Alliance Defending Freedom
CVS employee fired for refusing to sell birth control sues, claiming discrimination
By Fiona André — January 31, 2024
(RNS) — Gunna Kristofersdottir joins three other former CVS nurses who sued the company for religious discrimination after being fired for similar reasons.
Mike Johnson embodies evangelicals’ embattlement strategy. It may be backfiring.
By Ruth Braunstein — November 6, 2023
(RNS) — The persecution complex that has emboldened evangelical culture for decades is putting it under strain.
Mike Johnson, pedigreed evangelical, suggests his election as House speaker ordained by God
By Jack Jenkins — October 25, 2023
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Johnson, who peppered his first speech as speaker with religious references, has a history of challenging interpretations of the separation of church and state.
Religious liberty is becoming a go-to right for everyone
By Mark Silk — September 27, 2023
(RNS) — A legal strategy pioneered by the right has been adopted by the left.
Court watchdog files complaint against a judge who ordered ‘religious-liberty training’ for lawyers
By Associated Press — August 17, 2023
(AP) — The leader of Fix the Court says U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr's choice of training conducted by a Christian legal-advocacy group is “strange and unprecedented.”
Judge rules that Southwest failed to follow his order in a flight attendant’s free-speech case
By David Koenig — August 9, 2023
DALLAS (AP) — In a blistering 29-page order, the judge said the airline acted as if its own policy limiting what employees can say is more important than a federal law protecting religious speech.
The Colorado website designer’s win is one of dozens of federal cases where religious beliefs and LGBTQ+ rights have clashed – and the pattern might not be what you think
By Emily Kazyak and Kelsy Burke — July 5, 2023
(The Conversation) — Two sociologists break down how cases related to plaintiffs’ beliefs and LGBTQ+ rights have fared in federal courts over several decades.
The Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn’t want to make wedding websites for gay couples
By Jessica Gresko — June 30, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled on Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.
Arizona Christian University sues school district for religious discrimination
By Kathryn Post — March 10, 2023
(RNS) — At issue, the school board claims, is the university's 'strong' anti-LGBTQ stance.
Two cheers for David French
By Mark Silk — February 24, 2023
(RNS) — The new New York Times columnist upholds principles his conservative tribe has abandoned.
Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake
By Colleen Slevin — January 27, 2023
DENVER (AP) — Jack Phillips maintains the cakes he creates are a form of speech and plans to appeal.
Federal court dismisses LGBTQ students’ class-action discrimination lawsuit
By Kathryn Post and Bob Smietana — January 13, 2023
(RNS) — The lawsuit claimed that the US Department of Education failed to protect LGBTQ+ students at religious schools from discrimination.
Both sides see high stakes in gay rights Supreme Court case
By Jessica Gresko — December 4, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — The case marks the second time in five years that the Supreme Court has confronted the issue of a business owner who says their religion prevents them from creating works for a gay wedding.
USDA exempts religious schools from nondiscrimination rules to keep kids fed
By Jack Jenkins — September 1, 2022
(RNS) — Faith-based schools that benefit from the federal program are ‘exempt on religious grounds if there is a conflict between Title IX and a school’s governing religious tenets.’
Texas judge blocks HHS enforcement of emergency room abortions, cites religious objections
By Adelle M. Banks — August 24, 2022
(RNS) — The judge said the guidance’s lack of exceptions for health care providers ‘with genuinely held religious objections to abortions’ may run afoul of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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