Showing posts with label Washington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washington. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Homeless Shelter Can Limit Hiring to Coreligionists

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In Union Gospel Mission of Yakima, Wash. v. Ferguson ,  (ED WA, Nov. 1, 2024), a Washington federal district court granted a preliminary inj...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Defendant Sentenced To 11 Years for Arson Attacks on Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls

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Last Friday, a Washington federal district court sentenced 52-year-old Mikey Diamond Starrett to 11 years in prison followed by three years ...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

9th Circuit: Ministry Has Standing to Challenge Washington Antidiscrimination Law

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In Union Gospel Mission of Yakima, Washington v. Ferguson , (9th Cir., Aug. 12, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Chr...
Friday, July 26, 2024

States Lack Standing to Challenge FDA's Rules on Dispensing of Abortion Pill

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In State of Washington v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration ,  (9th Cir., July 24, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to p...
Friday, May 10, 2024

Washington State AG Investigating Sex Abuse Cover-Up by Catholic Diocese

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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced yesterday that it has filed a petition to enforce a subpoena against the Catholic ...
Monday, March 11, 2024

Ban on Caste Discrimination Is Constitutional

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In Bagal v. Sawant ,  (WD WA, March 8, 2024), a Washington federal district court rejected First and 14th Amendment challenges to the City o...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Certiorari Denied in Challenge to Conversion Therapy Ban

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Today by a vote of 6-3, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Tingley v. Ferguson ,  (Docket No. 22-942, certiorari  denied 12/11/2023). I...
Friday, December 01, 2023

Christian Non-Profit Cannot Rescind Job Offer Because of Same-Sex Marriage

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In McMahon v. World Vision, Inc. ,  (WD WA, Nov. 28, 2023), a Washington federal district court held that a Christian non-profit organizatio...
Tuesday, September 05, 2023

Religious Organization Lacks Standing to Challenge Interpretation of State Anti-Discrimination law

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In Union Gospel Mission of Yakima, Wash. v. Ferguson , (ED WA, Sept. 1, 2023), a Washington federal district court dismissed for lack of sta...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

Conscience Clause in Health Insurance Mandate Does Not Violate Church's Free Exercise

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In Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland, Washington v. Kreidler ,  (WD WA, July 25, 2023), a Washington federal district court dismissed a...
Wednesday, June 07, 2023

State Law May Bar Women's Spa from Refusing to Serve Transgender Women Who Have Not Had Sex-Confirmation Surgery

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In Olympus Spa v. Armstrong , (WD WA, June 5, 2023), a Washington federal district court dismissed, with leave to amend, a suit by a Korean ...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

Governors In Minnesota and Washington Sign Bills Protecting Access to Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care

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On April 27, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed three bills protecting right to abortion and gender-affirming health care.  A  press release...
Monday, April 17, 2023

Supreme Court Review Sought in Challenge to Conversion Therapy Ban

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On March 27, a petition for certiorari ( full text)  was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Tingley v. Ferguson.  In the case, the U.S. 9t...
Saturday, April 08, 2023

Contradictory Orders From 2 District Court on FDA's Approval of Abortion Pill

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In Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food & Drug Administration ,  (ND TX, April 7, 2023), a Texas federal district court held t...
Friday, March 03, 2023

Christian Mission Challenges Narrowing of Washington State's Religious Exemption From Employment Non-Discrimination Law

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Washington federal district court by a Christian social service agency contending that the Washington Supreme ...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Seattle Becomes First U.S. City To Outlaw Caste Discrimination

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Seattle, Washington this week became the first U.S. city to add "caste" discrimination to its anti-discrimination laws. The Ordina...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

Suit Says Sheriff's Office Pressures Employees to Join Favored Church

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Suit was filed this week in a Washington federal district court by an ex-deputy sheriff who alleges that Chelan County (WA) Sheriff's Of...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

9th Circuit Denies En Banc Review of Conversion Therapy Ban

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In Tingley v. Ferguson ,  (9th Cir., Jan. 23, 2023), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an en banc  rehearing of a 3-judge panel&#...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

State Religious Discrimination Claims Against Airline Union Are Pre-empted By Federal Law

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In Brown v. Alaska Airlines, Inc. ,  (WD WA, Nov. 23, 2022), a Washington federal district court dismissed state-law religious discriminatio...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Football Coach Sues After Being Fired for Religious Refusal of Covid Vaccine

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Suit was filed last week by the former head football coach for Washington State University who was fired after refusing on religious grounds...