“Speech that demeans on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, disability, or any other similar ground is hateful,” Alito … During the fight, we found the Trademark Office justifying the denial of rights to people based on their race, religion, sexual orientation…
the Washington state school's order that he quit praying silently on the field because it was an impermissible public display of religion … Such prayer, according to the school, could be interpreted as the school district's endorsement of religion. See what I mean?…
Sanders was apparently “bothered” by one religion-related blog post of Vought’s in which he stated: “Muslims do not simply have a deficient … Hollen thinks his theology is permissible for a government official to hold, and Vought’s is not, he’s “establishing” a state religion…
dozens included in a stunning new Family Research Council report documenting a significant upsurge in government hostility to religion … Since 2014 there has been a 76 percent increase in religious freedom violations, according to “Hostility to Religion: The Growing Threat…
The court has effectively tasked itself with determining when religion is allowed to matter to you. … Or perhaps we've finally established a state religion in this country: It's run on the dogma of "social justice."…
These exemptions don’t amount to establishments of any religion, and neither do laws protecting dissenters after Obergefell.” … For example, federal law prevents discrimination based on religion, but that doesn’t mean that a mosque can be forced to host a Christian…
If an executive order is based on a denial of a fundamental liberty (other than travel) -- speech or religion, for example -- then … In the first challenge to the president's first order, a federal district court in Seattle ruled that it was based on religion, and … executive order was challenged in federal district courts in Honolulu and Annapolis, both of which ruled that it, too, was based on religion…
at least some iterations of such a game -- would violate the First Amendment prohibition against the government establishing a religion … She noted that the Lutherans who run the preschool and day care in question admit to exercising their religion even on the playground … "The conclusion that the funding the church seeks would impermissibly advance religion is inescapable."…
“Anyone who twists or distorts religion to a place of evil is an exception to the rule,” she said. … “We should not focus on religion,” she said, adding that she was “worried” that the hearing, organized by Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican…
place that "no money shall ever be taken from the treasury, directly or indirectly, in aid of any church, sect, or denomination of religion … religious freedom, reminding states that they cannot exclude groups or individuals from public benefits simply because of their religion … provides only secular benefits, like a partial reimbursement grant for playground surfacing, isn’t a government endorsement of religion…
On the other hand, the Word warns us against hypocritical religion, challenging those who claim to love God (whom they cannot see) … James also defines true religion as caring for the widow and orphan as well as keeping ourselves unstained by the world (James 1:27…
