A roundup of recent local stories from around the country related to religious liberty: New lawsuits in Texas and South Carolina; a discrimination ordinance gets a controversial change in a Kentucky town; and a Sikh bus driver gets justice after ten years of harassment on the job.
Do local governments have a responsibility to contract with businesses whose policies run do not align with government interests when those policies are motivated by the owner’s religious beliefs?
A Juvenile Court judge in Nashville urged Tennessee’s legislature and Governor to reject a bill permitting state-funded, faith-based foster care providers to discriminate on the basis of religion.
Americans United filed a lawsuit challenging HHS’ policy allowing federally funded child placement agencies to discriminate on the basis of religion.
The National Prayer Breakfast is often an occasion for the President to signal his policy priorities related to religion for the coming year. So, what did President Trump mention this year?