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Religious Institutions

#MeToo isn’t enough – act now to prevent and stop sexual abuse

January 31, 2018 by Michael Peabody

The #MeToo movement has opened the floodgates on sexual abuse allegations. Now it is up to churches, schools, and institutions to prevent it, and for parents to know the signs of sexual abuse to protect their children.

Filed Under: Action Needed, Religious Institutions

Dangerous Money: Gov’t money to churches has strings attached

January 26, 2018 by Ray McAllister

Politician is a puppet and a hand is pulling him by strings. DepositPhotos.com /

Would you choose to mount a sixteen-foot maraschino cherry on the roof of your church?  You probably wouldn’t, but would you consider doing so if it were part of a deal where your church would receive a large donation?  This situation may seem ridiculous, but many times government money offered to religious institutions has very troubling “strings” attached. 

Filed Under: Religious Institutions, Supreme Court Tagged With: canada, Canada Summer Jobs Program, Trinity Lutheran

CA governor vetoes religious employee reproductive privacy bill

October 19, 2017 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed legislation that would have prohibited religiously affiliated institutions from taking employment action against non-ministerial employees for their reproductive health decisions including “the use of any drug, device, or medical service.”

Filed Under: Employment Law, Religious Institutions Tagged With: California, Fair Employment and Housing, FEHA, Hosanna-Tabor

Defense budget bill would roll back Obama’s 2014 anti-discrimination order

October 28, 2016 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

President Obama threatens to veto defense budget bill if language permitting discrimination on basis of religion or sexual orientation remains.

Filed Under: Discrimination, Legislation, Religious Institutions Tagged With: National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, Russell Amendment

Church sues Iowa for hypothetical gender “law”

July 7, 2016 by Michael Peabody

To put it succinctly, the Fort Des Moines Church of Christ is suing for protection against a threat that does not exist under current law.

Filed Under: Legal Issues, Religious Institutions Tagged With: Iowa Civil Rights Act, Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Analysis: Amended version of SB 1146 passes CA Assembly Judiciary

July 1, 2016 by Michael Peabody

California Capitol

The latest version still faces constitutional hurdles as lawmakers seek to control morals policies of religion-based educational institutions.

Filed Under: Constitution, Legislation, Religious Institutions Tagged With: California State Assembly, Hosanna-Tabor, San Francisco Archdiocese, SB1146, Senate Bill 1146

Five legal issues raised by California SB 1146

June 29, 2016 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

SB 1146 is currently up for consideration in the California State Assembly Judiciary this Thursday having already passed the Senate by a vote of 26-13 on May 26, 2016. The heading of the bill states, “The Equity in Higher Education Act among other things, prohibits a person from being subjected to discrimination on the basis […]

Filed Under: Constitution, Legal Issues, Religious Institutions

Religious Property Dispute- Katy Perry v. the Nuns v. a Restaurateur v. the Archdiocese

May 24, 2016 by Michael Peabody

Last year, the Los Angeles Archdiocese agreed to sell a former convent belonging to the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary to pop singer Katy Perry for $14.5 million in cash. At the same time, the nuns agreed to sell the property to restaurateur Dana Hollister for $15.5 million. Now it’s up to a court to decide which of these sales will go through.

Filed Under: Land Use, Religious Institutions Tagged With: convent, ecclesiastical law, Katy Perry, Los Angeles Archdiocese, property dispute, religious liberty, religious property

Mississippi legislature passes law to weaponize churches

March 31, 2016 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

There are two distinct reactions to gun violence. One is to tighten gun regulations in an effort to get guns off the street. The other is to arm more people so they can kill would-be attackers. The Charleston, South Carolina, shooting at a church last year has provided the Mississippi legislature with a pretext to do the latter.

Filed Under: Constitution, Religious Institutions, Terrorism Tagged With: gun laws, religious freedom, religious liberty, Second Amendment, self-defense, Supremacy Clause, weapon

Legal Analysis: Zubik petitioners may have pushed argument too far

March 24, 2016 by Jason Hines

Supreme Court - DepositPhotos.com

By Jason Hines, PhD, JD – Prior to 1990, the Supreme Court’s standard in determining whether a law violated a citizen’s free exercise of religion was intimately tied to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. An Adventist, Adele Sherbert, sued to receive unemployment benefits after she was fired from her job because she refused to work on the Sabbath. In the case that now bears her name, Sherbert v. Verner, the Court ruled in her favor, establishing the rule that the government could not substantially burden a citizen’s religious freedom unless the government had a compelling interest and had narrowly tailored the measure to minimize infringement.

Filed Under: Religious Institutions, Supreme Court

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Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ultimate control over America’s health care and its national sovereignty will be put up for a vote next week at a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA).  On May 22-28, 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly will convene at the United Nations […]

Statement on the Leak in Dobbs

The leak was intended to disrupt the processing of the decision and we are not going to dignify the leak or the unidentified leaker by analyzing it prematurely. As a constitutional republic we cannot go down that road without doing severe damage to the institution of the Supreme Court where there must be professional courtesy between the justices and their staffs.

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Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. Boston (Dec’d 5/2/2022) that the city of Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to participate in a city flag raising program.

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Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions

A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.

Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars

In Canada, it is easier for the disabled who do not suffer terminal illness to get approval for assisted suicide than approval for affordable housing. The government has calculated the cost of providing healthcare versus providing assisted suicide.

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