Showing posts with label Religious liberty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious liberty. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

State Department Human Rights Reports Will Have Changed Focus

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Yesterday the State Department announced  a change in focus for future Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The Daily Signal  and the ...
Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Trump Declares Nigeria a "Country of Particular Concern"

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 On October 31, President Trump announced on Truth Social ( full text ) that he is designating Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Conc...
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Presidential Message on All Saints Day

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On November 1, President Trump issued a Presidential Message on All Saints Day ( full text ). It reads in part: On All-Saints’ Day, the Firs...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Religious Liberty Commission Holds Hearing on Religious Liberty in Education

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The Religious Liberty Commission yesterday held a four-hour hearing on Religious Liberty in Education. ( Video of full hearing .) The hearin...
Monday, September 22, 2025

President Sends Rosh Hashanah Greetings

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Rosh Hashanah -- the Jewish New Year-- begins at sundown this evening. The White House today posted a   Presidential Message on Rosh Hashana...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

USCIRF Issues Policy Update on Mass Atrocities Targeting Religious Communities

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom this month released a Policy Update titled Preventing Mass Atrocities Targeting Relig...
Tuesday, September 09, 2025

Religious Liberty Commission Hearing Features Remarks by President Trump

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Yesterday, the Religious Liberty Commission that was created in May by an Executive Order of Donald Trump held its second hearing ( Video o...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

EEOC Highlights Its Actions to Protect Employees' Religious Freedom

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The EEOC yesterday issued a lengthy press release  titled  200 Days of EEOC Action to Protect Religious Freedom at Work. The Release says in...
Friday, August 15, 2025

5th Circuit Allows San Antonio Park Development To Move Ahead Over Religious Objections of Lipan-Apache

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In Perez v. City of San Antonio ,  (5th Cir., Aug. 13, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision affirmed a trial court...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

2025 Report on Religious Liberty Protections by Each State Is Released

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Yesterday, First Liberty Institute released its report Religious Liberty in the States 2025  ( full text ) ( Report website ). According to ...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Religious Liberty Commission Holds First Hearing

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On June 16, the new Justice Department Religious Liberty Commission held it first hearing at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC. Vide...
Monday, May 19, 2025

Members of Religious Liberty Commission Advisory Boards Named

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As previously reported , earlier this month President Trump issued an Executive Order creating a Religious Liberty Commission.  Members of t...
Monday, May 12, 2025

Forest Service Is Enjoined from Transferring Apache's Sacred Land While Cert. Petition Is Pending

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As previously reported , in September 2024 a petition for certiorari was filed this week with the U.S. Supreme Court in Apache Stronghold v....
Friday, May 02, 2025

President Trump Issues Executive Order Creating a Religious Liberty Commission

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Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order ( full text ) establishing a Religious Liberty Commission. According to the Executive O...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Wyoming Enacts State RFRA

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Last week, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed  HB 0207, the Wyoming Religious Freedom Restoration Act ( full text ). The Act requires stric...
Monday, February 10, 2025

Trump Establishes White House Faith Office

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Last Friday, President Trump issued an Executive Order ( full text ) establishing the White House Faith Office. The White House also issued ...
Friday, January 17, 2025

2 Reports Survey the State of Religious Liberty in the U.S. in 2024

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Two broad reviews of the state of religious liberty in the United States were released yesterday. Becket Fund for Religious Liberty released...
Thursday, January 16, 2025

Today Is Religious Freedom Day

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President Biden has issued a Proclamation ( full text ) declaring today as Religious Freedom Day, the anniversary of the adoption by Virgini...
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Texas Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Interpretation of "Religious Service Protections" Constitutional Amendment

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Last Wednesday, The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments ( video of full oral arguments ) in Perez v. City of San Antonio. The court is ...
Friday, August 30, 2024

5th Circuit Reopens Lipan-Apache's Suit Objecting to Park Modifications

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 In 2021, Texas voters approved an amendment to the state constitution that provides: This state or a political subdivision of this state m...