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On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two highly anticipated rulings in same-sex marriage cases. First, the Court ruled that the f…

Michael PeabodyNovember 5, 2013

The similarity between the persecutions of Muslims in 2013, alleged Communists in 1950, and those believed to be witches in 1692 is a percei…

Martin SurridgeNovember 5, 2013

Washington state law prohibits employers from discriminating against employees in compensation or terms or conditions of employment because…

Michael PeabodyOctober 30, 2013

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit on September 23 against Consol Energy on behalf of a Christian who refused to si…

On September 19, a bipartisan group introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would prevent the federal government from di…

Though, in its current form, the charter is limited to regulating the religious expression of government employees there can be little doubt…

By David Hamstra - It is tempting to resolve the question in favor of one or the other depending on what our moral intuitions tell us about…

David HamstraAugust 30, 2013

This October the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in Town of Greece v. Galloway, a case that could change the way that prayer…

Yesterday, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment does not protect a photographer's decision not to photograph a same-s…

Calls for protecting “religious liberty” have expanded beyond school prayer and religious monuments on government property to be…