religious beliefs
Alito argues that religious bias is better than any other kind
By Mark Silk — February 29, 2024
(RNS) — The Supreme Court justice said a Missouri case proves he was right about same-sex marriage.
Why America’s secularization is good for American democracy
By Phil Zuckerman — August 2, 2023
(RNS) — Belief has benefits for society. But American religion’s decline may nonetheless save the country.
Elizabeth Reiner Platt, Columbia Law School Law, Rights, and Religion Project
By Jonathan Woodward — July 17, 2023
Reviewing the latest pro-discrimination SCOTUS ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis, with Columbia Law School's Law, Rights, and Religion Project Executive Director Elizabeth Reiner Platt
Disability theology: How religious beliefs can help or hinder accessibility
By Kathryn Post — July 29, 2022
(RNS) — A faith community with ramps and sign language interpreters can still embrace harmful theology.
A chance for Hope, star of the State of the Union
By Emilie Kao — January 31, 2018
(RNS) — Private, faith-based initiatives are critical to America’s ability to provide long-term solutions for the needs of all the children impacted by the drug crisis.
Justices won’t step into Mississippi gay rights legal fight
By Lauren Markoe — January 9, 2018
(AP) — The Supreme Court is refusing to intervene in a legal fight over a Mississippi law that lets government workers and private businesspeople cite their own religious beliefs to deny services to LGBT people.
Native Americans say grizzly bear decision violates religion
By Yonat Shimron — July 6, 2017
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — They are suing to block the government from removing Yellowstone grizzlies from the endangered and threatened species list, which would allow Montana, Wyoming and Idaho to hold grizzly bear hunts.
Bernie Sanders disappoints some atheists with his ‘very strong religious’ feelings
By Kimberly Winston — February 4, 2016
(RNS) At a town hall meeting Wednesday, Sanders said: "I would not be running for president of the United States if I did not have very strong religious and spiritual feelings."
Court says pharmacists can’t be forced to dispense morning-after pill
By Tracy Gordon — February 22, 2012
(RNS) A federal court on Wednesday (Feb. 23) struck down a Washington state law that requires pharmacists to dispense the morning-after pill even if it violates their religious beliefs. By Lauren Markoe.
Court says student’s faith may have led to expulsion
By Adelle M. Banks — January 27, 2012
(RNS) A federal appeals court ruled Friday (Jan. 27) that the expulsion of a counseling student from a university after she declined to advise a gay client could be due to "hostility’’ toward her faith. By Adelle M. Banks.
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