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Photo Credit www.istockphoto.com/ Amelia Johnson [dc]I[/dc]n August 2010, Noor Abdallah, a Muslim woman who worked as a hostess at Disneylan…

In ruling the way it did, the Supreme Court protected the right of a religious organization to select its clergy without government interfer…

Michael PeabodyJanuary 29, 2012

Excerpt: The U.S. Supreme Court in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, held that the “ministerial exceptio…

On August 30, 2011, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed the “Workplace Religious Freedom Act” (Int. 632-A) into law cl…

Michael PeabodyDecember 2, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear a case involving whether churches can “discriminate” when making employment decisio…

NOTE: This is in reference to a law that has been on the books in North Dakota for many years. In the past, it banned business all on…

EXCERPT: AB 101 began its career in January as a budget bill, then turned into a measure to eliminate community redevelopment agencies, and…

California state Senator Doug LaMalfa writes the following here. The bill is significant enough that we are reprinting his post here. Furth…

EXCERPT: The law, called the “Workplace Religious Freedom Act” by supporters, changes the legal standard by which courts review…

EXCERPT: “In a letter to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis sent last Friday, Human Rights Watch expressed concern over a “disturbing o…