Activists are again pressing the Obama administration to curtail religious hiring by religious organizations that receive government funding. In response, IRFA in July organized a…
The Supreme Court on March 28th agreed to take an employment discrimination case involving the “ministerial exception.” The Court’s eventual ruling will be important for…
The American Bar Association’s Guide to Workplace Law is entirely misleading for faith-based organizations.
IRFA President Carlson-Thies’ essay on protecting the ability of faith-based services to maintain their religious character, especially through religious hiring, is featured in Policy in…
A letter was delivered to every congressional office on August 25th with a plea from a multifaith group of faith-based leaders: don’t change the rules…
It doesn’t seem to matter to certain powerful members of Congress and powerful DC action groups that religious hiring by faith-based organizations is a legally…
On July 22nd, IRFA organized a briefing for congressional staffers and outside groups with the title, “Is the Religious Freedom Landscape Shifting for Faith-Based Organizations?”…
A recently proposed bill would undermine the freedom of religious organizations to consider religion when hiring staff and would also undermine the Religious Freedom Restoration…
The 9th circuit federal appeals court on August 23 vindicated World Vision’s religious hiring policies (Spencer v. World Vision). Although World Vision is engaged in…
A recently introduced bill to reauthorize federal drug treatment programs includes language to ban from participation faith-based providers that take account of religion in hiring….