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LA County rescinded all COVID-19 outbreak related requirements and restrictions on Grace Community Church on November 12.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

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

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

Church deserves trial on constitutionality of shutdown order rules judge

September 30, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Contempt of court is a quasi-criminal act, and the court cannot punish someone for breaking a regulation if that regulation is not constitutional.

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, COVID-19

LA County fails bid to shut down church and must prove why free exercise rights should be infringed

August 20, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Los Angeles County lost another battle in its bid to stop Grace Community Church from meeting indoors today. Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff found that, contrary to the County’s representation, the Sun Valley megachurch led by Pastor John MacArthur did not violate any court order because no court order prohibited the congregation from meeting indoors.

Filed Under: COVID-19, Current Events, Free Exercise Tagged With: Grace Community Church, John MacArthur

Why Churches are Fighting Shutdown Orders

August 19, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Chained Church Door

Five months into the pandemic shut-down, Los Angeles County is asking for the courts to find that Grace Community Church Pastor John MacArthur acted in contempt of court for holding services this past weekend, and for fines of $20,000 against church leaders and the congregation. 

Filed Under: COVID-19, Current Events, Religious Institutions Tagged With: contempt of court, Grace Community Church, John MacArthur, Los Angeles County

Two Southern California Judges Refuse to Shut Down Churches This Weekend

August 14, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

With outdoor temperatures expected to pass the 100-degree mark, two Los Angeles area judges have given local churches some comforting news.

Filed Under: Church and State, Current Events, Free Exercise, Free Speech Tagged With: Amazing Facts, Calvary Chapel, Churches and COVID-19, Grace Community Church, Peaceful Protest, Seventh-day Adventist

Founders’ First Freedom urges Supreme Court to Restore Title VII Workplace Religious Accommodation Standard

August 5, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Today, Founders’ First Freedom, Inc. filed an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to revisit and restore the workplace religious accommodation standard found in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Filed Under: Current Events, Employment Law, Religious Accommodation, Supreme Court Tagged With: Discrimination, employment law, religious accommodation, workplace religious freedom

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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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