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This is a two-part article. The first part deals with the distinction between “church members” and those with corporate standing. The second part is about the need for denominations to secure asset control from the outset. Get more from ReligiousLiberty.TV in the Substack app Available for iOS and Android Get the app In a ruling…

Judge rules Colorado’s SB 23-190 violates Free Exercise Clause in case brought by Catholic clinic Bella Health On August 1, 2025, a federal judge permanently barred Colorado officials from enforcing a state law that effectively prohibited “abortion pill reversal” treatment against a Catholic health provider, ruling that the law infringed on religious liberty rights protected…

California’s AB 495, billed as the “Family Preparedness Plan Act,” would let any adult with a “mentoring relationship” obtain legal authority over a child through a simple affidavit, bypassing court oversight and parental consent. Critics say the bill opens doors to kidnapping and medical decisions without parents’ knowledge. The measure also seals new joint-guardianship court…

Attacks on Christian communities highlight escalating violence amid wider farmer-herder conflict In the early hours of June 13, 2025, heavily armed Fulani militants carried out a coordinated assault on the village of Yelwata in Guma County, Benue State, slaughtering over 200 Christian residents as they slept at a Catholic mission and marketplace  . The ma……

Please subscribe, comment, like, and share. Subscribe now Attendees in Montreal were met with confusion and heightened security in July 2025 when multiple planned concerts by American worship singer Sean Feucht were abruptly canceled by authorities. Parks Canada and various municipalities revoked permits for six events across Eastern Canada, citing safety and concerns following a…

Thanks for reading! Please share, subscribe, like, and comment. It really helps. Share ReligiousLiberty.TV In Oyster Bay, New York, an elderly woman worried about parking became a central character in a local controversy. According to town officials, she had spoken out against a proposed mosque in Bethpage, voicing fears about traffic and neighborhood disruption. Her…

Public understanding of armed conflict often arrives through filtered channels. Governments issue statements. News agencies cite unnamed sources. Social media circulates unverified images at lightning speed. For Gaza, this has created a particularly dense fog of claims and counterclaims, where the reality on the ground is obscured by the contest over how it is told….

By Michael Peabody, Esq. A walk through Washington, D.C., can stir something uniquely American. Beneath the shadows of monuments and along the edges of the National Mall, a quiet but persistent idea takes hold. The child standing in front of the White House is not excluded from imagining themselves inside it. They are not barred…

Jewish students at George Washington University say they were threatened, harassed, and forced to flee campus spaces last spring. Now, the U.S. Department of Justice agrees — concluding that the university failed to act on reports of antisemitic abuse in what the government calls a “deliberate indifference” to civil rights violations. In an August 12,…

Court rules Idaho public charter school not required to fund faith-based instructional materials TL;DR (“too long; didnt read”) summary: On August 6, 2025, U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill dismissed a lawsuit by Chris and Nicole Trakel against Idaho Superintendent Debbie Critchfield. The Trakels claimed the Idaho Home Learning Academy violated their First Amendment rights…