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Dr. C. Norman Farley passes to his rest

Posted on December 9, 2020December 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. 

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

Posted on November 26, 2020November 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.

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Goulard: Churches are Absolutely Essential

Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by Randall Goulard

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?

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

Posted on October 13, 2020October 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.

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“I dissent!” A Survey of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Religion Clause Jurisprudence

Posted on September 19, 2020February 8, 2022 by Michael Peabody

Ginsburg wrote little on the religion clauses, but she frequently joined with those Justices who favored a strong separation of church and state. 

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

Posted on August 20, 2020August 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.

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Why Churches are Fighting Shutdown Orders

Posted on August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

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. 

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Two Southern California Judges Refuse to Shut Down Churches This Weekend

Posted on August 14, 2020August 15, 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.

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Ventura County Sues to Stop Church from Meeting Indoors

Posted on August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 by Michael Peabody

On August 2, 2020, the church again met indoors and Pastor McCoy said he was “willing to go to jail” and “willing for them to take our building” rather than comply with the state and local orders.

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

Posted on August 5, 2020August 6, 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.

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