BJC warns against politicizing religious beliefs, sermons of candidates: ‘No religious test means no religious test’

BJC hosted a conversation on the unique religious liberty concerns that can arise when a minister is a candidate for public office. Charles Watson Jr. and Amanda Tyler highlighted recent attack ads aimed at the Rev. Raphael Warnock, who is a Baptist minister and a candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia.

SCOTUS declines to intervene after 6th Circuit finds no “hint of hostility toward religion” in Kentucky Governor’s COVID-19 order halting in-person schools

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s latest COVID-19 order, which halted in-person learning in both public and private elementary and secondary schools across the state, will remain in full force after a unanimous federal appeals panel ruled it is likely to withstand a constitutional challenge.

New Supreme Court majority halts enforcement of New York COVID-19 targeted restrictions on houses of worship pending appeal

In a Thanksgiving Eve decision, the U.S. Supreme Court barred the state of New York from enforcing worship service restrictions in areas classified as red and orange zones for their sharp rise in coronavirus infections.

Tennessee lawmakers take aim at COVID-19 vaccination with bill to allow religious and conscience exemption

A bill introduced in the Tennessee legislature would remove provisions that limit the application of religious exemptions from vaccination requirements in the case of an epidemic or where immunization is necessary to protect the health of others.

New York Police Department agrees to policy change allowing religious head coverings in mug shots

Settling a 2018 lawsuit brought by two Muslim women, the NYPD has agreed to no longer require the removal of a person’s religious head covering for mug shots, provided their face is still visible.

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