The pending Supreme Court case on LGBTQ-themed books could open the door to a powerful new argument against religious display laws in schools. At first glance, Mahmoud v. Taylor and the growing wave of Ten Commandments display laws in states like Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas seem to come from opposite ends of the culture war. One…

Lawsuit claims Act 573 violates the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment A group of Arkansas parents filed a federal lawsuit on June 11, 2025, challenging a newly enacted state law that mandates the permanent display of a specific Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every public elementary and secondary school…

There is a refrain often spoken in quiet rooms and loud debates alike: “If we didn’t have illegal immigrants doing this work, grocery prices would skyrocket—because Americans won’t do these jobs under those conditions.” On the surface, it sounds practical. But underneath, it reveals something deeply troubling: a willingness to accept exploitation, so long as…

Cambridge Christian School argues loudspeaker prayer is protected private speech, not state endorsement of religion On June 3, 2025, Cambridge Christian School filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn lower court rulings that barred its students from praying over the loudspeaker at a state football championship in 2015. The Florida High School…

HF 870 mandates public schools excuse students for off-campus religious instruction, aligning with 1952 Supreme Court ruling Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed House File 870 into law on June 7, 2025, obligating public school districts to honor parental requests for students to be excused during the school day to attend religious instruction off school grounds….

Judge allows negligent supervision claim to proceed, raising questions about employee protections at religious institutions On June 5, 2025, a federal judge in Minnesota partially dismissed the employment discrimination lawsuit of Rolanda Schmidt, a former professor at the University of Northwestern–St. Paul, ruling that her Title VII claim is barred by the ministerial exception under…

Ruling rebukes state for requiring faith-based charities to proselytize or limit services to co-religionists in order to qualify for unemployment tax exemption In a unanimous decision issued June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Wisconsin violated the First Amendment by denying Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. and several of its subentities a religious exemption…

Ruling reverses trial court’s constitutional block on Ken Paxton’s attempt to revoke Annunciation House’s corporate charter The Texas Supreme Court ruled on May 30, 2025, that Attorney General Ken Paxton may initiate a quo warranto action against Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit in El Paso that provides shelter to migrants. A quo warranto action is…

Case hinges on public forum status, viewpoint discrimination, and improper government enforcement. In a June 3, 2025 ruling, a federal judge declined to dismiss the core constitutional claims brought by five individuals who say they were ejected or barred from the 2023 Franklin Pride festival for expressing their religious beliefs. Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr….

A Reckoning in Code As AI begins to govern more than labor and law, world religions—Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist—face a question long deferred: what happens to the soul when judgment is outsourced? The drone did not waver. It rose above the smoke-dark sky near Avdiivka, banking midair as data recalculated in real time. No…