The Supreme Court finds for a Catholic foster care service while sidestepping a larger free exercise of religion issue.
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After a year of litigation, the state of California is ordered to back down and pay the attorney fees of a church that had to defend its civil right to meet.
Following Friday’s Supreme Court ruling, California has lifted restrictions on the number of attendees and location of religious services.
In a decision released Friday night, April 9, 2021, the United States Supreme Court has blocked California’s COVID-19 restrictions on in-home religious gatherings.
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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would not be hearing two major workplace religious accommodation cases.
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A 9th Circuit 3-judge panel has refused to block a California COVID-19 in-home Bible study restriction imposed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
9th Circuit Refuses to Block California’s In-home Bible Study Restrictions Read More »
A group of current and former LGBTQ+ students have sued the U.S. Department of Education to either force their colleges, universities, and seminaries to change their policies or to stop providing federal financial assistance.
LGBTQ+ Students Sue to Eliminate Title IX Religious Exemption Read More »
The Supreme Court slams California restrictions on indoor church services while finding that capacity and singing limitations can stand.
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The guarantee of Free Speech exists next to the religious freedom guarantees in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. These rights often intersect, as the ability to speak according to one’s conscience is innate to almost any conscientious belief system in existence. To apply restrictions to speech would also be applying restrictions to the exercise of religion.
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The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that plaintiffs whose religious rights were violated can sue government employees individually for monetary damages.
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