Showing posts with label Religious discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious discrimination. Show all posts
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...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Wisconsin Argues for Eliminating Religious Nonprofit Exemption from Unemployment Tax

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 As previously reported , in June in Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission , the U.S. Supreme Co...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

Plaintiff Lacks Standing to Claim Rutgers Engaged in Anti-Hindu Discrimination

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In Bagal v. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey ,  (D NJ, Oct. 14, 2025), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed for lack of ...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Canceling Concert Because of Reaction to Jewish Musician's Pro-Israel Posting Is Not Religious Discrimination

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In Pauker v. Heart Consciousness Church, Inc. ,  (ND CA, Oct. 9, 2025), a California federal district court dismissed religious and racial d...
Monday, September 15, 2025

California Legislature Passes Law Aimed at Combatting Antisemitism and Other Bias in Schools

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On September 12, the California legislature gave final passage to AB 715 ( full text ) which amends the state Education Code to create a st...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

8th Circuit: Evidence Did Not Support Dismissal of Jail Administrator's Title VII Religious Discrimination Case

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In Naylor v. County of Muscatine, Iowa ,  (8th Cir., Aug. 19, 2025), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's dism...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

9th Circuit: Oregon Religious Non-Discrimination Rule for Grantees Is Mostly Valid

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 In Youth 71Five Ministries v. Willliams ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 18, 2025), a Christian youth program sued after the Oregon Department of Educati...
Friday, August 08, 2025

Executive Order Targets Religious and Political Discrimination by Banks

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Yesterday President Trump issued an Executive Order ( full text ) titled Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All. The Executive Order requires ban...
Friday, April 25, 2025

New Website Catalogues Laws That Exclude Religious Organizations from Government Funding Opportunities

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Earlier this month, Notre Dame Law School announced that it, along with two other organizations, has launched a new website which identifie...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

DOJ Hosts First Meeting of Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias

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 A Department of Justice press release  reports that yesterday the DOJ hosted the inaugural meeting of the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Chri...
Monday, March 10, 2025

Supreme Court Denies Cert. In Title VII Religioius Discrimination Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Hittle v. City of Stockton, California , (Docket No. 24-427, certiorari  denied 3/10/2025). Ju...
Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Coffee House Sued Over Separate Antisemitic Incidents Involving Harassment of Customers

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 A suit under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act alleging religious discrimination was filed yesterday in a California state trial cour...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Suit Challenges Software Company's Denial of Discount to Christian Nonprofit

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A suit under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act was filed yesterday in a California federal district court by a Christian nonprofit org...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Britain's Court of Appeals: Teacher Wrongfully Terminated for Personal Facebook Postings Reflecting Christian Beliefs on Sexuality

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In Higgs v. Farmor's School ,  (EWCA, Feb. 12, 2025), Britain's Court of Appeal held that the dismissal of a teacher because of post...