Ohio Senate Debates “Pastor Protection Act”
Ohio House Bill 36, the “Ohio Pastor Protection Act,” bars any penalty directed at ministers for refusing to perform a marriage ceremony that conflicts with their religious beliefs. But is it necessary?
Ohio House Bill 36, the “Ohio Pastor Protection Act,” bars any penalty directed at ministers for refusing to perform a marriage ceremony that conflicts with their religious beliefs. But is it necessary?
The Arizona Supreme Court will decide whether a Phoenix law requiring business owners to provide wedding invitations to a same-sex couple, despite their religious objection, violates their religious freedom rights.
A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled that neither the First Amendment nor the state’s RFRA requires an accommodation for religious adoption agencies from nondiscrimination rules.
An amendment added on to an appropriations bill seeks to protect child service providers from placing children with same-sex couples if it would conflict with their religious beliefs.
Legislation proposed in Georgia seeking to shield adoption and foster care agencies that refuse to provide services because of sincere religious beliefs has advanced out of committee.