Category Archives: Religious Liberty

CA: Assessor ready to issue same-sex marriage licenses

Vandals deface war memorial cross in Coos Bay park

Ball State U. prof accused of preaching Christianity

Top IRS official will invoke 5th Amendment

President met with IRS union chief the day before targeting of Tea Party

Carney: White House, IRS strategized how to tell public

Court: Alaska’s Interest In Limiting Eskimo Salmon Fishing Trumps Free Exercise

When can prayers and government activity coexist? | Lyle Denniston at Constitution Daily

Should the Ministerial Exception Apply to Functions, Not Persons? Jed Glickstein at Yale L.J.

New Lawsuit Against Obamacare

Dems look to crack down on anti-abortion ‘crisis pregnancy centers’

Rowan, Union counties continue prayer prior to meetings

Justice Department: Employees must affirm homosexuality

High Court To Weigh In On Legislative Prayers | AP

Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In City Council Invocation Case

Congress Investigating Obama Admin’s Hostility To Religion In The Military

Americans United for Sep. of Church and State PR on SCOTUS prayer grant

Texas Legislature passes bill to force non-profits to identify supporters

Treasury knew of IRS scandal during 2012 Presidential Campaign

CA: Plaintiff’s attorney asks for an August decision on Eureka invocations: Motion asks for new judge to hear prayer breakfast case

TX: Marion school board sticks with prayer that group says is illegal

TN: Blount County Commission holds off on prayer resolution

Nevada Assembly approves addition of gender identity to hate crimes bill

“Is this still America?” Congressman asks IRS during hearing

IRS Commissioner Unsure if It’s OK Pro-Life Group Asked to Disclose Prayer Content

Congress Receives Irrefutable Evidence of IRS Harassment of Pro-Life Organizations

IRS chief defends targeting of groups as ‘obnoxious,’ not illegal

GOP Lawmaker Gets Standing ‘O’ Telling IRS Commissioner: ‘You All Can Do Just About Anything You Want’ | Video included

Free the IRS from Political Speech

2nd IRS Official To Leave Amid Tea Party Scandal

Pro-Marriage Group Claims IRS Leaked Records to Hurt Romney

Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan wants to rebuild Detroit; he’ll meet City Council, speak at church

James Dobson confirms slam campaign against his group

Liberty U. Obamacare challenge back at the 4th Cir.

NV: Will city council prayer still separate church from state?

NRB President & CEO Responds to IRS Targeting Reports

MO: Humanists threaten to sue Missouri school officials over teacher-led prayer meetings

GA: Bibles removed, then returned to state lodges

Readers comment on prayer at Blount County Commission meetings

FFRF protests bibles in Georgia state parks

New Questions in Conversion Therapy Appeal

“Family Denied Asylum In Us, They Should Have Said They Were Gay”

Text: Joint statement of Southern Baptist concern on religious liberty and the United States military

IRS demands alarm Florida tea partyers: Some groups abandoned attempts to get tax exemptions

    Sun Sentinel: Provide copies of all 7,000 web pages. All blog posts, newsletters, bulletins, fliers and hand bills. Provide copies of the agendas and minutes of board meetings and resumes of each board member. The percentage of time spent on activities, sources of money… Faced with round after round of such questions, the group abandoned its attempt, disbanded and re-invented itself under the name National Liberty Federation.


  • Posted: 05/15/2013
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NC: Rockingham Co. school board votes against having public prayer

MD: County council nixes meeting prayer, opts for moment of silence

Judge Grants Motion To Include The American Legion And Local Post In N.C. Veterans Memorial Case

Some parents oppose Gideon Bible distribution at Tennessee Elementary School

ACLJ Calls on IRS to Approve Tax-Exempt Status for 10 Tea Party Groups

Asylum and Homeschoolers | Eugene Volokh

Christian Evangelists Escorted From 2012 Arab International Festival Lose Civil Rights Suit

Broadening IRS Victims Include Pro-Life Advocates, As Congress Investigates | Thomas More Society

National Organization for Marriage to sue IRS

Israel-related groups also pointed to IRS scrutiny

Franklin Graham: IRS targeted us, too

    Politico: The IRS came after Billy Graham, too, his son charged Tuesday in a letter to President Barack Obama. Franklin Graham, the president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the family’s international humanitarian organization Samaritan’s Purse, said that the IRS notified the organizations in September that it was conducting a “review” of their activities for tax year 2010.


  • Posted: 05/15/2013
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IRS ordered conservative educational group to turn over a list of high school and college students it trained

KMOV anchor: The IRS is targeting me

Federal bill would penalize adoption agencies that prioritize heterosexual couples | Tony Perkins at LifeSiteNews

Michigan Federal Judge Allows Muslim Violence to Suppress Christian Speech; Immediate Appeal Filed

Should pro-life displays of “gruesome images” be prohibited? Scott v. Saint John’s Church in the Wilderness

Elementary school’s ‘blessing of the fleet’ canceled for violating First Amendment

TN: Blount County Commission to vote on meeting prayer policy

Oklahoma: Muldrow board approves removal of 10 Commandments

GOP Governors Want Special Prosecutor In IRS Case

Ways and Means sets hearing on IRS

Congress Confronts Anti-Christian Bigotry in Armed Services

Boy Scouts Would Abandon Own Supreme Court Victory | Ed Whelan

Union won’t back teacher fired by Catholic school for same-sex relationship

National Organization for Marriage calls for hearing after IRS flap

    Politico: The National Organization for Marriage hopes revelations about the IRS unfairly targeting conservative groups can revitalize an investigation into who leaked its donor information last year


  • Posted: 05/13/2013
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  • Category: Religious Liberty
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  • Source: www.politico.com

Second Circuit Reinstates Challenge to New York Political Committee Law

Texas House passes ‘Merry Christmas’ bill

WA: Unexpected prayer policy tabled by Oak Harbor council

OH: Dewine Rejects School Prayer Group’s Constitutional Amendment Effort