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

September 19, 2020 by Michael Peabody

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Current Events, Supreme Court Tagged With: Church and State, RBG, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

Ventura County Sues to Stop Church from Meeting Indoors

August 6, 2020 by Michael Peabody

Pastor Bob McCoy - Godspeak Calvary Chapel - Newbury Park, CA

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.

Filed Under: Church and State, COVID-19, Current Events, Free Exercise Tagged With: Calvary Chapel, COVID-19, free exercise of religion, health and safety, Ventura County

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

Did the Supreme Court open the door to regulation of religious schools?

July 1, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

With the death of state Blaine Amendments this week, religious schools that welcome state money might find that they are now subject to regulation that may undermine their very reason for existence. 

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Education, Free Exercise, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court

COVID-19 aid package that does not exclude churches passes with bipartisan support

April 10, 2020 by Michael Peabody

Although the Small Business Administration typically works with for-profit enterprises, the CARES Act does not exclude non-profit organizations from this funding, including churches. Banks will distribute these loans to qualifying organizations on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Filed Under: Church and State, COVID-19 Tagged With: CARES Act, clergy housing allowance, Coronavirus, COVID-19, ministerial exception, ministerial exemption

“So help me God” and the jury – 11th Circuit rules juror who claimed “divine revelation” properly dismissed

January 13, 2020 by Michael Peabody

When jurors are selected for trial in Federal court, they are asked to adopt the phrase “so help me God.” What happens when they take that oath too seriously?

Filed Under: Church and State, Civic Religion Tagged With: juror misconduct, jury deliberations, oath, So Help Me God

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Montana’s no-aid-to-religion law

July 2, 2019 by Michael Peabody

The United States (U.S.) Supreme Court agreed to hear a case, Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue, concerning a Montana state legislative program that allowed individuals to receive up to a $150.00 tax credit for money that they could donate to one of several K-12 scholarship funds.

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court, Tax Exemption Tagged With: Blaine Amendment, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, Locke v. Davey, Trinity Lutheran

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear WWI Memorial Cross Case

November 15, 2018 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

[dc]T[/dc]he Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a 4th Circuit decision involving a Maryland cross-shaped WWI memorial. In 2017, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals held 2-1 that the structure, erected in 1925, “has the primary effect of excessively endorsing religion and excessively entangles the government in religion.”

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution

Grace v. Works: Alabama 10 Commandments referendum is theologically confusing

October 29, 2018 by Michael Peabody

Setting the Constitutional separation of church and state issue aside, Alabama’s 10 Commandments referendum still creates theological confusion for Christians by promoting the law without the corresponding remedy of grace.

Filed Under: Church and State, Inspiration Tagged With: Alabama, Amendment 1, Ten Commandments

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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.

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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Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that … of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most agreeable to His will; a liberty deemed in other countries incompatible with good government and yet proved by our experience to be its best support.

— Thomas Jefferson

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