Showing posts with label Religious discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious discrimination. Show all posts
Thursday, August 06, 2026

Suit Seeks Religious Accommodation to Obtain Environmentally Friendly 401(k) Option

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 A suit was filed this week in a New York federal district court by an employee of Thermo Fisher Scientific alleging that the company is req...
Monday, July 13, 2026

Detainee Sues Wrong Parties Over Available Religious Texts on Jail's Android Tablets

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In Coleman v. LVMPD,  (D NV, July 8, 2026), a Nevada federal district court at the screening stage dismissed with leave to amend a religious...
Monday, July 06, 2026

1st Circuit Upholds Maine's Antidiscrimmination Rules For Religious Schools Except Its Religiouis Expression Nondiscrimination Requirement

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Last week, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals issued opinions in two cases raising similar, but not identical, challenges to the antidisc...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

1st Circuit: University's Rejection of Property Sale to Church Was Not Religious Discrimination

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In Calvary Chapel Belfast v. University of Maine System ,  (1st Cir., June 30, 2026), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dis...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

9th Circuit: Question of Fact Remains on Whether Airline Flight Attendants Were Fired Because of Their Religious Beliefs

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In Brown v. Alaska Airlines, Inc. ,  (9th Cir., June 24, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that there is a genuine dispute o...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

U.S. and Florida Launch Investigations of Religious Discrimination by Major League Baseball

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Major League Baseball's apparent selective enforcement of its rules regarding players' uniforms has led to religious discrimination ...
Friday, June 19, 2026

9th Circuit Grants En Banc Review in Church Autonomy Case

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In  Union Gospel Mission of Yakima Washington v. Brown , (9th Cir., June 18, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voted to review en...
Friday, June 12, 2026

DC Circuit Gives Pleading Leeway to Pro Se Muslim Plaintiff Who Claims Religious Discrimination

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 In Naz v. Wright , (DC Cir., June 9, 2026), the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision reversed a district court's dismissal o...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

HHS Reorganizes Civil Rights Office to Emphasize Religious Liberty, Conscience Protections and Racial Discrimination

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The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced a restructuring of its Office of Civil Rights into three subject-matter Divi...
Friday, May 01, 2026

President's Task Force on Anti-Christian Bias Issues Report

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Yesterday, the President's Task Force to Eradicate anti-Christian Bias issued a report ( full text ) titled Eradicating Anti-Christian B...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

European Court Says German Catholic Organization Cannot Dismiss Employee Who Left the Church

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In   Katholische Schwangerschaftsberatung ,  (CJ EU, March 17, 2026), in a referral from the Federal Labor Court (Germany), the Court of Jus...
Tuesday, March 03, 2026

Indiana Governor Signs Law Barring State Religious Discrimination in Adoption or Foster Care

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On February 26, Indiana Governor Mike Bruan signed House Enrolled Act 1389 ( full text ) which prohibits governmental discrimination in ado...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

DOJ Sues UCLA Under Title VII Alleging Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias

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The Justice Department Civil Rights Division this week filed suit against the University of California alleging that UCLA violated Title VII...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

9th Circuit: Church Autonomy Doctrine Allows Churches to Hire Only Co-Religionists Even for Non-Ministerial Positions

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In Union Gospel Mission of Yakima, Washington v. Brown ,  (9th Cir., Jan. 6, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a prelimina...
Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Cert. Filed In Case Challenging Religious Non-Discrimination Rule for State Grant Program

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 A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed yesterday with the Supreme Court in Youth 71FiveMinistries v. Williams, (Sup. Ct., certi...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

DOJ Seeks to Intervene in Suit Over Christian Males' Reaction to Transgender Use of Boy's Locker Room

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The Justice Department this week filed a Motion to Intervene  and a Memorandum In Support of its motion in S.W. v. Loudoun County School Bo...
Monday, December 08, 2025

No Religious Discrimination Shown in Enforcement of Septic Tank Code

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In Schoff v. Illinois Human Rights Commission ,  (IL App., Dec. 4, 2025), an Illinois state appellate court affirmed the decision of the sta...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Texas AG Sues Challenging Exclusion of Sectarian Employment from Work-Study and Similar State Programs

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last week filed suit in a Texas state trial court against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board an...
Friday, November 14, 2025

New Executive Order on Foster Care System Includes Focus on Religious Concerns

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President Trump yesterday issued an Executive Order titled "Fostering the Future for American Children" ( full text ). The Executi...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Broad Religious Statements Did Not Support Title VII Discrimination Claim

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 In Castaneda v. State of California Department of Motor Vehicles ,  (ED CA, Oct. 28, 2025), a DMV employee brought several federal and stat...