Strategic Choices for FBOs Confronting Legal Challenges

Strategic Choices for FBOs Confronting Legal Challenges

Stanley Carlson-Thies In a time of growing divergence between popular values and some of the practices many faith-based organizations regard as essential, FBOs are being…

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Best Practices Guidance Specifically for Catholic FBOs

Best Practices Guidance Specifically for Catholic FBOs

Stanley Carlson-Thies All FBOs need religious freedom, and to utilize the religious freedoms that exist in American law, all FBOs should carefully examine how they…

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IRFA’s Chelsea Langston Featured in Conversation on Religious Freedom and LGBT Rights

IRFA’s Chelsea Langston Featured in Conversation on Religious Freedom and LGBT Rights

Chelsea Langston, IRFA’s Director of Membership and Equipping, is participating in a Respectful Conversation discussion hosted by Harold Heie. This conversation, in December, 2015, features…

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Is There Religious Freedom for Faith-Based Agencies to Welcome the Stranger?

Is There Religious Freedom for Faith-Based Agencies to Welcome the Stranger?

Chelsea Langston On November 16, 2015, Texas governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to President Barack Obama, stating that the state of Texas was refusing…

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Opportunity To Comment: NPRM On Gender Identity In Shelters And Community Development Programs

Opportunity To Comment: NPRM On Gender Identity In Shelters And Community Development Programs

Stanley Carlson-Thies The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has proposed draft regulations intended to better protect transgendered persons in shelters and other…

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Will The Supreme Court Challenge Anti-Catholic Blaine Amendments?

Will The Supreme Court Challenge Anti-Catholic Blaine Amendments?

Chelsea Langston Recently, the U.S Supreme Court was asked to consider a case out of Colorado with significant religious freedom implications for religious schools and…

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White House Says the Equality Act Needs To Better Protect Religion

White House Says the Equality Act Needs To Better Protect Religion

Chelsea Langston On November 10, 2015, the White House finally announced its support for the Equality Act, a bill in Congress that would add sexual…

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Religious Groups Comment On Proposed Expansion of “Sex” Nondiscrimination

Religious Groups Comment On Proposed Expansion of “Sex” Nondiscrimination

Stanley Carlson-Thies On Nov. 6, 2015, Catholic and Protestant organizations joined together to offer a response to proposed HHS regulations that, in the name of…

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The Many Varieties Of Catholic (-inspired) Education

The Many Varieties Of Catholic (-inspired) Education

Stanley Carlson-Thies In November 2015, the Philanthropy Roundtable published a donor’s guide, Catholic School Renaissance, available online and from various book distributors. The many varieties…

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Supreme Court Accepts Religious Nonprofits’ Cases Against The HHS Contraceptives Mandate

Supreme Court Accepts Religious Nonprofits’ Cases Against The HHS Contraceptives Mandate

Chelsea Langston The US Supreme Court has agreed (Nov. 6, 2015) to hear the cases of multiple religious nonprofit organizations that face steep IRS fines…

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