A Senate bill with a very problematic nondiscrimination clause (S. 262, Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act, chief sponsor Sen. Leahy) is stalled…
The federal government has yet to answer the key question posed by President Obama’s July, 2014, Executive Order banning LGBT job discrimination by federal contractors….
On March 16, 2015, Gordon College announced that, after an extensive review process, it is maintaining its conduct policy for students, faculty, and staff that,…
Last week, the Michigan House of Representatives passed a legislation package that would provide protections for religious child placement organizations. All three pieces of proposed…
A bill moving rapidly through the Utah legislature, both houses of which have significant Republicans majorities, is designed to advance protections for LGBT persons while…
Among the religious freedom bills that Congress may consider in its 114th Session is the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act (HR 3133/S 1808 in the…
On March 9, 2015, a diverse group of leaders of faith-based organizations, religious leaders, and religious freedom experts wrote to the Senate opposing proposed bill…
In a recent article in the Gonzaga Law Review titled, “Religious Freedom and LGBT Rights: Trading Zero Sum Approaches for Careful Distinctions and Genuine Pluralism,”…
The January 2015, AP-GfK poll reported both expected and unexpected news about the public’s views on same-sex marriage. Expected news: More adults favor legalizing same-sex…
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on February 5, 2015, that InterVarsity Christian Fellowship could not be sued for firing a “ministerial employee,” despite…