Supreme Court
Supreme Court Limits Individual Liability in RLUIPA Cases
The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals cannot be held liable in their personal capacities for violations of statutes enacted under Con…
Civil Rights
13 articles
Constitution
States Rights, Slavery, the 14th Amendment and Religious Liberty
Have you ever wondered what legal mechanism existed that permitted the legalization of slavery in the United States after the Bill of Rights…
Constitution
U.S. Civil Rights Commission report gives free exercise of religion second-tier status
In a stunning report, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Chairman Martin Castro attacked the Religious Freedom Restoration Act at both the stat…
Health
Seeking Peaceful Solutions When Accommodating You Doesn’t Accommodate Me
By recognizing the sincerity of opposing positions on the issues and deriving specific areas of accommodation, the conversation moves from i…
Civil Rights
Why the 14th Amendment and Federal Courts are Essential to Protecting Religious Liberty
Have you ever wondered what legal mechanism existed that permitted the legalization of slavery in the United States after the Bill of Rights…
Employment Law
Reviewing 2013 – The Year in Religious Liberty
By Stephen N. Allred - Ultimately, 2013 was a rough year for Christians in many parts of the world who were harassed, raped, murdered and pe…
Church and State
Michael Newdow – Question to Justice Scalia: Does the Establishment Clause Permit the Disregard of Devout Catholics?
Dr. Michael Newdow, an attorney and physician famous for his litigation on church-state issues from an atheist perspective, and and previous…
Video
Civil Rights Pioneer E.E. Cleveland talks about meeting Martin Luther King, Jr.
On August 30, 2009, renowned evangelist Edward Earl Cleveland died at Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Alabama. He was 88. Cleveland work…
Current Events
Tight California Prop. 8 race closely watched (AP)
The race has tightened over the past six weeks and is expected to be close. A Field Poll released Friday found 49 percent of likely voters o…
Civil Rights
OPINION: Gay Rights and Religious Liberty (Los Angeles Times)
The Los Angeles Times today published an article by Marc D. Stern of the American Jewish Congress describing the impact that gay marriage mi…