FBO Inclusion the Wrong Way in Ohio

FBO Inclusion the Wrong Way in Ohio

The State of Ohio is running a grant competition to enlist school districts, businesses, and faith-based and secular community organizations to join together to recruit…

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NLRB Gets Institutional Religious Freedom Wrong Again

NLRB Gets Institutional Religious Freedom Wrong Again

The National Labor Relations Board is charged by law with protecting the right of workers to collective bargaining and unionization. It is required by the…

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District of Columbia Pushes Against Religious Freedom

District of Columbia Pushes Against Religious Freedom

Newly installed Mayor Muriel Bowser has early opportunities to uphold, or constrict, institutional religious freedom within the District of Columbia. In December, the DC City…

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The 114th Congress and Institutional Religious Freedom

The 114th Congress and Institutional Religious Freedom

How will the new, Republican-dominated, Congress treat institutional religious freedom? Here are key issues of interest for the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance (both related and…

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Post-ENDA LGBT equality bill with little religious freedom

Post-ENDA LGBT equality bill with little religious freedom

The end of the current Congress may well spell the end of the 20-year effort to pass a federal Employment Nondiscrimination Act–and the start of…

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One of these is not like the others: religious student groups on campus

One of these is not like the others: religious student groups on campus

Which of these policies setting the conditions for “recognized” student groups at a university actually reflects and fosters diversity, tolerance, and student freedom (recognized student…

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Final regulations for the LGBT Executive Order: no clarity for faith-based organizations

Final regulations for the LGBT Executive Order: no clarity for faith-based organizations

The Department of Labor on December 3, 2014, released the final regulations to implement President Obama’s July 21, 2014, Executive Order banning sexual orientation and…

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Federal policy to recognize SSM in grant programs

Federal policy to recognize SSM in grant programs

n its June, 2013, Windsor decision, the US Supreme Court struck down the federal definition of marriage as one man/one woman and said that the…

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Federally funded child care remains hospitable to faith-based providers

Federally funded child care remains hospitable to faith-based providers

On November 19, 2014, President Obama signed into law S. 1086, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBG) — the reauthorization of a…

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Federal incentives for charitable giving in the next Congress

Federal incentives for charitable giving in the next Congress

The federal government counts on many services essential to Americans to be provided by private charity. So, in addition to often funding private providers via…

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