of the Supreme Court where there must be professional courtesy between the justices and their staffs.

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Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. Boston (Dec’d 5/2/2022) that the city of Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to participate in a city flag raising program.

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Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions

A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.

Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars

In Canada, it is easier for the disabled who do not suffer terminal illness to get approval for assisted suicide than approval for affordable housing. The government has calculated the cost of providing healthcare versus providing assisted suicide.

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