Court Rulings

“Amid such challenges, some observers have wondered whether religious liberty can persist as a basic value in an increasingly secularized American society. It must, say religious liberty advocates.” - BPNews

“A Finnish court of appeal on Tuesday tossed out the “hate crime” charges against a lawmaker and Lutheran bishop who have been in a four-year legal battle for expressing traditional Christian beliefs regarding sexuality and gender.” - CPost

“Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye issued a ruling last week allowing Idaho’s law to take effect, rejecting a request from the Sexuality and Gender Alliance and trans-identified students for an injunction against it.” - CPost

“…the T and the Q are at obvious odds with the LGB, at least as traditionally understood because the lesbian, gay male, and bisexual identity claims all assume as fundamental the importance of biological sex differences.” - World

The administration “will not appeal an Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decision from December 2022 that blocked … . an attempt by the Biden administration to define sex to include ‘gender identity’ for the purposes of HHS regulations.” - BPNews

U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker: “The AEA’s regulation of ‘adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors under § 39-17-901’ does target protected speech, despite Defendant claims to the contrary” - BPNews

“In addition to paying legal fees, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services will also allow New Hope Family Services to continue its religiously-influenced policies.” - CPost

“Plaintiffs have demonstrated that the State permits countless other private actors hosting secular activities to do what a house of worship may not. The houses of worship exclusion is not a neutral law of general applicability” - CPost

“A second federal appeals court has blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to require doctors and hospitals to perform gender-transition procedures, as well as abortions, over their objections.” - BPNews

“The opinion, which relies on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ever-more-robust embrace of religious rights, begins by citing a range of religious beliefs — Jewish, Muslim, Episcopalian, Unitarian Universalist and pagan — to the effect that human life or personhood begins well after conception.” - RNS