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Conservative Christians aren’t the only ones asking for accommodation in mailman case
By Yonat Shimron — April 18, 2023
(RNS) — Religious minorities — Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Seventh-day Adventists — have filed briefs asking the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that gutted a civil rights statute’s protections for religious accommodation.
Catholic bishops side with labor unions in Supreme Court case
By Jack Jenkins — January 20, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops equated the effect of a potential ruling against public sector unions' rights to collect fees from nonmembers to landmark decisions that legalized abortion and same-sex marriage.
Interfaith coalition says ‘no principled basis’ for Trump’s travel ban
By Adelle M. Banks — September 14, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The coalition members argue that President Trump’s March 6 executive order is 'anathema' to the core tenet of religious tolerance that they share.
Non-Muslim groups say NJ mosque should get OK
By Adelle M. Banks — May 11, 2016
(RNS) The groups said “unequal treatment of the mosque in this case represents a potential threat” to their free exercise rights.
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