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  • … focus and one-size-fits-all application convinced many government officials that they had a constitutional duty to … Lemon Test, yet the Supreme Court upheld the practice 6-3. Why? Because three days after the First Congress set up its … private religious expression, although the test does not do so. The Constitution, including the Establishment Clause, …
  • … hearers of the word, but doers. But what happens when the government threatens to use the full power of the state to … ministry should have to wait to be punished before it can challenge a law that’s unconstitutional. Unfortunately, a … to serve If the Mission is forced to hire those who do not share its beliefs and mission to spread the Gospel, …
  • … and promote justice for all. The Equality Act doesn’t do that. Instead, it threatens Americans’ fundamental … agreed to settle the lawsuit , ensuring that the state can no longer target New Hope and that the ministry can … defended Downtown Hope Center —twice—after the city government tried to force the shelter to allow biological men …
  • … California Courts: Churches Can’t Be Forced to Fund Abortion Skyline Wesleyan Church took … their faith and practice what they preach . Church leaders do this by advocating for life at every stage as well as … to their faith without fear of unjust punishment by the government, and these rulings ensured those rights for …
  • … fears the Supreme Court soon will see other cases in which government excludes Americans from roles of civic … from juries because of generalized hunches that they can’t overcome their own opinions to apply the law fairly to … of our fellow Americans who have different ideas than we do. The Missouri courts here wrongly treated religious
  • … biblical marriage and dress codes, hiring those who do not share and live out its religious beliefs, using … Christian would ensure that religious schools in Vermont can operate consistent with their religious beliefs about sexuality and gender without facing government punishment. Case timeline May 2022 : Vermont …
  • … Court decision, Conestoga Wood Specialties and Hobby Lobby do not have to violate their beliefs. Written by Alliance … (RFRA). Passed by Congress in 1993, RFRA states that the government cannot “substantially burden a person’s exercise … generally applies to everyone. The only way the government can apply such a law is by proving that doing so will achieve …
  • … Is a Woman?” is considered groundbreaking because society can no longer answer that simple yet profound question. … “ performativity .” As she says in one video , “Nobody really is a gender from the start.” Instead, “We act and walk … the Hope Center’s track record of good work, the city government in Anchorage went after the ministry because it …
  • … Freedom. Written by Grant Atkinson Published June 20, 2023 Religious freedom is protected by the U.S. Constitution, but not all government officials act like it. While the First Amendment … letter to the university, and it offered Dr. Howell his job back. Later, the university admitted to violating Dr. …
  • … banning the broadly defined act of “protesting,” which can include “prayer or counselling.” Local authorities have … under U.K. law. But these zones have nothing to do with protecting women from harassment. Instead, they are … so-called “buffer zones” outside of abortion clinics. The government in Scotland already has signaled a willingness to …