7th Circuit Hears Arguments in Challenge to Clergy Housing Exemption
For the second time in the last five years, the 7th Circuit appeals court will rule on a church-state challenge to the clergy housing allowance.
Oklahoma AG Intervenes to Ensure Cherokee Graduates can Wear Ceremonial Feather
Students in an Oklahoma school district who are Cherokee tribal members will be allowed to wear ceremonial eagle feathers during graduation after the state AG offered his support.
Can Government-Funded Foster Care Services Discriminate on the Basis of Religion?
South Carolina is asking the Trump Administration to allow religious child placement services to discriminate on the basis of religion under RFRA.
9th Circuit Hears Arguments About Injunction Blocking Contraception Exemptions
A 9th Circuit Appeals panel appeared dubious about a nationwide injunction halting the Trump Administration’s efforts to expand religious exemptions from the contraception coverage mandate.
Labor Department to propose updated regulations on religious exemptions for federal contractors
At first glance, expanding religious exemptions from discrimination laws may sound like a protection of religious liberty, but when it comes to federal funds, the exact opposite is true.
BJC’s Amanda Tyler: Seek Unity As Election Season Divides Us
The BJC’s Amanda Tyler argues in a new column that the political tribalism that pits Americans against each other need not, and should not, corrupt our religious community.
