Families that need child care services often struggle to afford it, and yet, at the same time, providers often lack sufficient income to adequately pay…
In a 6-3 decision issued on June 21, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state of Maine may not exclude private schools that provide…
In commemoration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month and the one-year anniversary of the U. S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, the U.S. Equal…
Editors’ Note: This essay by IRFA Director Stanley Carlson-Thies first appeared on HistPhil. It was reprinted in the Program for Research on Religion and Urban…
The Equality Act, H.R. 5, adopted by the House of Representatives on February 25, 2021, and sent to the Senate for consideration, amends federal civil rights law to provide protection against discrimination to LGBT people across the nation. But, as written, it would protect LGBT rights at the great cost of significantly limiting protection for religious exercise and religious organizations. Congress should protect LGBT civil rights—but in a way that also protects the legitimate freedoms of other people and organizations. That way is the Fairness for All Act, H.R. 1440.
By Executive Order 14015, issued on Sunday, February 14, President Joe Biden announced the reestablishment of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships….
President George W. Bush launched a vital reorientation of government when, 20 years ago today, on January 29, 2001, he signed Executive Order 13199 to…
On Thursday, July 23, Stanley Carlson-Thies, founder and senior director of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, and Chelsea Langston Bombino, director of Sacred Sector, both initiatives of the Center for Public Justice, facilitated a webinar for the Wesleyan Church regarding how recent Supreme Court decisions impact these congregations in terms of their understanding of the legal and public policy implications, their own organizational practices, and their public witness. This webinar covered two major Supreme Court cases this term: Bostock v. Clayton County and Our Lady of Guadalupe School, which both had implications for how faith-based organizations engage in religious staffing. This webinar discussed best practices for engaging in mission-based human resources, as well as for how faith-based employers can advance civic pluralism.
Government Should Protect the Civil Rights and Religious Freedom of All The U.S. Supreme Court today extended federal employment protection to LGBT employees in a…
Editor’s Note: This press release was originally published on the Sacred Sector blog in April. CONTACT: Meg Biallas Henry, director of Communications 202.491.8025 meg.henry@cpjustice.org (April…