Showing posts with label Virginia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virginia. Show all posts
Sunday, June 01, 2025

Suit Challenges Exclusion of Religious Training from Virginia Tuition Grant Programs

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Suit was filed last week in a Viginia federal district court challenging the exclusion from Virginia's Tuition Assistance Grant Program ...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Suit Challenges Refusal to Recognize Ministers Ordained Online

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Suit was filed last week in a Virginia federal district court challenging Augusta County and the City of Staunton's refusal to recognize...
Friday, April 18, 2025

"Religious" Belief Defined Broadly in Title VII Claim

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Numerous cases challenging employers' refusal to grant exemptions to Covid vaccine mandates during the height of the Covid epidemic cont...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Leads to Dismissal of Church Property Dispute

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In Atlantic Korean American Presbytery v. Shalom Presbyterian Church of Washington, Inc. ,  (VA App., March 11, 2025), a Virginia state appe...
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Title VII Applies to Liberty University's Firing of Transgender Employee

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In Zinski v. Liberty University, Inc. ,  (WD VA, Feb. 21, 2025), a Virginia federal district court refused to dismiss a Title VII sex discri...
Monday, February 10, 2025

Court Rules On Pre-Trial Motions by Defendant Charged with Obstruction by Force of Religious Free Exercise

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In United States v. Jiang ,  (ED VA, Feb. 6, 2025), a Virginia federal district court ruled on several technical and procedural issues raise...
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, 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 ...