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High Court hands Catholic Social Services narrowly drafted victory

June 18, 2021 by Michael Peabody

The Supreme Court finds for a Catholic foster care service while sidestepping a larger free exercise of religion issue.

Filed Under: Current Events, Discrimination, Free Exercise, Legal Issues, Marriage, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court

LGBTQ+ Students Sue to Eliminate Title IX Religious Exemption

April 2, 2021 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

A group of current and former LGBTQ+ students have sued the U.S. Department of Education to either force their colleges, universities, and seminaries to change their policies or to stop providing federal financial assistance.

Filed Under: Discrimination, Education, Legal Issues, Religious Institutions

Supreme Court: Religious schools immune from teachers’ discrimination claims

July 8, 2020 by Michael Peabody

The ethical and moral onus is now on religious institutions as they decide whether to fire “ministerial” employees for reasons illegal in the secular world, such as age or the need for cancer treatment. Institutions engaging in this kind of discriminatory tactic will still need to answer to a Higher Source who will not be impressed with their ability to obtain summary judgment. The way for religious institutions to “win” these cases is to avoid them in the first place by taking the lead in treating employees with the highest degree of care and concern.

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Discrimination, Employment Law, Free Exercise Tagged With: Hosanna-Tabor, Los Angeles Archdiocese, religious exception, Smith

Supreme Court agrees to hear Philadelphia faith-based adoption agency case

February 24, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

On February 24, 2020, the Supreme court agreed to hear an appeal brought against the city of Philadelphia by Catholic Social Services (CSS). The city has a standing policy of not referring foster children to CSS because CSS will not certify same-sex couples as foster parents.

Filed Under: Discrimination, Free Exercise, Religious Institutions

Supreme Court declines to hear Sabbath accommodation case

February 24, 2020 by Michael Peabody

Darrell Patterson - Photo from Becketfund media Kit

The Supreme court has decided against hearing a workplace accommodation case involving a Seventh-day Adventist, but hints that it may revisit employer accommodation standards in the future. 

Filed Under: Discrimination, Employment Law, Religious Accommodation, Supreme Court Tagged With: Hardison v. TWA, religious accommodation, religious freedom, religious liberty, Seventh-day Adventist, workplace religious fredom

Bill introduced today seeks to find balance between religious freedom and LBGT rights

December 6, 2019 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

This morning, Congressman Chris Stewart (UT-02) introduced the Fairness for All Act (FFA) to resolve conflicts between the rights of LGBT individuals and the religious liberty rights of individuals.

Filed Under: Current Events, Discrimination, Free Exercise Tagged With: #fairnessforall

Kentucky Court: Hands On Originals case dismissed – LGBTQ+ rights organization lacks standing

November 4, 2019 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that an organization that sued Hands On Originals (“Hands On”), a t-shirt print company, for discrimination lacked standing as an “individual” to pursue the claim.

Filed Under: Constitution, Current Events, Discrimination, Free Exercise Tagged With: Hands On Originals, Kentucky, Non-discrimination, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, standing, Supreme Court

Arizona: High court finds card makers can refuse same-sex wedding invite requests

September 18, 2019 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Brush and Nib wedding invitation - from Facebook

On September 16, 2019, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that a Phoenix city ordinance cannot require a business to create same-sex wedding invitations in violation of their sincerely held religious beliefs.  

Filed Under: Discrimination, Free Speech, Marriage

Court to decide whether Title VII protects LGBT employees

August 27, 2019 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

On October 8, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases involving whether the antidiscrimination provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protect LGBT employees. While state laws may provide localized protection, the question of whether the protection extends nationwide has been raised by two employers who have claimed they have the right under existing Federal law to discriminate based on sexual orientation and transgender status.

Filed Under: Discrimination, Employment Law

In Congress, Federal Equality Act as drafted faces feminist opposition

May 17, 2019 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Legislation that would add sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 threatens women’s bodily privacy says feminist organization

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Legislation

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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.

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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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