A federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit challenging on Establishment Clause grounds a practice that allows state-funded child placement agencies in Michigan to refuse to serve same-sex couples.
City officials are often caught between the demands of our two religion clauses. In Edisto Beach, SC, a lawsuit challenges a new ban on leasing public space for religious use.
The Education Dept. is advancing a broad reading of a recent SCOTUS decision to justify regulatory changes to allow more faith-based funding.
In an important ruling exploring the limits of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Trinity Lutheran church funding decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court invalidated historic preservation grants to churches.