The sky isn't falling: Religious freedom is context-specific

The sky isn’t falling: Religious freedom is context-specific

(by Stanley Carlson-Thies) There’s no doubt that religious organizations and religious people are under great pressure from governments and from societal opponents in a very…

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The Supreme Court, SSM, and religious freedom: coming right up!

The Supreme Court, SSM, and religious freedom: coming right up!

(by Stanley Carlson-Thies) On April 28, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments inObergefell v. Hodges and several linked same-sex marriage cases, asking…

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Adoption agency religious freedom bills

Adoption agency religious freedom bills

(by Chelsea Langston) In March 2015, the Michigan House of Representatives passed bills designed to preserve the freedom of faith-based adoption agencies to follow their…

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Federal policy to recognize SSM in grant programs

Federal policy to recognize SSM in grant programs

(by Stanley Carlson-Thies) The federal government has gradually been requiring in its grant programs that grantees interpret the terms “marriage,” “spouse,” “dependent,” and “family” to…

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More state RFRAs and other approaches

More state RFRAs and other approaches

(by Chelsea Langston) It is odd: remember the media and social-media backlash as Indiana was adopting its Religious Freedom Restoration Act (March-April 2015)–and yet 19…

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Gordon College's accreditation not at risk

Gordon College’s accreditation not at risk

(by Stanley Carlson-Thies) The story last July, 2014, was shocking: evangelical Gordon College north of Boston might lose its accreditation because of its policy requiring…

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RHYA Senate vote: Good start but more work needed to safeguard both providers and at-risk youth

RHYA Senate vote: Good start but more work needed to safeguard both providers and at-risk youth

(by Stanley Carlson-Thies) The Senate on April 22, 2015, voted down an amendment to a sex trafficking bill that would have both reauthorized the Runaway…

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Federal contracting LGBT nondiscrimination rules now in effect

Federal contracting LGBT nondiscrimination rules now in effect

As of April 8, 2015, new and modified federal contracts, subcontracts, and vendor agreements are subject to a new ban on sexual-orientation and gender-identity job…

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Indiana's RFRA

Indiana’s RFRA

by Stanley Carlson-Thies and Chelsea Langston On April 2, 2015, Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed what many are calling a fix to the Religious Freedom…

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Religious charities and birth control

Religious charities and birth control

On March 9, 2015, the US Supreme Court told the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Chicago) to review its ruling denying the University of Notre…

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