Religious Liberty

“The pastor acknowledged the injunction, but chose to move forward with today’s service, ignoring requirements for social distancing, mask wearing and reduced capacity limits for attendees” - C.Post

“Pompeo and other Trump officials were vocal proponents of the First Freedom view. Blinken implicitly but clearly repudiated that view and articulated the basic outline of the Article 18 perspective” - C.Today

“Jackie Gale has never had a single vaccination because she believes that the Bible commands Christians to honor God regarding how the care for their bodies and not inject extra chemicals into one’s body, according to a letter to UAB President Ray L. Watts and the university’s lawyer John Daniel from First Liberty Institute attorney Christine Pratt.” - C.Post

“Former Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback is ‘encouraged’ by the Biden State Department’s statements on international religious freedom thus far as Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called religious freedom a ‘co-equal’ right.” - C.Post

“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