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White House expands birth control exemptions for employers with religious objections

By Adelle M. Banks — November 7, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The mother provincial of Little Sisters of the Poor, one of the religious groups that has opposed the mandate, welcomed the administration’s new regulations.

Gordon College professor sues for retaliation over LGBT comments

By Yonat Shimron — May 5, 2016
(RNS) Gordon’s long-standing policy became controversial in 2014 after its president signed on to a national push from religious colleges to seek exemptions from hiring LGBT people.

Obamacare religious exemption hard to get

By Kathleen O'Brien — April 28, 2014
(RNS) Nestled in the fine print of the Affordable Care Act is a clause that allows people of certain religions to seek an exemption from the requirement to carry health insurance. But It’s not enough to disapprove of the law.

Israel’s High Court orders cuts to yeshiva students’ stipends

By Michele Chabin — February 5, 2014
JERUSALEM (RNS) Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled Tuesday (Feb. 4) that the government must suspend stipends to 18- to 20-year-old yeshiva students whose military conscription has been postponed.
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