The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an Indiana high school music teacher’s claim that his dismissal for refusing to use transgender students’ preferred names and pronouns violated his religious liberty rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
A strong, bipartisan majority defeated a problematic voucher amendment to the Parents Bill of Rights Act (H.R. 5).
BJC filed comments in support of the regulations proposed by nine federal agencies that restore religious liberty protections to individuals who receive taxpayer-funded services.
In a brief filed in Groff v. DeJoy, BJC joined other groups in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that employers can deny a religious accommodation request only if it will impose a “significant difficulty or expense.”
As state legislative sessions are in full swing across the country, several are considering bills on issues related to religious liberty.