Church and State
Supreme Court: State must include church in public funding scheme
The Supreme Court decision in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer changes 200 years of Establishment Clause precedent and…
Abortion / Contraception
Court rules agency can decide if employers must provide contraceptive coverage
Supreme Court sidesteps the free exercise claim and grants government agencies the power to determine whether to apply…
Abortion / Contraception
Supreme Court Affirms Doctors’ Conscience Protections in Unanimous Decision
While the spotlight has been on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling regarding continued access to mifepristone, an abortion-inducing…
Church and State
HISTORY: Sousa’s Band Under Ban of Sunday Blue Law
Binghamton, N. Y., November 13, 1922—Harold F. Albert, recreational director of the Endicott Johnson Corporation, was arrested yesterday…
Church and State
America the chosen nation – LA Times.com Opinion
Excerpt: “Presidential candidates feel no shame in asserting divine purpose in U.S. policies and actions. In this ubiquitous…
Church and State
Trump’s troubling evasion of basic religious liberty questions
Donald Trump evades questions about whether employers should have right to discriminate on basis of religion and the…
Church and State
Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Methodist Church’s Property Rights Amid Disaffiliation Dispute
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church,…
Constitution
Kentucky Court: Hands On Originals case dismissed – LGBTQ+ rights organization lacks standing
The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that an organization that sued Hands On Originals ("Hands On"), a t-shirt…
Land Use
Religious Property Dispute- Katy Perry v. the Nuns v. a Restaurateur v. the Archdiocese
Last year, the Los Angeles Archdiocese agreed to sell a former convent belonging to the Sisters of the…
Current Events
A Tennessee mosque, a good American story (First Amendment Center)
EXCERPT: By Charles C. Haynes, Director of the Religious Freedom Education Project December 31, 2010 — The No.…