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US Supreme Court to hear Arguments on DOMA and Prop 8 on March 26

January 16, 2013 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled two days of oral arguments on two separate but related cases beginning on March 26, 2013. The Court will be hearing arguments on California’s Proposition 8 which amended the state constitution to disallow same-sex marriage is constitutional and the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Filed Under: Discrimination, Human Rights, Marriage, Supreme Court Tagged With: Defense of Marriage Act, Dennis Hollingsworth, DOMA, Obama administration, Prop 8, Proposition 8, ProtectMarriage.com, Supreme Court, writ of certiorari

Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2013 Introduced in U.S. Senate

January 15, 2013 by Michael Peabody

On December 17, 2012 Senator John Kerry (D-MA) introduced “The Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2013” (S.3686) which would Amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of religion specifically in the areas of “garb, grooming, and scheduling.”

Filed Under: Action Needed, Discrimination, Employment Law, In the News, Legislation Tagged With: Civil Rights Act, Senator John Kerry, Title VII, Workplace Religious Freedom Act, WRFA

Selfish Freedom: The Overreach of the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act

September 28, 2012 by Jason Hines

Doctor and patient discuss contraception

By Jason Hines – n Illinois appellate court rendered an interesting decision last week.[1] The court upheld a lower court ruling that Illinois pharmacists do not have to sell “Plan B” pills to customers if they have religious objections to the use of the product. “Plan B” is the brand name of a drug that […]

Filed Under: Constitution, Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law, Privacy Tagged With: contraception, Illinois appellate court, Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act, Plan B, religious liberty

Celebrating California’s New Religious Freedom Law (Washington Post)

September 19, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Rajdeep Singh writes in the Washington Post about AB1964, recently signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown. Excerpt: When my Sikh father immigrated to America in 1970 to practice architecture,employers told him that he could have a job only if he removed his turban and shaved his beard. He refused to abandon his faith […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law Tagged With: AB1964, Tamara, Workplace Religious Freedom Act

California Governor to sign workplace religious dress and grooming bill

September 8, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

California Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign workplace religious accommodation legislation this weekend. AB 1964 will amend Section 12940 of the Government Code, which prevents employers from discrimination based on a person’s religious belief or observance. The existing code reads, “Religious belief or observance, as used in this section, includes, but is not limited […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law, Religious Accommodation Tagged With: dress, grooming, Sikh, workplace religious freedom

Judge Allows Muslims to Use Murfreesboro Mosque (NYTimes.com)

August 12, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Excerpt: “What the judge did was wrong in that he held the mosque to a much higher standard than any other institution applying for a land-use permit in Rutherford County,” said Eric Rassbach, a lawyer with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a nonprofit law firm that helped file the lawsuit on behalf of the […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, Human Rights, In the News Tagged With: Mosque, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County

Hawaii Judge Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban (Honolulu Civil Beat)

August 8, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Excerpt:  A U.S. District Court judge in Honolulu has rejected arguments from two lesbians who said that Hawaii’s 1998 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. According to court documents released Wednesday, Judge Alan Kay dismissed the lawsuit, Jackson v. Abercrombie, saying that a decision like this should be left to the Legislature – not the […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, In the News, Legal Issues Tagged With: marriage, Same-Sex Marriage

California Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012

June 28, 2012 by Michael Peabody

On June 26, 2012 the California Senate Judiciary passed AB 1964, the Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012.

Filed Under: Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law, Legislation Tagged With: AB 1964, Asm. Yamada, Assembly, California State Assembly, Senate, Senate Rules Committee, Workplace Religious Freedom Act, WRFA, Yamada

UPDATE: California State Assembly Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act

June 1, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

On May 29, the California State Assembly passed the Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012 by a vote of 63-6. AB 1964 is now on its way to the Senate.

Filed Under: Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law, Legislation Tagged With: AB 1964, Assembly, California State Assembly, Senate, Senate Rules Committee, Workplace Religious Freedom Act, WRFA, Yamada

Sikh Group Develops App to Report Airport Profiling (CNN)

April 30, 2012 by Martin Surridge

EXCERPT: Airline travelers who feel they’ve been harassed at airport check-ins by screeners now have a speedier outlet on which to complain right at their fingertips. The Sikh Coalition, a civil rights advocacy group, on Monday released a mobile application on iPhones and Android phones giving passengers who feel they’ve been racially or religiously profiled […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, Politics, Privacy, Religion, Terrorism

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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.

Boston City Hall - photo from Supreme Court Opinion

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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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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“In America, it is against the law to fire an employee for expressing his religious beliefs—especially when that expression takes place at church. This kind of religious intolerance by an employer has no place in today’s workforce.”

— Andrew Coffman

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