Religious Liberty

“A judge for the US District Court of the Northern District of Florida ruled Monday that a large cross erected in a Pensacola park is in violation of the First Amendment…. The Freedom From Religion Foundation and the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Legal Center filed the suit”

“Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an adoption bill into law on Thursday that allows adoption agencies receiving public funding to refuse to place children in adoptive families or foster homes that conflict with the agencies’ religious beliefs.” Jurist

“Unanimous victory for religiously affiliated health care groups will affect 100 lawsuits.”

“Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) signed Senate Bill 24 Friday, which prevents the state officials from issuing subpoenas demanding that pastors hand over their sermon messages for government inspection.” OneNewsNow

“A Baptist mother of two has filed religious discrimination and retaliation charges against a school system that threatened to fire her for privately telling a coworker she’d pray for him.”

“1. The Johnson Amendment exclusively targets churches” CPost

“A major concern addressed in this year’s report is that ‘international religious freedom is worsening in both the depth and breadth of violations.’”

“Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin recently signed a bill into law that authorizes public school boards to allow schools to offer elective Bible literacy courses and provides state guidance to help establish such classes”

“The justices — at least some who seemed skeptical of the state’s position — proposed the examples as they considered whether the state’s exclusion of a church-operated daycare center from a playground resurfacing program constitutes religious discrimination.”