Showing posts with label Maryland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maryland. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 09, 2024

7th Day Adventists Sue Maryland Over Narrow Interpretation of Fair Employment Practices Act Exemption

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Last week, the Seventh Day Adventist Church filed suit against officials and members of the Maryland Civil Rights Commission challenging as ...
Monday, September 16, 2024

Supreme Court Asked to Review Decision on Opting Students Out of Instruction on Gender and Sexuality

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A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed last week with the U.S. Supreme Court in Mahmoud v. Taylor,  (Sup. Ct., cert. filed 9/1...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Maryland Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Challenge to Child Victims Act

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 On Tuesday, the Maryland Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three related cases that raise the question of whether the Maryland Child Vi...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

4th Circuit: Denial of Opt-Out From LGBTQ-Friendly Books Did Not Violate Parents' Free Exercise Rights

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In Mahmoud v. McKnight , (4th Cir., Maay 15, 2024), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision affirmed a Maryland federal dist...
Thursday, February 29, 2024

Election of Student School Board Member by Public School Students Did Not Violate Free Exercise Clause

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 In Kim v. Board of Education of Howard County ,  (4th Cir., Feb. 28, 2024), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of...
Saturday, February 03, 2024

Questions of Fact Remain in Challenge to Application Process for Prison Chaplaincy Supervisor

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 In Bridges v. Prince Georges County, Maryland ,  (D MD, Feb. 1, 2024), a Maryland federal district court refused to grant summary judgment ...
Monday, January 22, 2024

Sign Ordinance Restricting Anti-Abortion Protester Does Not Violate 1st Amendment

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In Roswell v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore ,  (D MD, Jan.19, 2024), a Maryland federal district court dismissed a suit by an anti-abo...
Monday, October 02, 2023

Baltimore Catholic Archdiocese Files For Bankruptcy Reorganization

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The Archdiocese of Baltimore Announced last Friday that it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in advance of the Oct. 1 effectiv...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

MD Supreme Court: State Law Sex Discrimination Ban Does Not Include Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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In Doe v. Catholic Relief Services ,  (MD Sup. Ct., Aug. 14, 2023), the Maryland Supreme Court, responding to certified questions from a fed...
Tuesday, May 02, 2023

Sign Permit Did Not Infringe 1st Amendment Rights of Anti-Abortion Protester

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In Roswell v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore ,  (D MD, April 28, 2023), a Maryland federal district court denied a preliminary injunc...
Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Maryland Attorney General Releases Report on Child Sexual Abuse in Baltimore Archdiocese

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Maryland's Attorney General today released a Report on Child Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore ( full text ). The 463-page re...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Maryland County's Election Process for Student School Board Member Survives Free Exercise Challenge

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 In Kim v. Board of Education of Howard County ,  (D MD, Nov. 18, 2022), a Maryland federal district court rejected both equal protection an...
Friday, November 18, 2022

Maryland AG Asks Court to Approve Release of Report on Clergy Abuse

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 A 35-page motion ( full text ) was filed yesterday by the Attorney General of Maryland in a Maryland state trial court seeking court approv...
Friday, October 14, 2022

Anti-Abortion Sidewalk Counselor Challenges Sign Permit Requirement

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Suit was filed this week in a Maryland federal district court alleging that Baltimore's sign permit ordinance violates plaintiff's f...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

School Policy On Treatment of Transgender Students Upheld

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In Parents 1 v. Montgomery County Board of Education ,  (D MD, Aug. 18, 2022), a Maryland federal district court upheld Guidelines promulgat...
Sunday, August 07, 2022

No Church Autonomy Defense To Catholic Organization's Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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In Doe v. Catholic Relief Services ,  (D MD, Aug. 3, 2022), a Maryland federal district court granted summary judgment in favor of plaintiff...
Thursday, March 24, 2022

No RLUIPA Or Free Exercise Violation In Denying Sewer Service To Proposed Church Building

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In Canaan Christian Church v. Montgomery County Maryland ,  (4th Cir., March 22, 2022), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Mont...
Monday, December 13, 2021

Exclusion Of Christian School From Scholarship Program Violated Its Free Speech Rights

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In Bethel Ministries, Inc. v. Salmon , (D MD, Dec. 10, 2021), a Maryland federal district court held that the free speech rights of a Christ...
Friday, November 05, 2021

4th Circuit: Denial Of Church's Application For Water and Sewer Plan Amendment Violated RLUIPA

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In Redeemed Christian Church of God (Victory Temple) Bowie, Maryland v. Prince George's County, Maryland ,  (4th Cir., Nov. 3, 2021), th...
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Right-Wing Catholic Group Sues Over Cancellation Of Its Protest Rally

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Maryland federal district court by the right-wing Catholic group Church Militant against the city of Baltimore...