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Court unanimously finds RFRA plaintiffs can sue FBI agents for money damages

December 13, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that plaintiffs whose religious rights were violated can sue government employees individually for monetary damages.

Filed Under: Constitution, Free Exercise, RFRA, Supreme Court

Why the Supreme Court Should Hear the Dalberiste Workplace Religious Accommodation Case

December 13, 2020 by Lemuel Sapian

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Dalberiste may help courts further define the boundaries of true unnecessary burdens on employers, the role of union agreements in preferring seniority in employee scheduling, and how this affects less senior employees’ opportunity for religious accommodation.

Filed Under: Current Events

Dr. C. Norman Farley passes to his rest

December 9, 2020 by Michael Peabody

We are sad to announce the passing of Dr. C. Norman Farley in November 2020.  He formally served on our Advisory panel beginning in 2016, and he, along with his wife Alice, have been great supporters and volunteers of ReligiousLiberty.TV and Founders’ First Freedom. 

Filed Under: Current Events

LA County recognizes churches are constitutionally exempt from stay-at-home order

December 2, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The language of the new Los Angeles COVID restriction specifically exempts religious gatherings as a matter of constitutional right.  

Filed Under: Constitution, COVID-19, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court

Los Angeles County lifts restrictions on Grace Community Church

December 2, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

LA County rescinded all COVID-19 outbreak related requirements and restrictions on Grace Community Church on November 12.

Filed Under: COVID-19

Court blocks New York Governor’s COVID Restrictions on Religious Congregations

November 26, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

In a major victory for religious congregations, delivered late on Thanksgiving Eve, the United States Supreme Court blocked the state of New York from implementing gathering restrictions that the Court ruled discriminate against religious congregations.

Filed Under: Church and State, Current Events, Supreme Court Tagged With: Churches and COVID-19, COVID-19, religious liberty

Goulard: Churches are Absolutely Essential

October 31, 2020 by Randall Goulard

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What if the church is a place where lives are transformed from the inside out, where people make decisions to follow Christ, and find not only find community, but actual real and powerful solutions to their failing marriage, their chronic mental illnesses, their abject loneliness, their anger and fear and judgment, and pain?

Filed Under: COVID-19, Current Events, Religious Institutions Tagged With: Church Is Essential

FLORIDA: School that gets gov’t money scrutinized for firing teacher based on sexual orientation

October 22, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Forest Lake Education Center

In June, a Florida Seventh-day Adventist school that received state and federal funding fired a teacher because of his sexual orientation.

Filed Under: Employment Law, Religious Institutions Tagged With: Bostock, Espinoza, Florida Hospital, Our Lady of Guadalupe School, Seventh-day Adventist, Steven Arauz, Title VII, Trinity Lutheran

Supreme Court not likely to make individual FBI agents pay for allegedly violating Religious Freedom Restoration Act

October 13, 2020 by Michael Peabody

On October 6, 2020, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case on the issue of whether individual FBI agents can be held financially liable if they are found to have violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.  The underlying case involves Muslim-Americans who alleged that individual FBI agents put them on the “no fly” list after they refused to act as informants against fellow Muslims in terrorism-related investigations.

Filed Under: Current Events, Supreme Court Tagged With: Employment Division v. Smith, FBI agent liability, monetary damages, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, sovereign immunity, Tanvir, Tanzir

Satanic Temple claims abortion is a religious ritual protected by the Free Exercise clause

October 7, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The Satanic Temple is asserting a free exercise right to abortion as a religious ritual in lawsuits against the state of Missouri and against a Louisiana advertising agency.

Filed Under: Constitution, Free Exercise, Human Life Tagged With: abortion, Church of Satan, crisis pregnancy center, Free Exercise Clause, Lamar Advertising, Missouri, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, religious freedom, religious liberty, Satanic Temple, waiting period

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Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ultimate control over America’s health care and its national sovereignty will be put up for a vote next week at a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA).  On May 22-28, 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly will convene at the United Nations […]

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.

Active Liberty - a survey of Justice Stephen Breyer's religion clause jurisprudence - Supreme Court

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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