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Supreme Court hears Boston free speech case involving Christian organization

January 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Jan 19, 2022 / 16:40 pm (CNA).
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case involving the city of Boston’s refusal to raise a flag with Christian imagery in … […]

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Missouri Christian church wins settlement over coronavirus restrictions on worship

October 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Kansas City, Mo., Oct 20, 2021 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
A Kansas City-area Baptist megachurch has reached a $150,000 settlement with the county over coronavirus restrictions, with the church claiming that the county tre… […]

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Brief argues Virginia court was right to uphold teacher’s rights over pronoun policy

July 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Richmond, Va., Jul 1, 2021 / 18:01 pm (CNA).
Tanner Cross, a Virginia Elementary School teacher, filed a brief in the Virginia Supreme Court on Wednesday in response to an appeal by his school district against a court… […]

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Court reinstates Virginia teacher suspended over transgender pronoun policy

June 8, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington D.C., Jun 8, 2021 / 13:56 pm (CNA).
A county court on Tuesday ruled that a Virginia teacher suspended for opposing a school transgender pro… […]

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Catholic group denied permit for St. Pio chapel sues Michigan town

June 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Jun 4, 2021 / 07:58 am (CNA).
A Catholic organization is suing a Michigan township after it was denied permission to build a chapel and prayer trail dedicated to St. Pio of Pietrelci… […]

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Judicial restraint from SCOTUS benefits religious freedom

May 31, 2021 Gregory J. Sullivan 2

Ken Starr’s new book Religious Liberty in Crisis: Exercising Your Faith in an Age of Uncertainty (Encounter Books, 2021), is a very sound, popular treatment of the constitutional issues surrounding the free-exercise and no-establishment provisions […]

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The significance of the Diocese of Brooklyn case in fighting restrictions

December 19, 2020 Deborah Castellano Lubov 3

In this interview with Catholic World Report, attorney Randy Mastro discusses the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the right to religious freedom in the case presented by the Diocese of Brooklyn, demonstrating religions were […]

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Religious freedom is not a boon granted by the benign state

April 21, 2020 George Weigel 6

Sometimes the mask slips. Sometimes the curtain is drawn back prematurely. And then the reality of things comes into clearer focus. That is what happened when the April 20 edition of the Washington Post, the […]

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What’s next after the “Masterpiece Cakeshop” ruling?

June 4, 2018 Titus Techera 2

This case was ultimately about what citizenship demands and permits. There will be a next case, and it will probably be much more troubling. […]

The Dispatch

Legislative chaplaincies and First Amendment’s ban on an “establishment” of religion

May 10, 2018 Russell Shaw 8

Some context and insights from Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) and Marsh v. Chambers (1983). […]

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