Anti-Hobby Lobby, anti-RFRA bill defeated

Anti-Hobby Lobby, anti-RFRA bill defeated

After Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods won from the US Supreme Court, on June 30, relief from compliance with the contraceptives mandate, because the Court…

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Worth reading

Worth reading

Archbishop Cordileone, Archbishop Lori, Archbishop Wenski, and Bishop Malone, “Hobby Lobby and ENDA,” USCCBLOG, July 17, 2014: “So what is really the matter with ENDA…

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LGBT Executive Order partially protects religious freedom

LGBT Executive Order partially protects religious freedom

President Obama signed on July 21, 2014, an Executive Order banning job discrimination on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity by federal contractors…

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Hobby Lobby's victory leads to congressional attack on RFRA

Hobby Lobby’s victory leads to congressional attack on RFRA

On June 30, the US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods, two family-owned companies that had…

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Religious Freedom Restoration Act resources

Religious Freedom Restoration Act resources

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was at the center of the recent Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision. And at the center of the current…

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Supreme Court:  business isn't a religion-free zone

Supreme Court: business isn’t a religion-free zone

“The US Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision upholds a vital principle, according to IRFA President Stanley Carlson-Thies: “[T]he decision importantly vindicates business as a realm…

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Mr. President: Protect Rel Freedom in Ex Order

Mr. President: Protect Rel Freedom in Ex Order

Some 160 leaders of faith-based organizations and churches sent a letter Wednesday (June 25) asking the President to include strong religious freedom protections in the…

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Opponents of religious hiring (again) demand AG Holder to act

Opponents of religious hiring (again) demand AG Holder to act

Last week, 90 “religious, education, civil rights, labor, LGBT, women’s, and health organizations” asked Attorney General Eric Holder to “review and withdraw” a 2007 legal…

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Congressional testimony on US religious freedom

Congressional testimony on US religious freedom

On June 10th, the Constitution subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the state of religious freedom in American today. The witnesses…

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Worth Reading

Worth Reading

* Michael Paulson, “Colleges and Evangelicals Collide on Bias Policy,” New York Times, June 9, 2014. “In a collision between religious freedom and antidiscrimination policies,…

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