Will the Senate replace a harmful nondiscrimination provision in the RHYA reauthorization bill?

Will the Senate replace a harmful nondiscrimination provision in the RHYA reauthorization bill?

Update: The Senate Judiciary Committee did not take up S. 262 today, in part because of growing concerns about the nondiscrimination provision. But the bill…

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Canadian Christian Law School Wins Important Legal Victory

Canadian Christian Law School Wins Important Legal Victory

In a very significant decision, the Supreme Court of the province of Nova Scotia ruled against the effort of the bar association of that province…

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Left and Right Agree:  Feds Need to Clarify Speech Rights of Churches and Nonprofits

Left and Right Agree: Feds Need to Clarify Speech Rights of Churches and Nonprofits

Wise or not, should it be legal for pastors to preach from the pulpit for and against candidates for public office? When may a 501(c)(3)…

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Breakthrough Mormon Church Position on Religious Freedom and LGBT Protections

Breakthrough Mormon Church Position on Religious Freedom and LGBT Protections

The Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS, Mormons) has set forth a bold and unique position in our society’s ongoing and inflamed contest between LGBT…

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Canadian Christian Law School  Gets Encouraging News

Canadian Christian Law School Gets Encouraging News

Trinity Western University, the evangelical institution in British Columbia, is in the process of creating a Christian law school. The proposed law school won the…

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Jeb Bush, Republicans, and Same-sex marriage

Jeb Bush, Republicans, and Same-sex marriage

Will Jeb Bush run to be the Republican’s candidate for President in 2016? And if he does, will he give the Republican party a different-kinder,…

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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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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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