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LGBT Ex. Order & Religious Freedom

The White House announced on June 23, 2014, that the President has directed his staff to prepare an Executive Order banning job discrimination based on…

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New federal policy on same-sex marriage applied to grantees

New federal policy on same-sex marriage applied to grantees

In programs that deal with marriage, the federal government now says that grantees must treat as married legally-married same-sex couples, no matter the marriage policy…

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Congressional consensus on job training ignores important FBO right

Congressional consensus on job training ignores important FBO right

Congress is nearing agreement on a major overhaul of federal job-training programs, but the revised law will remain biased against religious organizations. Federal job training…

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Room for faith-based pre-K as federal role expands?

Room for faith-based pre-K as federal role expands?

The Obama administration wants to use federal funds and rules to get all states to make pre-K schooling broadly available. He’s backing a bill in…

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Will lawyers from Canada's Christian law school be able to practice?

Will lawyers from Canada’s Christian law school be able to practice?

Trinity Western University in British Columbia, an evangelical liberal arts university, is creating a Christian law school. It has successfully met the government requirements to…

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What makes a college eligible for religious freedom?

What makes a college eligible for religious freedom?

A cluster of recent developments has brought to the fore (again) this key question: what makes a religious college or university a “religious organization” such…

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Does Greece show the way for religion in the public square?

Does Greece show the way for religion in the public square?

In a 5-4 decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway, May 5, the US Supreme Court upheld the practice of the town council of Greece,…

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Are faith-based organizations due religious freedom?

Are faith-based organizations due religious freedom?

The federal government has created a three-tier religious freedom system as part of the HHS contraceptives mandate. Churches are fully religious and exempt. Businesses are…

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Growing opposition to accommodation of religion

Growing opposition to accommodation of religion

In early April, Harvard Law School hosted a major conference, “Religious Accommodation in the Age of Civil Rights.” Co-sponsors were the ACLU, the William Institute…

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Religious freedom for institutions

Religious freedom for institutions

Watch IRFA president Stanley Carlson-Thies deliver the First Mondays Speaker Series April 7, 2014 at Dordt College. “Why we need institutions in order to be…

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