The prohibition on discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act doesn’t just apply to hiring and firing; it also protects against “hostile” work environments. But, what if your work environment is a house of worship and you are a minister?

The Ohio law also allows any health care worker or institution with a conscience-based objection to refuse to refer such services to another provider.

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.”

To facilitate conversation at the intersection of Black freedom and religious liberty, BJC has companion study guides for group discussions on Religious Liberty Has Been White Too Long: Voices of Black Scholars.

Four servicemembers are asking the U.S. Navy for a religious exemption from requirements that they shave their beards in violation of their religious beliefs.