Clergy Housing Tax Exemption Case Heard by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments this week in Gaylor v. Peecher, a case that challenges the constitutionality of tax-exempt housing…
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October 2018
Founders’ First Freedom Files “Friend of the Court” Brief Asking Court to Hear Religious Accommodation Case
Walgreen v Patterson gives the Supreme Court the opportunity to promote consistency and predictability and resolve disputed interpretation between Circuits, Congress, and the EEOC…
September 2018
Turning Back the Clock: The Plot to Dismantle the Establishment Clause
Over the last few decades, a religious movement has gained widespread political power with the stated intent of turning back the clock by dismantling…
August 2018
California lawmaker withdraws bill that would criminalize religion-based “gay conversion therapy”
Earlier today, California Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) withdrew a bill that would have outlaws the sale of any service, including certain forms of advertising,…
November Election a “Referendum on Your Religion” Trump warns Evangelical leaders
The President’s threat that the November election will be a “referendum on your religion” is troubling because it assumes that the success of Christianity…
Kavanaugh on the Religion Clauses
During Kavanaugh’s 12 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, he wrote decisions addressing the Establishment Clause that provide…
July 2018
A quick look at Justice Kennedy’s Religion Clause jurisprudence
Within the next week, it is expected that the President will nominate Kennedy's replacement. The following is a brief inventory of Justice Kennedy’s positions…
June 2018
The Romans 13 Crisis- A pastor looks at the authoritarian use of Scripture
To be fair, perhaps Jeff Sessions did not mean to act against years of religious liberty and separation of church and state. Perhaps, they…
Who really won the wedding cake case?
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court surprised a lot of us and issued a ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case that not only avoided…
Florist asks Supreme Court for remand in wake of cake decision
Attorneys for a Washington florist who refused to make a flower arrangement a same-sex wedding filed a supplemental brief in the wake of Monday's Masterpiece…