religious liberty

Despite her love of Christianity, a young Maine girl has been prevented since 2024 from going to church, attending religious holidays, being “exposed” to the Bible or other scriptural literature, and even having Christian friends — all because of a judge’s order in a parental right’s case.

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to weigh in on whether Colorado can exclude Catholic schools from its universal pre-K program over their rejection of students who have same-sex parents. 

A public school in Nashville, Tennessee, is allowing Muslim students to leave class to pray in a space reserved especially for them during the school day. 

A federal judge on Tuesday tossed an agreement from President Donald Trump’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that would have created an exemption to the Johnson Amendment and allowed churches to endorse political candidates to their congregations without risking their tax-exempt status.

The Supreme Court has overwhelmingly ruled against a Colorado “conversion therapy” law that bans therapists from helping minors align their “gender identity” with their biological reality. 

An elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, has cleared the record of a Christian teacher who was punished for refusing to read a book about same-sex marriage to his first grade students. 

A court ordered the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland on Thursday to pay $1.5 million in damages to religious parents after the board tried to indoctrinate young school children with LGBTQ+ propaganda.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is accusing Democrat-led Illinois of violating the conscience protections of pro-life doctors and pregnancy centers by requiring them to refer for abortions.

New York has finally ended its nearly decade-long campaign to force Catholic nuns and other religious ministries to fund abortions.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating potential violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and the “KKK Act” after anti-ICE protesters stormed a church in Minnesota on Sunday. 

President Donald Trump has outfoxed Senate Republican obstructionists yet again, blowing past Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) for his refusal to schedule a confirmation hearing for his appointee for religious freedom ambassador by just appointing pastor and former North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker (R) to a similar position that does not need Senate confirmation.

While many have memory-holed the abuses of the COVID-19-era, a Christian employee of the largest national laboratory in the United States is continuing his court battle four years later against his employer, who he alleges discriminated against him for refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine.

A Jewish lawyer has accused London’s Metropolitan Police of arresting him at a pro-Palestine protest for wearing a Star of David necklace.

President Donald Trump speaks at the White House Religious Liberty Commission’s second hearing on Monday, September 8.

A federal court ruled against the Little Sisters of the Poor on Wednesday in a years-long effort by blue states to force the order of Catholic nuns who care for the elderly and the poor to provide contraceptives in their healthcare plan or face millions of dollars in fines. 

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Monday sent guidance to federal agencies requiring them to protect the religious expression of federal workers — a striking departure from the previous Biden administration, which was often hostile to people of faith.

The Supreme Court on Friday sided with Maryland parents of various faiths who sued their school board over its refusal to allow their K-5 children to opt out of LGBTQ+ curriculum. 

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to reconsider a case brought by religious organizations against a New York state regulation requiring employers to cover abortions through health insurance plans.

The Supreme Court unanimously sided with Catholic Charities Bureau, ruling that Wisconsin discriminated against the organization and violated the First Amendment’s protection for religion by denying tax exempt status . 

In 2022, the Montgomery County Board of Education announced “inclusivity” books for K-5 students and took away parental notice and opt-outs for story books that discuss topics like “gender” transitions, pride parades, and preferred pronouns.

The Supreme Court appeared on Tuesday to lean in favor of a group of religious parents who sued a Maryland school board over its refusal to allow their K-5 children to opt out of LGBTQ+ curriculum. 

Trump announced on Thursday that he will sign an executive order to create a task force that will “eradicate anti-Christian bias” from the federal government.

President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is withdrawing proposed regulations that would have narrowed employers’ ability to opt out of covering birth control for their employees.

During an interview with NBC News on Tuesday, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris said that religious exemptions on providing abortion would not be on the table for her because we shouldn’t “be making concessions when we’re talking

Vance claimed during the vice presidential debate with Walz that the Walz signed a bill removing a requirement for doctors to provide life-saving care to babies who survive botched abortions. He also claimed that Kamala Harris supports suing Catholic nuns to violate their freedom of conscience.

An Irish teacher who rose to international attention for rejecting transgender ideology and so-called preferred pronouns has been jailed for a third time after allegedly violating a court order.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) stated that she is “looking forward to defending” a law requiring public school classrooms in the state to display posters of the Ten Commandments.

Senate Republicans successfully blocked a “radical” contraception bill, which they say undermined parental rights and religious liberty.

A California school district has agreed to pay a Christian ex-teacher $360,000 in a settlement after she was fired following her refusal to hide students’ “gender identities” from parents and use students’ “preferred pronouns.”

Seventeen Republican-led states are suing President Joe Biden’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for forcing employers across the United States to accommodate workers’ abortions.

The Supreme Court will hear a case on Wednesday surrounding the Biden administration’s attempt to require emergency room doctors to perform abortions under its interpretation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986 (EMTALA).

The University of California Los Angeles Medical School required all first-year students to attend a prayer in March by a guest speaker on “racial equity” who led students in a prayer to “Mama Earth” and chants of “Free Palestine.”

A strong majority of U.S. adults believe religion is losing its influence in public life, a new Pew Research Center survey found.

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would block the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing a rule that could keep parents who oppose gender ideology from being able to foster children.

Dozens of conservative groups are asking House Republicans to protect religious Americans who have a traditional view of marriage.

Former President Donald Trump delivered a call to action to Christian voters in a speech at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville on Thursday, calling them the “soul of our country” and vowing to defend them against political persecution.