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Friday, March 06, 2026

Indiana Trial Court Permanently Enjoins Enforcement of Abortion Ban Against Women with Conflicting Religious Beliefs

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In Anonymous Plaintiff 1 v. Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana , (Super. Ct., March 5, 2026), an Indiana state tri...

Florida Governor's Order Declaring CAIR a Foreign Terrorist Organization Is Held Unconstitutional

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As  previously reported , last December Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an Executive Order declaring CAIR to be a foreign terrorist org...

Muslim Woman Forced to Remove Hijab During Booking Can Proceed on Some of Her Claims

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In Khan v. City of Richardson ,  (ND TX, March 4, 2026), a Muslim woman sued after she was required to remove her hijab during the intake, p...
Thursday, March 05, 2026

7th Circuit: Prison's Refusal to Provide Muslim Prayer Schedules at State Expense Is Permissible

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In Childs v. Webster ,  (7th Cir., March 4, 2026), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that there was not a violation of a Muslim inm...

State Attorney General May Enforce Subpoena Seeking from Archdiocese Evidence of Clergy Sexual Abuse

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In State of Washington v. Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle ,  (WA App, March 2, 2026), a Washington state appellate court a...
Wednesday, March 04, 2026

Advocacy Group Says Military Commanders Are Describing Iran Operations in Christian Biblical Terms

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The Military Religious Freedom Foundation , an advocacy organization dedicated to assuring church-state separation in the armed forces, repo...

Suit Alleges Unconstitutional Exclusion of Muslim Schools from Texas School Choice Program

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A Muslim parent filed suit this week in a Texas federal district court challenging the state's exclusion of accredited Islamic private s...

Ministerial Exception Doctrine Does Not Apply Where No Ecclesiastical Questions Are at Issue

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In Ehrenkranz v. San Francisco Zen Center ,  (CA App, March 2,2026), a California state appellate court held that the trial court erred in a...
Tuesday, March 03, 2026

Indiana Governor Signs Law Barring State Religious Discrimination in Adoption or Foster Care

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On February 26, Indiana Governor Mike Bruan signed House Enrolled Act 1389 ( full text ) which prohibits governmental discrimination in ado...
Monday, March 02, 2026

Supreme Court in Shadow Docket Case Rejects California's Policy on Informing Parents of Student's Gender Transition

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On Monday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court in Mirabelli v. Bonta , (Sup. Ct., March 2, 2026), barred enforcement against objecting parents of...

Lawsuit Challenges Recent Kansas Law on Sex Designation for Restrooms, Birth Certificates, Driver's Licenses

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On Feb.18, the Kansas legislature overrode Governor Laura Kelly's veto of SB 244  which requires the use of biological sex at birth to ...
Sunday, March 01, 2026

Recent Articles of Interest

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 From SSRN: Candice Mason Kulbeth, Church Autonomy: A Universal Sequencing Question  ,(January 22, 2026). Ela A. Leshem, Normative Transplan...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

EEOC Says Federal Agencies May Base Restroom Access on Biological Sex

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 In a February 26 press release , the EEOC announced: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2-1 today to approve a f...
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