Religious Liberty

“Three mothers say a law eliminating the faith exemption for school vaccinations violates their free exercise rights.” - RNS

“Armenian evangelicals praise first US president to formally use word to describe 1915 massacre by Ottoman Turks.” - C.Today

Related at RNS: “The Armenian genocide is a Jewish issue. More than you think.”

Bahrain, the Central African Republic, and Sudan were dropped from the list of oppressive countries. - C.Today

“Alliance Defending Freedom, a national religious liberty advocacy legal group, filed a motion last Friday to intervene in the lawsuit on behalf of college students at Corban University in Oregon, William Jessup University in California and Phoenix Seminary in Arizona.” - C.Post

“One [study] found that since the George W. Bush-appointed John Roberts assumed the role of chief justice in 2005, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of religious claimants 81% of the time. This compares with a rate of about 50% for the 20th century.” - The Conversation

“UPDATE: University’s nondiscrimination policy unconstitutionally discriminated against the campus ministry.” - C.Today

Related: Michigan university can’t punish Christian club for requiring leaders be Christian, judge rules

“Evangelist’s LGBT views are protected by UK Equality Act, court rules.” - C.Today

“I can’t even tell you how many times I saw the same pattern in my legal career. An aggressive university or aggressive government agency would take direct aim at a social conservative client… the university would not only lose, it would also sometimes set a precedent that built the fortress of free speech or religious liberty larger and stronger. ” - David French

“Tertullian, Roger Williams, and John MacArthur debate the perils of freedom.” - C.Today

“A three-judge federal appeals court panel has ruled in favor of an evangelical professor who was punished by Shawnee State University in Ohio for refusing to address a transgender student by the preferred pronoun.” - C.Post