Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”)

Biden Admin Backs Down From Violating Catholic Hospital’s Religious Rights After Legal Threat

05/05/2023 at 9:05 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Tyler O'Neill, LifeNews.com, May 5, 2023 The Department of Health and Human Services has rescinded its effective demand that a Catholic hospital snuff out a candle it keeps burning in the chapel, a candle that HHS called a threat to hospital safety. “The game was... read more

Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Opt-Out From COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

02/22/2022 at 11:33 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Zachary Stieber, Epoch News, February 22, 2022 Supreme Court justices on Feb. 22 rejected a bid by health care workers in Maine to block the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Justices declined to hear arguments for and against an appeals court decision that left the mandate, which... read more

At Least 21 States Will Protect Babies From Abortions if Roe v. Wade is Overturned

12/06/2021 at 9:46 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews, December 3, 2021 At least 21 states immediately could ban the killing of unborn babies in abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Many hope the Mississippi case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which the high court heard Wednesday, will spur... read more

Federal Texas Judge: Religious Businesses Protected From LGBT Discrimination Claims

11/03/2021 at 12:31 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Charlie McCarthy, Newsmax, November 3, 2021 A federal judge in Texas ruled that businesses with sincerely held religious beliefs can be shielded from LGBT discrimination claims, The Dallas Morning News reported. The decision carves out exceptions to sexual orientation and gender... read more

Supreme Court’s Baffling Maine Decision

11/02/2021 at 9:36 AM By Kevin Edward White
COMMENTARY: Given the court’s previous track record in defending religious freedom, we can at least hope that its Oct. 29 ruling isn’t the end of the story. By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Catholic Register, November 2, 2021 The U.S. Supreme Court — normally sympathetic to people... read more

Judge Blocks Biden Admin From Firing Unvaccinated Employees With Pending Religious Exemptions

10/29/2021 at 3:34 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Jack Phillip, Epoch Times, October 29, 2021 A district court judge in Washington, D.C. issued a temporary injunction Thursday that bars both civilian and military plaintiffs from being fired after they filed a lawsuit against the White House’s vaccine mandate. District Judge Colleen... read more

Virginia Supreme Court Reinstates Teacher who Objected to Transgender Pronoun Mandate

08/31/2021 at 8:00 PM By Kevin Edward White
Cross had said he could not “affirm that a biological boy can be a girl, and vice versa,” citing his Christian faith. Kevin J. Jones/CNA, August 31, 2021 RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s Supreme Court has sided with a teacher after he challenged a school district mandate of affirming... read more

Democrat Wants to Yank Catholic Church’s Nonprofit Status if Joe Biden Denied Communion

06/25/2021 at 3:32 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Tony Perkins, LifeNews, June 25, 2021 Yet again, Democrats are outraged to discover that religious beliefs actually impact people’s actions. In the latest dust-up, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 168-55 on Friday to proceed with a draft document “on the... read more

Catholic Foster Care Wins Unanimously on Religious Liberty

06/21/2021 at 1:28 PM By Kevin Edward White
The Supreme Court rejects intolerance, but leaves questions unanswered. By Dan McLaughlin, National Review June 17, 2021 The U.S. Supreme Court broke the logjam of big cases this morning, and the best news was a unanimous ruling in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia in favor of the... read more

What Is Wrong with the Lawyer Persecuting Jack Phillips?

06/21/2021 at 1:22 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, June 17, 2021 Autumn Scardina keeps trying to force the Masterpiece Cakeshop owner to bake a cake with a message that offends his religious beliefs. Why? Once again, Jack Phillips, the beleaguered owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, has been fined by a... read more

Don’t Be Fooled: Gender Identity Policies Don’t Follow the Science

06/15/2021 at 6:22 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Jared Eckert, Daily Signal, June 14, 2021 During the past presidential election, you may remember seeing black yard signs with lists of creed-like statements written in rainbow text. The creeds included claims like “science is real.” All Americans should agree with this... read more

Woke “Rights,” the Equality Act, and Speaker Pelosi

03/21/2021 at 9:41 PM By Kevin Edward White

The Equality Act Is Latest Push in Biden’s Prioritization of Transgender Issue

03/05/2021 at 10:22 PM By Kevin Edward White