A federal appeals court ruled for the atheist group Freedom From Religion Foundation late Friday in their dispute with Texas officials over the removal of its nativity scene at the Texas Capitol that promoted separation of church and state.
Read moreA Christian pastor who ministers to immigrants and refugees failed to obtain a court order that would have prevented the government from continuing to monitor her activities along the U.S.-Mexico border and in New York.
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Nearly every American believes their basic rights and freedoms are under assault, according to polling data released Monday.
Read moreA federal judge on Wednesday voiced serious concerns about the Trump administration’s expanded protections for health care workers with religious objections, finding it may impose new requirements on health care providers not authorized by law.
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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 moreAfter losing two lawsuits to Christian student groups at the University of Iowa, school administrators now face the prospect of paying damages to the plaintiffs out of their own pockets.
Read moreReligious liberty advocates have praised a Michigan federal judge who blocked the state from enforcing new rules that he says target faith-based foster and adoption agencies. But supporters of the policy voiced concerns that the ruling reopened the door to discrimination against same-sex couples.
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An indigenous nation, a member of its tribal council and the San Antonio Missions Cemetery Association filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday morning against the Alamo’s management and related government agencies, claiming these entities violated the nation’s constitutional right to freely exercise their religion.
Read moreTens of thousands of people turned out for gay pride celebrations around the world on Saturday, including a boisterous party in Mexico and the first pride march in North Macedonia’s capital.
Read moreIn 1981, followers of the Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh bought a ranch in rural Oregon and established a city that set off a series of intriguing years-long legal controversies involving free expression of religion, land use and immigration that continue to resonate in present day.
Read moreThe Trump administration has backed off on a rule that would allow health care workers to refuse medical services that violate their religious beliefs.
Read moreThe Supreme Court took up a challenge Friday by low-income Montana mothers who have been denied state scholarships to help send their children to Christian schools.
Read morePushing for the government to stop protecting those who wield their faiths to hurt others, a civil rights lawyer urged House lawmakers Tuesday to curb abuse of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act by the Trump administration.
Read moreGovernment health care workers with religious or moral objections to abortions, birth control or assisted suicide will be free to refuse to provide those services under a new rule issued Thursday by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Read moreA judge has blocked New York from using public funds to force secular education goals, like learning how to read and write in English, on ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools.
Read moreTo settle claims of anti-Jewish bias, San Francisco State University on Wednesday committed to a sweeping set of changes including the creation of an on-campus mural that will feature Zionist views and a major investment in “viewpoint diversity.”
Read moreFive Muslims accused immigration officials at a Florida detention facility of denying them access to the Quran and restricting prayer in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Read moreA Fourth Circuit panel sided Monday with a Maryland school district after a Christian student and her family opposed a lesson plan that taught about the Islamic faith.
Read moreA regional court in western Russia on Wednesday sentenced a Danish Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison, in arguably the most severe crackdown on religious freedom in Russia in recent years.
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