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Religious Leaders to the President: Don’t Curtail Our Religious Hiring Freedom

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…

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Important Supreme Court “Ministerial” Employment Case

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…

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Misleading ABA Guide to Workplace Law

The American Bar Association’s Guide to Workplace Law is entirely misleading for faith-based organizations.

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Maintaining Freedom for Faith-Based Service

Maintaining Freedom for Faith-Based Service

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…

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FBOs to Congress: Preserve Our Religious Freedom

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…

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Signs of the Times: Rising Washington Tide Against Religious Hiring

Signs of the Times: Rising Washington Tide Against Religious Hiring

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…

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IRFA’s July 22nd Capitol Hill Briefing

IRFA’s July 22nd Capitol Hill Briefing

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?”…

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Get Ready! Congressional Threats to Religious Hiring

Get Ready! Congressional Threats to Religious Hiring

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…

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Big Victory for Religious Hiring in World Vision Case

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…

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Congressional Attack on Religious Hiring

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….

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