By Stanley Carlson-Thies In a decision issued on June 15, 2020, and written by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that it…
By Dr. Stanley Carlson-Thies Nearly 110,000 comments on a seemingly obscure proposed change to the federal contracting regulations were recently received by the U.S. Department…
by Stanley Carlson-Thies The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published aRequest for Information, asking whether its policies and practices make it…
by Stanley Carlson-Thies Has the Obama administration decided to require federal grantees, like federal contractors, to hire without regard to sexual orientation and gender identity?…
(by Stanley Carlson-Thies) In May, 2015, renewed federal funding for marriage-strengthening and for fatherhood-promoting programs was announced. The rules try to accommodate both traditional and…
(Stanley Carlson-Thies) What should Congress do to ensure that homeless, runaway, or trafficked LGBT youth are treated with respect when they turn to federally funded…
A cluster of recent developments has brought to the fore (again) this key question: what makes a religious college or university a “religious organization” such…
The Senate recently passed a bill to reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant program, which provides federal funding to states to pay for…
On January 15, the anniversary of the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which was written by Thomas Jefferson and which is one…
Will an LGBT executive order on federal contracts protect religious employers?
For many months, various groups have been pressing the President to issue an executive order banning LGBT job discrimination by federal contractors, and there is…