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Lorie Smith, a Christian graphic artist in Colorado, filed a pre-enforcement challenge in 2016 to a law that would force …
Read More »Colorado Seeks to Silence and Punish This Christian Graphic Artist — Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Her Case
You Can Guess What Happened to This Nurse When She Refused to Dispense Abortion Drugs
A pro-life nurse practitioner named Robyn Strader worked at a CVS pharmacy in Texas since 2015. She’d asked for and …
Read More »A High School Student Wanted to Start a Pro-Life Club — Intolerant Pro-Abortion Teachers Called Her a Bigot
A high school student in Indianapolis wanted to start a Students for Life-affiliated club. But things didn’t go well — …
Read More »Virginia Under Gov. Northam Opposed Religious Freedom for Parents in Tuition Assistance Program — Virginia Now Supports These Parents
Maine allows families who don’t have access to a local government school to participate in a tuition assistance program to …
Read More »Court Rules Christian Bakers Discriminated Against Two Lesbians But Struck Down $135,000 Fine as First Amendment Violation
Aaron and Melissa Klein are Christians who used to serve all kinds of people in their bakery, Sweet Cakes, in …
Read More »Michigan Agrees to Pay St. Vincent Catholic Charities $550,000 to Settle Religious-Freedom Lawsuit
Michigan passed a law that exempted faith-based adoption and foster care agencies that receive taxpayers’ money from placing children with …
Read More »After a Court Loss, This Christian Photographer is Still Fighting to Protect Her First Amendment Rights
Christian photographer Emilee Carpenter filed a lawsuit last April against New York state and county officials over laws she said …
Read More »Federal Court Rules Student Prevented From Sharing Faith on Campus Can Seek Damages
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 last summer that Chike Uzuegbunam could seek nominal damages from Georgia Gwinnett College after …
Read More »Court: Government Cannot Force Faith-Based Women’s Shelter to Accommodate Men
The Downtown Hope Center in Anchorage, Alaska, provides shelter for women and their children fleeing domestic violence. Some of the …
Read More »Court: Maryland Violated Christian School’s Freedom of Speech After Excluding it From School Voucher Program
Bethel Ministries in Maryland runs a preschool-through-eighth-grade private school called Bethel Christian Academy. According to its “statement of nondiscrimination” in …
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