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Founders’ First Freedom urges Supreme Court to Restore Title VII Workplace Religious Accommodation Standard

August 5, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Today, Founders’ First Freedom, Inc. filed an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to revisit and restore the workplace religious accommodation standard found in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Filed Under: Current Events, Employment Law, Religious Accommodation, Supreme Court Tagged With: Discrimination, employment law, religious accommodation, workplace religious freedom

BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Decision a Victory for Religious Accommodation

June 2, 2015 by Michael Peabody

The Supreme Court ruled that a prospective employer’s perceived need to accommodate religious beliefs as a “motivating factor” not to hire violates Title VII.

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Employment Law, Legal Issues, Supreme Court Tagged With: Abercrombie and Fitch, head scarf, religious accommodation, workplace religious freedom

Liberty Institute Files EEOC Charge of Discrimination on Behalf of Dr. Eric Walsh

September 29, 2014 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

ATLANTA, GA, September 23, 2014—Today, Liberty Institute and Parks, Chesin & Walbert, attorneys for Dr. Eric Walsh, a leading public health expert, who holds both a medical degree and Ph.D. and serves as lay minister with the Seventh Day Adventist Church, filed an official charge of discrimination with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Georgia Department of Health offered Dr. Walsh a job in May, which he accepted, announced his employment publicly, but then top officials laughed about their decision to terminate his position as Director of Public Health for the region of northeast Georgia based upon Dr. Walsh’s religious beliefs.

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: @advanceliberty, Adventist, eeoc, Eric Walsh, freedom of speech, Liberty Institute, religious discrimination, religious freedom, religious liberty, workplace religious freedom

California Governor to sign workplace religious dress and grooming bill

September 8, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

California Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign workplace religious accommodation legislation this weekend. AB 1964 will amend Section 12940 of the Government Code, which prevents employers from discrimination based on a person’s religious belief or observance. The existing code reads, “Religious belief or observance, as used in this section, includes, but is not limited […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law, Religious Accommodation Tagged With: dress, grooming, Sikh, workplace religious freedom

New York City Council Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act (Sikhsayaset.net)

August 19, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPT: The law, called the “Workplace Religious Freedom Act” by supporters, changes the legal standard by which courts review claims of religious workplace discrimination by public and private city employees. Under current city law, employers are required to make ‘reasonable accommodations’ for the religious practices of their employees. However, employers can bypass this requirement by […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Employment Law, In the News Tagged With: Act, Mark S. Weprin, New York City, SikhJohn Kerry, workplace religious freedom

When work and religion collide

July 21, 2009 by Jim Evans

Because religious beliefs are protected and there is a more diverse workforce, religious accommodation issues have increased. This article was written by originally published in the July 19, 2009 Zanesville TimesRecorder and is reprinted here with the permission of the author. By Jim Evans This is not your father’s workplace. A snapshot of today’s workforce looks dramatically […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law Tagged With: Jim Evans, religious accommodation, workers' rights, workplace religious freedom

California Supreme Court to Decide A Case Where Medical Rights v. Workplace Religious Freedom

June 19, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Soon after issuing its opinion that gay marriage cannot be prohibited under the Constitution, the California Supreme Court is about to issue a ruling in a case where a physician declined to provide fertilization services on a lesbian (unmarried) couple, but referred them to another clinic that did provide the service on the basis that […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law, Family, Human Life Tagged With: Christian Brody, fertility services, Guadalupe Benitez, Human Life, Lambda Legal, workplace religious freedom, Workplace Religious Freedom Act

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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.

Boston City Hall - photo from Supreme Court Opinion

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.

Active Liberty - a survey of Justice Stephen Breyer's religion clause jurisprudence - Supreme Court

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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— Thomas Jefferson

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