ANNAPOLIS - The Maryland State Legislature is presently considering a state-level Workplace Religious Freedom Act" (HB 381).  The bill, currently working its way through the House where it was heard on February 10, 2010, addresses employee requests for observance of…

Thanks to RLTV reader Doug Beasley for finding this story. EXCERPT: The Sunday shopping ban in New Jersey's largest county - among the nation's last remaining blue laws - may be lifted to satisfy the state's hunger for more sales tax…

On March 11, 2009,  the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and the motto, "In God is Our Trust" on U.S. Currency. The three-judge panel rejected an argument by Sacramento…

Rosas v. Corp. of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle, Case No. 09-35003 (C.A. 9, Mar. 16, 2010) EXCERPT: "The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not…

Washington State Bill to Unionize Child Care Centers Dies in Committee We have good news from the State of Washington. You may have read our last newsletter about the bill that labor unions were trying to pass that would unionize…

Oregon Legislature Votes Down 1923 Ban on Teachers Wearing Religious Dress By Michael Peabody - This month we have a couple of big stories coming out of the great Pacific Northwest. In Oregon, the legislature has passed a bill championed…

EXCERPT: AUSTIN - Republicans on the State Board of Education soundly rejected a Democratic-backed proposal Thursday that would have required Texas students to be taught the reasons behind the prohibition of a state religion in the Bill of Rights. The contentious decision…

EXCERPT from ABC News (link below): An Oregon husband and wife who relied on faith rather than medicine to treat their dying child were convicted today of criminally negligent homicide. Jeffrey and Marci Beagley of Oregon City said they thought…

EXCERPT from OregonLive.com (link below): Oregon's longstanding ban on teachers wearing head scarves or other religious dress is near its demise after the Senate and House gave final approval Tuesday to lift the ban. Champions in the Senate called ending…

By Michael D. Peabody, Esq. So what's the biggest threat to religious liberty? According to J. Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, the answer is found in the strings attached to government funding of…