Showing posts with label Religious liberty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious liberty. Show all posts
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...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

5th Circuit Denies Further Relief to Native American Church Objecting to Park Modifications

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As previously reported , last year a Texas federal district court held that members of the Lipam-Apache Native American Church should be giv...
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Iowa Enacts Religious Freedom Restoration Act

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Yesterday Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed SF 2095, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. ( Governor's press release .) ( Full text of...
Friday, February 23, 2024

Utah Legislature Passses Religious Freedom Bill

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The Utah legislature yesterday gave final passage to S.B. 150: Exercise of Religion Amendments  ( full text ). The bill is similar, though ...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Catholic Bishops Issue Report on Religious Liberty In the United States

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Last week, the Committee on Religious Liberty of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued its Annual Report on The State of Religious ...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

New Report on Attitudes Toward Religious Freedom Released

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Becket yesterday released  its 2023 Religious Freedom Index ( full text ). This is the fifth year the Report has been compiled. The Executi...
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Today Is Religious Freedom Day

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Today is Religious Freedom Day, commemorating Virginia's adoption of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on January 16, 1786. P...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

HHS Adopts Rules Implementing Conscience Protections in Federal Law

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The Department of Health and Human Services has made available a 100-page Release ( full text ) titled Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience...
Thursday, November 02, 2023

2023 Report on Religious Liberty in the States Released

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The Center for Religion, Culture and Democracy has released its report 2023   Religious Liberty in the States . In this, its second annual r...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

USCIRF Holds Hearing on Russian Violation of Religious Freedom Through Its Invasion of Ukraine

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Last Wednesday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held a virtual hearing on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Implicati...
Wednesday, March 01, 2023

West Virginia Legislature Passes Religious Freedom Act

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The West Virginia legislature yesterday gave final passage to the Equal Protection for Religion Act ( full text ). The bill bars state acti...