This final rule would allow religious discrimination to take place across the country.

The mob that overtook the Capitol building during a day of unprecedented violence on American democracy entered our halls of government while plainly adorned with signs of Christian nationalism.

Before we mercifully close the book on 2020, here are some developments in religious liberty stories related to COVID-19 that took place in the last part of December.

Like every other area of human life, the coronavirus pandemic dominated religious liberty discussions this year. Here’s my list of the top 10 religious liberty developments this year, with the caveat that – being that this is 2020 – the year is not over yet.

Although they purported to expand and protect First Amendment freedoms, the rules harm religious liberty by – among other things – removing safeguards for the beneficiaries of government services.

In Tanzin v. Tanvir, the Supreme Court unanimously held (8-0) that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) allows for monetary damages against officials who are sued in their official capacities.

This week, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed House Resolution 512, which calls for the repeal of global blasphemy and apostasy laws.

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.

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.