A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction on behalf of religious health care providers who feared the Biden administration would interpret the Affordable Care Act as requiring them to perform abortions or gender-transition treatment against their conscience.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had argued that it...
An employment attorney in Charlotte, NC is warning those who seek religious exemptions from mandatory COVID vaccines in the workplace could fail, because businesses have liability if they fail to protect workers from the virus.
Josh Van Kamp told local area channel WSOC-TV that employers “have a duty to protect workers from...
Seattle's Union Gospel Mission, a Christian non-profit group that aids the homeless, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday after the Washington Supreme Court issued a decision that forced it to hire non-Christian employees.
The Washington Supreme Court ruled in Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission v. Woods that the Christian organization...
The 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that Washington state cannot force a Seattle-area Christian church to pay for abortion in its health insurance plan, Alliance Defending Freedom reported in a press release.
"No church should be forced to cover abortions, and certainly not a church like Cedar Park...
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday in InterVarsity v. University of Iowa that America's universities cannot force Christian student groups to accept non-Christians into leadership roles.
"What the University did here was clearly unconstitutional," the court's opinion stated. "It targeted religious groups for differential treatment under the...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) One year after Liberty Counsel sued Gov. Gavin Newsom on behalf of Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry, the state of California paid a settlement of $1.35 million on July 15.
As a result of Liberty Counsel’s lawsuit, a federal district court in May approved...
(Associated Press) A Wisconsin bishop has taken the unusual step of removing a priest from the ministry after he made a series of divisive remarks about politics and the pandemic.
The Diocese of La Crosse said in a statement Friday that Bishop William Patrick Callahan has issued a decree immediately removing...
UPDATE 7:00 AM 7/8/2021: Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Chip Roy, both Republicans from Texas, issued statements after the IRS reversed its decision to deny Christians Engaged tax-exempt status after accusing the organization of being a Republican front group.
Cruz:
Sadly following in the footsteps of the Obama IRS, the Biden...
(Headline USA) The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the United States' oldest historically black denomination, launched its General Conference on Tuesday with delegates expected to address racial issues such as voting rights and the Black Lives Matter movement.
“Our church claims to have the issue of justice in its DNA,” Senior...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up the case of a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding, leaving in place a decision that she broke state anti-discrimination laws.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch said they would have agreed to hear...
(The Center Square, Casey Harper) Several Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate sent a letter to the IRS Friday demanding the agency correct a ruling they say could have major implications for churches and faith-based organizations in the U.S.
Fifteen members signed the letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig...
The Army has abandoned an attempt to censor and formally reprimand a chaplain who shared his religious beliefs and endorsed Defense Department policies on his personal social-media account, First Liberty reported.
Chaplain Andrew Calvert, an Army major, commented on a news article that he supports the Defense Department's now-repealed prohibition...