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Mayor Muriel Bowser of the District of Columbia dropped the city’s mask mandate for indoor public spaces last month, effective …
Read More »Parents File Lawsuit Against DC Mayor for Lifting Mask Mandate for Secular Spaces But Not Religious Schools
NFL Players Ask Supreme Court to Protect Fired High School Coach’s Religious Freedom to Pray After Games
Current and former NFL players Kirk Cousins, Joe Delamiel-Leure, Nick Foles, Phil Olsen, Christian Ponder, Drew Stanton, Harry Swayne, and …
Read More »Colorado Seeks to Silence and Punish This Christian Graphic Artist — Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Her Case
Lorie Smith, a Christian graphic artist in Colorado, filed a pre-enforcement challenge in 2016 to a law that would force …
Read More »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 …
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