After the US Supreme Court struck down a part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act last summer, easing the way for same-sex marriage to…
The courts may provide some relief, permitting some businesses and some religious nonprofits to entirely escape the mandate. But there is no assurance that the courts would provide such relief to all organizations, nor that such losses in court would persuade the administration to reverse or radically modify the contraceptives mandate for other organizations.
Who We Are Education is transformation. At Gordon, we take it personally. It is our privilege, not just our responsibility, to create unique academic, co-curricular…
President Obama last month proposed a “Plan to Make College Education More Affordable.” College education that is more affordable, dynamic, and effective: who can disagree?…
California Senate bill 323, the “Youth Equality Act” (Sen. Lara), seeks to punish the Boy Scouts and other “discriminatory” youth-serving organizations by stripping away their…
As noted in the eNews a month ago, IRFA submitted a comment in response to the administration’s proposed new regulations for the federal child-care funding…
On Tuesday, September 24th from noon to 1:00 PM, IRFA will be hosting a briefing on Capitol Hill entitled, “Bigotry or Basic Right: Myths and…
On July 2nd the Federal Register published the long-promised final regulations for the accommodation offered to non-exempt nonprofit religious employers that object to the requirement…
On August 22, the New Mexico Supreme Court handed down its decision that Elane Photography violated the state’s anti-discrimination law when its owners, the Huguenins, declined to photograph the commitment ceremony of a lesbian couple.
San Antonio non-discrimination ordinance
The revisions to the San Antonio, Texas, anti-discrimination ordinance, adopted by the City Council last week to broadly prohibit discrimination on the bases of sexual…