At the end of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a trio of orders impacting religious liberty cases: Carson v. Makin, Arlene’s Flowers, Inc. v. Washington, and Mast v. Fillmore County, Minnesota.
Some legislatures across the country are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic with bills that would make it more difficult for government officials to curtail in-person religious gatherings during a public health crisis.
A unanimous decision in a case on such a controversial topic was entirely unexpected, but Chief Justice John Roberts, who authored the opinion, focused the Court on a specific fact in Fulton v. Philadelphia.
Religious freedom and racial justice are inextricably bound together.
The Ohio state senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 181, banning individual schools and the state Athletic Association from restricting an athlete’s right to wear religious clothing during competition.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals halted the exclusion of religious schools from the state’s tuition program, despite Vermont’s constitution’s guarantee that “no person shall be compelled to support a place of worship.”
Faith.
Freedom.
For All.
The targeting of religious minorities.
The rise of Christian nationalism.
The politicization of houses of worship.
BJC brings people together to tackle today’s serious threats to religious liberty.
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Faith.
Freedom.
For All.
The targeting of religious minorities.
The rise of Christian nationalism.
The politicization of houses of worship.
BJC brings people together to tackle today’s serious threats to religious liberty.