Texas health care provider ordered to pay former employees for mandating prayer and religious discussions
Employees shouldn’t have to choose between remaining true to their faith and keeping their job.
State legislatures advance RFRA, other religious freedom legislation
Montana, South Dakota, Oklahoma and South Carolina are the latest states looking at various religious freedom legislation.
Federal Court upholds California’s COVID-related restrictions on singing, chanting in religious worship
A federal court in California declined to issue an injunction that would halt the state’s prohibition on singing and chanting during worship services, concluding that the regulations did not treat religion differently than secular activities.
Massachusetts Supreme Court rules not all professors at Christian college are ministers, allows employment discrimination case to proceed
In a potentially significant church-state decision, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that the “ministerial exception” does not extend to a social work professor.
Agriculture Department issues temporary reprieve for sacred Apache land after federal court rejected tribe’s religious freedom claim
Leaders of the Apache and other Native American tribes have urged against a transfer of land in Arizona to mining companies, in part because the conveyance includes land (“Oak Flat”) they consider sacred.
