Why Protecting the Religious Freedom of Faith-Based Pregnancy Centers is also a Women’s Rights Issue
Chelsea Langston On the last day of 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to enjoin a recently passed California state statute called the…
Stanley Carlson-Thies On January 19, 2016, IRFA and other religious organizations filed a comment on proposed regulations from the US Department of Housing and Urban…
by Stanley Carlson-Thies “No Child Left Behind,” the well-intentioned but increasingly criticized federal law for elementary and secondary education, was replaced on December 10, 2015,…
by Chelsea Langston Free to Serve: Protecting the Religious Freedom of Faith-Based Organizations (Brazos Press) made an immediate splash when it was published in October,…
by Chelsea Langston Recurring news stories about challenges to the employment practices of faith-based organizations are a reminder of the urgent need for ministries to…
Stanley Carlson-Thies Faith-based organizations, as their name suggests, may serve and operate somewhat differently than their secular counterparts. The legitimacy of such differences are often…
Stanley Carlson-Thies In a widely discussed decision, on Dec. 16, 2015, a Massachusetts judge ruled against Fontbonne Academy, which rescinded a job offer after it…
Stanley Carlson-Thies The Human Rights Campaign on December 18, 2015, released a report that it suggests shows that LGBT students are supposedly at risk of…
Chelsea Langston and Sarah Neiman (IRFA intern) In this season full of holidays celebrating major religious milestones for different world religions, it is appropriate to…