Polarized Americans Still Support Religious Freedom
Court Overturns Atheist Victory Against Pastors’ Best Benefit
5,000 Pastors Rally to Defend Housing Tax Break Ruled Unconstitutional
InterVarsity Back on Campus After Suing Wayne State
Neil Gorsuch’s First Religious Liberty Case Is a Playground Fight
U.S. Army allows decorated Sikh officer to wear turban, beard while in uniform
April 6, 2016, Christian Today
In the decision, Wada told Singh that while assigned or performing non-hazardous duties, he may wear a beard, turban and uncut hair but these should be worn in such as way that they would not impair his ability to wear the army combat helmet or other protective equipment.
Signs of Belief: How a Small Dispute over Church Marketing Became Supremely Important
Christianity Today January 6, 2015 Few cases make it through the costly and time-intensive litigation process to arrive before the Supreme Court. This makes Reed’s case unusual. But the fact that the plaintiff represents such a small religious group is not, said Eric Rassbach, deputy general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Larger churches and religious organizations often have political clout that smaller ones do not.
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Court: Contraceptive Mandate Splits Religion into Worship or Good Works
Christianity Today, November 22, 2013
Most of the action has been on the for-profit side (43 cases and counting), where—out of the 38 lawsuits decided on the merits of their complaints—32 have secured temporary bans against the mandate’s enforcement and 6 have been denied, according to a helpful scorecard kept by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
” IRS to Atheists: Okay, We’ll Investigate Pulpit Freedom Sunday Pastors”
Christianity Today July 25, 2014
However, the case has not yet been closed. Father Patrick Malone of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had been granted permission to intervene on the side of the IRS, and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty (which represents Malone) has asked the court to dismiss the case but “with prejudice.” In other words, Becket argues the FFRF should not be able to sue the IRS again on this particular issue, while the FFRF argues that it should be able to do so.
100 Christian Ministries Compose Class-Action Lawsuit over Contraceptives
Christianity Today, October 16, 2013
In its first-ever federal lawsuit, GuideStone has partnered with The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Locke Lord LLP to file a class-action lawsuit against what Becket described as “the federal government’s mandate that [GuideStone clients] provide employees with free access to abortion-inducing drugs and devices.”
Supreme Court Will Re-Examine Prayer at Government Meetings
Christianity Today, August 5, 2013
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has urged the court to uphold the Town of Greece’s prayer policy.
Schools Tussle Over Sex Standards
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