Mr. President: Protect Rel Freedom in Ex Order

Mr. President: Protect Rel Freedom in Ex Order

Some 160 leaders of faith-based organizations and churches sent a letter Wednesday (June 25) asking the President to include strong religious freedom protections in the…

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Opponents of religious hiring (again) demand AG Holder to act

Opponents of religious hiring (again) demand AG Holder to act

Last week, 90 “religious, education, civil rights, labor, LGBT, women’s, and health organizations” asked Attorney General Eric Holder to “review and withdraw” a 2007 legal…

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HHS contraceptives mandate: wholesale victory for Catholic employers

HHS contraceptives mandate: wholesale victory for Catholic employers

A significant number of Catholic (as well as Protestant) businesses and religious nonprofit organizations have sued the federal government to get relief from the mandate…

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Congressional testimony on US religious freedom

Congressional testimony on US religious freedom

On June 10th, the Constitution subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the state of religious freedom in American today. The witnesses…

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Worth Reading

Worth Reading

* Michael Paulson, “Colleges and Evangelicals Collide on Bias Policy,” New York Times, June 9, 2014. “In a collision between religious freedom and antidiscrimination policies,…

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LGBT Ex. Order & Religious Freedom

The White House announced on June 23, 2014, that the President has directed his staff to prepare an Executive Order banning job discrimination based on…

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New federal policy on same-sex marriage applied to grantees

New federal policy on same-sex marriage applied to grantees

In programs that deal with marriage, the federal government now says that grantees must treat as married legally-married same-sex couples, no matter the marriage policy…

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