A court has dismissed a football coach’s lawsuit to continue his practice of praying at the 50-yard line directly after games. Courts have consistently ruled that schoolchildren are particularly vulnerable to the threat of religious coercion.

A bill authorizing school districts to offer elective courses on the Bible passed the West Virginia State Senate, despite the desire of many senators to remove references to the Bible in favor of more inclusive language that permitted the study of a variety of world religions.

BJC filed comments opposing the proposals that would remove existing regulations that protect the rights of people who receive government-funded services from a faith-based provider.

The roiling controversy over religious child placement agencies that are funded by taxpayers but object to providing certain services because of their religious beliefs will get a hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court, which announced it would hear Fulton v. City of Philadelphia.

Updated Air Force regulations make clearer and smoother the path for personnel to request and obtain a religious waiver by those who wish to wear religious apparel or are requesting exemptions from rules prohibiting beards and long hair.

Texas is challenging a California law, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt one of the latest developments in the escalating tension between states over the rights of organizations and businesses to refuse to provide services that would conflict with their religious beliefs.

Because of RFRA, a federal judge ruled that the criminal convictions of volunteers with the group No More Deaths must be overturned because they were acting in accordance with their sincere religious beliefs when they entered a wildlife refuge near the southern border in Arizona to leave water and food for those crossing into the United States.