Legislation
Proposed Missouri gun law expanding concealed carry to churches violates religious liberty, say clergy
Clergy in Missouri are objecting to legislationthat would remove the requirement that individual Concealed Carry Weapon permits first…
Church and State
Supreme Court Considers First Amendment Ramifications of Church Sign Ordinance
On Monday, January 12, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the case of whether a…
Land Use
Federal Court rules church can be excluded from California city downtown area
A federal court in the San Francisco Bay Area has determined that churches do not contribute to a…
Religious Institutions
Legal Analysis: Zubik petitioners may have pushed argument too far
By Jason Hines, PhD, JD - Prior to 1990, the Supreme Court’s standard in determining whether a law…
Church and State
Why Maine’s religious schools are likely to decline state funding
Why two Maine schools slated to receive public funds in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in…