(Headline USA) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's divisive and exploitative use of religion to smear vaccine hesitant individuals and spread COVID fearmongering could bolster a conservative group's challenge of the state's vaccine mandates, according to a recent court filing.
Earlier this week, the Democrat governor told a gathering of people...
(Associated Press) A judge dismissed a new batch of charges Tuesday in the government's investigation of genital mutilation against girls in a Muslim sect, saying prosecutors in Detroit retaliated after major courtroom losses.
It's another blow for the government, which broke new ground in 2017 when it charged a Detroit-area doctor...
(Headline USA) The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral on Saturday.
The Rev. Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church's 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregations in Northern California and northern Nevada.
"My call is ... to be...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The state of California continues to settle with churches over restrictions it imposed on houses of worship during the year-long shutdown ordered by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
In the latest round of settlements with three churches, the state and two counties are paying a total of $1.3...
(Associated Press) A gay substitute teacher was wrongfully fired by a Roman Catholic school in North Carolina after he announced in 2014 on social media that he was going to marry his longtime partner, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn ruled Friday that Charlotte Catholic High...
Harvard University's chaplain organization elected a Jewish atheist, who calls himself a "Humanist Rabbi," to be its president and lead the university's religious groups, the New York Times reported.
Greg Epstein's election represents the atheistic beliefs that prevail in Harvard's student body.
"There is a rising group of people who no...
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court's ruling on Wednesday and decided that Texas may outlaw dismemberment abortions.
"Texas has the right to respect the life of unborn children, and it did so when it chose to strictly limit the gruesome procedure of dismemberment abortions," said Alliance...
A think tank devoted to fighting corporatism has called upon the CEOs of top companies to pull their support for the Human Rights Campaign, a leading LGBT activist group, after its president helped cover up sexual-harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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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...