Maybe it was intended, maybe not. Whichever it is, the bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act that has now been adopted by both…
The case the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear—USAID v. Alliance for Open Society–concerns whether an organization the US government partners with to fight…
On Feb. 1, HHS announced “proposed rules” concerning the applicability of the contraceptives mandate to faith-based service organizations, houses of worship and their integrated auxiliaries,…
A Jan. 20 Federal Times article noted that the federal Office of Personnel Management is planning extensive changes to the Combined Federal Campaign. The proposed…
Along with every other kind of structure, many houses of worship were badly damaged by superstorm Sandy. But are those houses of worship eligible for…
On Dec. 4, the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations, organized by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, delivered the first of two…
The stories carry headlines like these: “Activist: Bills would let Michigan adoption agencies discriminate” and “Michigan House bill would allow faith-based agencies to avoid adoptions…
The religious freedom news out of the UK has not been encouraging the past few years. Stories of some positive recognition by the government of…
New York’s Marriage Equality Act was adopted by the legislature in June, 2011, only after being amended to include stronger religious freedom protections. But how…
Often religious freedom, including the freedom of faith-based service organizations, is treated as a matter of a limitation on what government may do: it should…