Employment
The former director of a bilingual program claims Pillar College, an evangelical college in New Jersey, fired him because he is getting divorced, in Essex County Court.
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2nd Judge Blocks Trump Administration ‘Conscience Rule’ for Health Workers
A federal judge blocked a Trump administration “conscience rule” late Tuesday that would have expanded protections for health care workers with religious objections to certain medical procedures, just two days before it was set to take effect.
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A Christian school has plausibly claimed that the state superintendent and an advisory board violated its constitutional rights, a federal court in Maryland ruled. The board kicked the school out of a program that provides scholarships for students to attend nonpublic schools due to the school’s stance on LGBTQ issues.
Read moreJudge Advances Suit Over Christian School’s Grant Loss
A federal judge advanced claims from a private Christian school that its religious affiliation got it booted from a state-funded voucher program.
Read moreReligious Beliefs
A father was properly convicted of manslaughter for the death of his 12-year-old daughter, an Oregon appeals court ruled. The man and his wife did not seek medical care for their child, who died of ketoacidosis. The lower court properly introduced evidence the man avoided traditional medical care due to his religious beliefs and “looked to God to heal the body.”
Read moreTennessee Cop Accused of Groping Minors Faces Fourth Lawsuit
A sheriff’s deputy in southeast Tennessee accused of groping underage girls and baptizing a woman under duress was hit with a fourth lawsuit Wednesday.
Read moreStates Defeat Moral-Objection Rule for Health Care
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to let medical workers refuse services, including abortions, based on their religious beliefs and moral objections.
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Jimmy Carter Is Back Teaching Sunday School
Former President Jimmy Carter taught a Bible lesson on life after death on Sunday, less than two weeks after breaking his pelvis in a fall.
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Trump Fires Up Religious Critics With Job for Televangelist
The ascension of Paula White as an official member of Donald Trump’s White House highlights how closely the president is relying on his inner circle of evangelical Christian supporters as he fights an impeachment probe during his reelection bid — while giving liberal evangelicals a new opening to push back at his administration’s mingling of religion and policymaking.
Read moreGreece Can’t Force Parents to Reveal Beliefs for Religious Exemption
The Greek government cannot require parents to declare they are not Orthodox Christians to exempt their children from religious studies, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday.
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Minnesota Clergy Want Bishop’s Name off ICE Building
Clergy and immigration activists in Minnesota are trying to remove the name of a revered bishop from a federal building where hundreds of deportation orders are issued every year, calling the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown an affront to his memory.
Read moreByzantine Church of ‘Glorious Martyr’ Uncovered in Israel
The remains of a sixth-century Byzantine church dedicated to an unnamed “glorious martyr” with elaborate mosaics, a rare crypt and a large collection of lamps were unveiled in central Israel on Wednesday.
Read moreN.Irish Lawmakers Fail to Thwart Abortion Law Change in Rare Assembly Sitting
A group of Northern Irish lawmakers on Monday failed in a last-minute bid to thwart the liberalisation of abortion laws, set to come into force after being decided by London during the suspension of the Belfast executive.
Read moreReligious Disaffiliation: Christianity Sees Steady US Decline
Christianity in the U.S. is quickly declining while Americans with no religious affiliation continue to rise, the Pew Research Center reported Thursday.
Read moreRights Court Exempts Jehovah’s Witnesses From Military Service
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Jehovah’s Witnesses in Azerbaijan cannot be forced to serve in the military.
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Oxford University Probes ‘Sale’ of Ancient Bible Fragments
Oxford University said Wednesday it has launched an investigation into claims that one of its professors sold ancient Bible fragments to the controversial U.S. company of a billionaire evangelical Christian.
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Federal Judge Rules Obamacare Protections Violate Religious Freedom
A Texas federal judge Tuesday invalidated Obama-era protections for patients seeking transgender or abortion-related care, concluding they violate the religious rights of medical providers who object to performing such treatments.
Read moreCzech Court Nixes Controversial Church Compensation Tax
The Czech Republic’s constitutional court on Tuesday canceled a law slapping income tax on the billions the state will pay churches for assets seized by the Communists during their Cold War rule.
Read moreAnti-Semitism
Three people and an LLC claim in federal court that Shorewood Hills Homeowners Association, in Chikaming, Mich., refuses to let Jews live there — only “Christian neighbors,” according to its articles of incorporation.
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Washington State Lawmaker Espouses Hatred of Muslims in Video
Washington state Rep. Matt Shea said in a video posted Thursday that the media’s exposure of his extremist ideas such as Christian dominion — which calls for Christians to control society by taking over political and cultural institutions — is a “Soviet tactic” to persecute him.
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