Category Archives: Religious Liberty

ACLU Opposes Creationism in Ohio Curriculum

NYC Council Passes Equal Access Resolution

Sailors forced to hear shipboard prayer | FFRF

D.C. Federal Court Asked to Halt Enforcement of HHS Mandate against Ohio Company until Decision Rendered in Case on Appeal

“Gov. Perry dismayed by gay Boy Scouts decision”

Becket Fund’s Statement Following 10th Circuit Hearing on Hobby Lobby

ENDA Won’t See Action Until July, Senator Says

Court hears Hobby Lobby’s challenge to part of health-care law

Houston Police Sued By Street Preacher

Russia: Why were hundreds of religious organisations checked?

    Forum 18: Hundreds of religious communities across Russia are among non-governmental organisations (NGOs) inspected by officials, Forum 18 News Service has found. Check-ups ranged from a simple telephone request for documents to multiple, extensive searches. It “wasn’t simply the initiative of the Prosecutor”, Moscow-based lawyer Konstantin Andreyev told Forum 18. “There’s a political subtext.”


  • Posted: 05/24/2013
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IRS Replaces Official Who Revealed Targeting

Why Secular-Purpose Limits Should Be Narrow, and “Why Religion Is Special (Enough)”

Another Ridiculous DOJ Argument Against Religious Liberty | Ed Whelan at NRO

IRS official who refused to testify placed on administrative leave

More on the legislative prayer case | Rick Garnett at Mirror of Justice

Contraception Violates Beliefs, Firms Tell Court | WSJ

Arizona Legislature Gives Final Passage Expansion of Sate RFRA; 2 Other Bills Near Final Legislative Action

Texas Legislature Passes Bill On Winter Holidays In Schools

Faith Healing Couple Charged With 3rd Degree Murder In Death of Second Child

Birth Control Coverage Up For Federal Appeal

John Boehner: ‘Really is inconceivable’ Obama wouldn’t have known about IRS woes

IRS official who pleaded the Fifth sued Christian Coalition while at FEC

    Fox News: Under her direction, the FEC undertook the largest enforcement action in its history — suing the Christian Coalition for violating campaign laws. The Christian Coalition won, but in one deposition, FEC lawyers asked a defendant if televangelist Pat Robertson prayed for him. James Bopp, the Christian Coalition’s lawyer, said he was “shocked and appalled” by that. . . . “She was in effect being promoted for what she had done at the Federal Election Commission and now was going to be expected … to replicate that at the IRS and now we know that’s exactly what happened,” he said.


  • Posted: 05/23/2013
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House pushes judicial oversight of DOJ in wake of Associated Press leaks case

Arizona House non-prayer sparks Christian re-do

IRS Morality: Defend Planned Parenthood, Deluge Adoptive Families with Audits

ACLJ preparing to sue IRS next week

Darrell Issa: Lois Lerner waived Fifth Amendment

Congressman Objects to Lerner Taking 5th: ‘You Don’t Get to Tell Your Side of Story Then Not Be Subjected to Cross Examination’

The Insiders: A special prosecutor in the IRS matter is inevitable | Washington Post

FFRF: Keep preaching out of WI nature preserve

Our Govt. Is Turning into an Unstoppable Surveillance State

Supreme Court to Decide on Prayer in Public Meetings

Four appeals courts to hear birth control mandate lawsuits

As Legal Fight Over Contraception Reaches Critical Moment, Where Will The Courts Stand? | ACLU Blog

NY Fed. Court: Mom’s Objections To Immunizations Not Religiously Motivated

Protesters Rally Over IRS’ Tea Party Scrutiny

GOP Questions IRS Scrutiny Of Anti-abortion Groups

IRS Official Lerner: I Did Nothing Wrong

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