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- … religious or not. It specifically analogized churches to for-profit businesses, seeming to miss the obvious … a bona fide religious purpose, and that the commission has no authority to violate the First Amendment’s guarantees of … further chill of its constitutional rights.” Timm Reid, one of more than 3,000 private attorneys allied with ADF, is …
- … Christian fliers no longer banned, Maricopa School District settles suit ADF … Church of Maricopa v. Maricopa Unified School District No. 20 PHOENIX — Maricopa Unified School District officials have … to distribute literature, but targeted religious material for exclusion. "Christians shouldn’t be discriminated against …
- … federal court to tell IRS to come clean on secret rules for investigating churches Tax agency continues to withhold … lawsuit, but the IRS has stonewalled the release of details. In 2014, ADF filed a request under the Freedom of … Revenue Service . Several members of Congress, at least one state attorney general , and a number of concerned …
- … against illegal tax bill can continue Published June 20, 2014 Related Case: Church of the Isaiah 58 Project of … community.” Under state law, the church qualified for an exemption from property taxes and filed the … declined to hear an appeal, leaving the church with no choice but to raise enough money to pay the illegal tax …
- … NM Supreme Court will hear case of photographer fined for adhering to her faith Human rights commission required artist to pay nearly $7,000 for declining to photograph same-sex ceremony Published … based on sexual orientation. The commission held a one-day trial and then issued an order in April 2008 finding …
Massachusetts churches file suit to challenge law forcing them to speak, act contrary to their faith
… Fellowship v. Williamson in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Eastern Division, are … property have a religious purpose, and the government has no authority to violate the First Amendment’s guarantees of … it to the severe sanctions of the Act, which include fines of $50,000 per violation, up to 365 days in jail, and …- … its website that it planned to start holding services of no more than 10 people each on May 10. “The government can … public health and safety, but it can’t target churches for special punishments that it doesn’t dole out to anyone … that the Board and Town of Dedham rescind the Order by 12:00 p.m. on May 14, 2020, and refrain from further …
- … “Cosmetic changes to the alarming language in one brochure won’t fix the unconstitutionality of the Iowa … enforced against our client while this lawsuit proceeds. No state or local law should threaten the foundational First Amendment protections for free speech and the free exercise of religion.” A state …
- … ADF to US Supreme Court: Mo. can’t single out church preschool for discrimination State officials unlawfully exclude … about as far from an ‘essentially religious endeavor’ as one can get,” explains the ADF petition. “The DNR’s religious …
- … reply brief with US Supreme Court Published March 14, 2018 Related Case: National Institute of Family and Life … centers to advertise for the abortion industry. On Feb. 20, California filed its brief to defend its 2015 state law, known as AB 775. “No one should be forced to provide free advertising for the …