Public Education
Legal battle brews over prayer club rejection at Washington state schoolTwo elementary students in Washington state are taking a stand against religious discrimination after their proposal to start an interfaith prayer club was rejected by the school’s principal. The rejection… Read More
Culture
DOJ must defend churches from more expected pro-abortion attacks, Catholic leader says(The Daily Signal) â A prominent Catholic organization is calling on the Department of Justice to defend Catholic churches from anticipated pro-abortion attacks, pointing to the disparities in the DOJâs enforcement of… Read More
Culture
French priest targeted by government for âhomophobiaâ(The Daily Signal) â The French government is targeting a Catholic priest for calling homosexuality a âweaknessâ and declaring that homosexual acts and relationships are sinful. Father Matthieu Raffray, a Catholic… Read More
Culture
âSenseless charadeâ: Satanic Temple to deliver opening prayer at Michigan county meetingA member of The Satanic Temple-West Michigan is scheduled to deliver the opening prayer at the April 23 meeting of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners. The decision comes nearly a… Read More
Courts
Satanic Temple sues Tennessee school board for discrimination over after school clubThe Satanic Temple and an anti-religion watchdog have filed a lawsuit against a Tennessee school board for alleged discrimination. In November 2023, the atheistic group known… Read More
Courts
Christian ministries get settlement in Virginia religious freedom suitIn a religious freedom victory, two Virginia churches, three Christian schools and a pregnancy center network have received a settlement in a lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Virginia. Alliance Defending… Read More
Culture
âUn-Americanâ: SPLC uses terrorist tacticsâ to silence dissent, religious freedom lawyer says(The Daily Signal) â Mike Farris, general counsel with the National Religious Broadcasters and the founder of Patrick Henry College, says the far-left smear factory the Southern Poverty Law Center… Read More
Courts
Christian employees can challenge mandated DEI trainings on religious freedom grounds, lawyer says(The Daily Signal) â Christian employees can raise religious freedom complaints against mandated diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings if those DEI trainings force an ideology on them or make them… Read More
Legislation
Conservative leaders urge lawmakers to back amendment protecting traditional views on marriage(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Dozens of leaders of conservative organizations planned to send a letter Friday to members of Congress demanding that the lawmakers adopt protections for religious Americans… Read More
Courts
Americans with traditional religious beliefs âwill be labeled as bigots and treated as such by the government,â warns Justice Alito in rare statementThe Supreme Court may have declined to hear a discrimination case, but Justice Samuel Alito used the opportunity as a teaching moment about the threat of religious discrimination he sees… Read More
Culture
Hulu rejected Texas churchâs ad twice â until a law firm asked whyÂ(The Daily Signal) â Hulu has reversed its decision to reject an advertisement for a Texas churchâs weeknight service, after spurning it twice as being âreligious indoctrination.â The Fort Worth, Texas-based… Read More
Culture
NY Gov. Hochulâs refusal to address church attacks draws criticism after her thorough response to mosque incidentA series of attacks on churches in New York state have critics crying foul, as Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, remains quiet about the violence. Her refusal to address attacks… Read More
Legislation
Iowa Senate passes religious freedom bill after hour-long debate(The Center Square) â A bill Democrats said would open the door to discrimination of LGBTQ people passed the Iowa Senate along party lines after an hour-long debate on Tuesday. Read More
Public Education
Minnesota school district to allow Muslim families to opt out of LGBT reading lessons(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The St. Louis Park public school district in Minnesota will reportedly allow Muslim families to opt out of LGBT reading lessons for students. Two public… Read More
Public Education
Indiana bill would enable public school students to receive off-site faith-based instruction during school dayIndiana legislators are considering a bill that would allow âreleased-timeâ religious instruction for students during the school day at the discretion of their parents. The bill,… Read More
Legislation
Iowa lawmakers advance religious freedom bill(The Center Square) â An Iowa House subcommittee advanced a bill Tuesday that would prevent religious discrimination in Iowa over the objections of some who said the bill could discourage… Read More
Culture
State department still wonât say why it doesnât classify Nigeria, India as countries violating religious freedom(The Daily Signal) â Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined that Nigeria and India do not meet the threshold to be designated as âcountries of particular concernâ… Read More
Courts
Christian club sues Hawaii Department Of Education after allegedly being barred from school grounds(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A Christian after-school club organization filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Hawaii Department of Education after allegedly being barred from operating a club on several… Read More
Courts
Blue state officials agree to pay thousands after barring church from preschool lunch program for beliefs on gender(Daily Caller News Foundation) â California state officials agreed to settle with the Church of Compassion and Dayspring Christian Learning Center Tuesday for nearly $200,000 after trying to exclude the… Read More
Opinion
Australian law forbids prayers, revealing the religious freedom threat of bans on âconversion therapyâ(The Daily Signal) â Imagine the government told you what you can and cannot pray for, inside your own head. Such an idea seems better suited to âthoughtcrimeâ dystopiasâsuch as George… Read More