Showing posts with label Virginia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virginia. Show all posts
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Court Examines Sincerity and Religiosity of Vaccine Objections

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Stynchula v. Inova Health Care Services ,  (ED VA, Nov. 19, 2024), is another of the dozens of cases working their way through the courts in...
Tuesday, November 05, 2024

George Mason Law Students Sue Claiming "No-Contact" Order Violates Their Free Speech and Free Exercise Rights

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Suit was filed last week in a Virginia federal district court by two Christian female law students at George Mason University contending tha...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Former Priest's Defamation Claim Dismissed Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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In Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia v. Marshall ,  (VA App., July 16, 2024), a Virginia state appellate court held that a defamation p...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

6 More States Fend Off Enforcement of Title IX Transgender Discrimination Rules

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Four days after a Louisiana federal district court enjoined the Department of Education from enforcing its new sex-discrimination rules unde...
Friday, March 08, 2024

Student Sues School Board Alleging Gender Affirming Policies Violate Her Rights

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Suit was filed earlier this week in a Virgina state trial court by a high school student challenging Fairfax County School Board regulations...
Thursday, March 07, 2024

Virginia Legislature Passes Symbolic Bill Recognizing Same-Sex Marriages

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In Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkin has until tomorrow to decide whether or not to sign HB 174/ SB 101 ( full text ) which provides: No pe...
Friday, January 26, 2024

Presumption of Discrimination in Virginia Fair housing Law Held Unconstitutional

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 In Carter v. Virginia Real Estate Board , (VA Cir. Ct., Jan. 24, 2024), a Virginia state trial court held unconstitutional a portion of Vir...
Friday, January 05, 2024

Ministerial Exception Does Not Bar Whistleblower Suit by Liberty University Dean

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 In Markley v. Liberty University, Inc. , (VA Cir. Ct., Dec. 8, 2023), a Virginia state trial court held that the ministerial exception doct...
Friday, December 15, 2023

Virginia Supreme Court Rules For Teacher Who Refused To Use Student's Preferred Pronouns

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In Vlaming v. West Point School Board ,  (VA Sup. Ct., Dec. 14, 2023), the Virginia Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision, held that a teacher wh...
Saturday, April 22, 2023

Fire Fighter Can Move Ahead with Free Speech and Free Exercise Claims

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In Misjuns v. Lynchburg Fire Department , (WD VA, April 20, 2023), a Virginia federal district court held that a fire department captain who...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Virginia Legislature Passes Law Protecting Houses of Worship from Discriminatory Restrictions During Emergencies

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Yesterday, the Virginia General Assembly gave final passage to HB 2171 ( full text ). The bill, which is a reaction to restrictions imposed...
Friday, December 16, 2022

Suit Charges Selective Granting of Religious Exemptions From COVID Vaccine Mandate

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A class action lawsuit was filed in a Virginia federal district court this week alleging that the University of Virgina Health System violat...
Thursday, September 01, 2022

Nurse Sues Clinic For Violating State Conscience Protections

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Virginia state court by a Catholic nurse practitioner who was fired by a CVS Minute Clinic after she insisted ...
Monday, May 30, 2022

Virginia Governor Signs Act Broadly Defining "Religion" In Civil Rights Laws

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On Friday, Virginia Governor Glen Younkin signed House Bill 1063 ( full text ) which defines "religion" as used in the state'...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Certiorari Denied In Virginia Ministerial Residence Tax Exemption Dispute

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Trustees of New Life In Christ Church v. City of Fredericksburg, Virginia ,   ( certiorari   d...
Monday, January 17, 2022

Virginia Governor Creates Commission To Combat Antisemitism

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Virginia's newly-inaugurated Governor Glenn Youngkin has issued an Executive Order ( full text ) creating a Commission to Combat Antisem...
Friday, January 07, 2022

Ministerial Exception Does Not Apply To Liberty University Art Teacher

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In Palmer v. Liberty University, Inc. , (WD VA, Dec. 1, 2021), a Virginia federal district court held that the ministerial exception doctrin...
Thursday, December 23, 2021

School's Anti-Racism Curriculum Challenged As Religious Discrimination

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Virginia state trial court by parents of a number of school children challenging the Albemarle County School B...
Saturday, November 13, 2021

Conditions Of Special Use Permit For Church Upheld

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In  Alive Church of the Nazarene, Inc. v. Prince William County, Virginia , (ED VA, Nov. 10, 2021), a Virginia federal district court dismis...
Thursday, November 04, 2021

Christian Parents Challenge Virginia Ban On Religious Discrimination In Hiring Babysitter

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Suit was filed last week in a Virginia state trial court by Christian parents of a developmentally disabled child who sought to employ a reg...