The New Mexico Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over whether the state’s program that lends textbooks to private and religious schools violates the doctrine of separation between church and state.
Read moreA Native American feather dancer asked the U.S. government Thursday to end its restrictions on tribes using eagle feathers in religious ceremonies.
Read moreThe Second Circuit revived a suit Wednesday involving three Muslims whose refusal to become FBI informants landed them on the no-fly list.
Read moreA bakery owned by a Christian family is asking Britain’s Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that it discriminated against a gay customer for refusing to make a cake supporting same-sex marriage.
Read moreThe Third Circuit allowed an order of nuns to intervene on Tuesday in a lawsuit pitting Pennsylvania against the Trump administration’s rollback of the contraception mandate under the Affordable Care Act.
Read moreAfter a dozen New Jersey churches received millions in taxpayer dollars to carry out repairs, the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday that such grants cannot happen again.
Read moreA veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom claims in court the Air Force trampled on his free speech and other civil rights when it ejected him from a service retirement ceremony after deeming his prepared comments too religious.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Thursday that Christian foster families may intervene in same-sex couples’ challenge of a Michigan policy allowing state-funded private adoption agencies to turn away gay and lesbian prospective parents for religious reasons.
Read moreA federal judge on Thursday indicated he would keep alive a five-year-old proposed class action accusing a hospital system with ties to the Catholic Church of exploiting a religious exemption in federal law to underfund its employees’ pensions by $1.5 billion.
Read moreThe New York City Police Department was hit with a class action Friday demanding it stop forcing Muslim women to remove their headscarves for mug shots.
Read moreNew York, California and 17 other states filed a brief with the Eighth Circuit arguing against a Minnesota couple who claim they should not be forced to make wedding videos for gay couples because of their religious beliefs.
Read moreAn Ohio atheist convicted of drug charges claims in court that a state judge and treatment providers forced him to participate in Alcoholics Anonymous, which he says is rooted in monotheistic spirituality.
Read moreAt a hearing reminiscent of the movie “Groundhog Day,” the question of what the true issues at stake are in a case between the state, a same-sex couple, and the Bakersfield baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for them, kept popping up over and over again on Friday.
Read moreA fire department violated a firefighter’s free-speech rights when it restricted his ability to include religious comments in work emails and forums, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Read moreThe Freedom From Religion Foundation on Wednesday voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit challenging an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that targeted an IRS rule saying religious organizations and other nonprofits that endorse political candidates risk losing their tax-exempt status.
Read moreConsidering the case of a Christian baker who refused to design a wedding cake for a gay couple, the U.S. Supreme Court justices struggled Tuesday to find a balance that would protect free speech without opening the door for widespread discrimination.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday over whether a Colorado baker had a right to decline to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, in a case that pits First Amendment protections against anti-discrimination laws.
Read moreA federal judge seemed skeptical Monday about the government’s argument that it was within its rights to destroy burial grounds and a ceremonial site sacred to members of the Klickitat and Cascade Native American tribes to widen a highway.
Read moreA pre-k teacher whose anti-abortion chants drew New York’s legal fire has tapped the same attorneys who represented anti-gay court clerk Kim Davis for his defense.
Read moreAttorney General Jeff Sessions issued a sweeping directive to federal agencies Friday to do as much as possible to accommodate those who claim their religious freedoms are being violated. But critics say the guidance could undermine protections for the LGBT community.
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