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A company recently settled a lawsuit with a former employee who was terminated for wearing t-shirts with anti-LGBTQ+ messaging.

LGBTQ Club at Indiana High School Wins Court Case

March 25, 2022

A judge recently ruled that an LGBTQ club in an Indiana high school was unlawfully discriminated against by the school principal.

Category: LGBTQ and Law Supreme Court Decision Separation of church and state

Tag: First Amendment LGBTQ discrimination separation of church and state

Families Initiate Legal Action After West Virginia School Holds Christian Assembly

March 22, 2022

Parents initiated legal action against a school in West Virginia after it permitted a preacher to conduct a Christian assembly during school.

Category: Separation of church and state Church and schools

Tag: church and schools church and state First Amendment School Prayer separation of church and state

A football coach who recently won his religious freedom lawsuit against a public school mulls whether to return to his old post.

Federal Judge Will Rule in Cambridge Christian’s Prayer Lawsuit

January 21, 2022

A federal judge will rule in a prayer lawsuit over whether an athletic association violated the first amendment rights of a Christian school.

Category: Supreme Court Decision Separation of church and state Church and schools

Tag: First Amendment football prayer in schools religious rights School Prayer

A Christian adoption agency in New York won a lawsuit against the state over its refusal to serve same-sex and unmarried couples.

Christian Children’s Home Initiates Legal Action Against Biden Administration Over Same-Sex Couples

January 18, 2022

A Christian children’s home initiated legal action over a regulation that requires the agency to place children in same-sex couples' homes.

Category: LGBTQ and Law Separation of church and state

Tag: government funding of religion LGBTQ discrimination same sex adoption separation of church and state

A man dressed as a religious official with a cross necklace pointing his finger in disapproval.

Court Issues Decision Following Firing of LGBTQ+ Teacher

January 11, 2022

An Indiana appellate court issued a ruling in a case initiated by a man who was fired from his job as a teacher at a Catholic high school.

Category: LGBTQ and Law Separation of church and state

Tag: Catholic school LGBTQ discrimination ministerial exception separation of church and state

Operation Christmas Child Tests Constitutional Limits of Kansas Public School

December 24, 2021

Last year, the Freedom from Religion Foundation was able to stop a Kansas public school from taking part in Operation Christmas Child.

Category: Separation of church and state Church and schools

Tag: 14th amendment Establishment Clause First Amendment religion in school separation of church and state

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a Florida town of a lower court's ruling allowing a lawsuit to move forward over a prayer vigil.

Football Coach to Appeal Ninth Circuit Decision Involving Prayer

December 7, 2021

A high school football coach vowed to appeal after the 9th Circuit upheld a decision to ban him from praying on the field at the end of games.

Category: Supreme Court Decision Separation of church and state Church and schools Religious Discrimination Religious Law

Tag: First Amendment government endorsement of religion School Prayer separation of church and state

Public School Lawsuit Arises Over Aztec Prayer

November 23, 2021

A challenge was recently made by a group of parents to a California ethnic studies model curriculum that suggests students engage in an Aztec prayer.

Category: Separation of church and state Church and schools

Tag: church and school curriculum School Prayer separation of church and state

In a religious rights case coming before the Supreme Court, the conservative majority will most likely further entrench government support of religion.

Supreme Court Poised to Hear Religious Rights Case

November 19, 2021

In a religious rights case coming before the Supreme Court, the conservative majority will most likely further entrench government support of religion.

Category: Supreme Court Decision Separation of church and state Religious Law State Laws

Tag: Equal Protection Clause government funding of religion religious freedom separation of church and state Supreme Court decision

The Supreme Court will soon hear an abortion case out of Mississippi that directly challenges the precedent set in Roe v. Wade.

Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Abortion Case

November 10, 2021

The Supreme Court will soon hear an abortion case out of Mississippi that directly challenges the precedent set in Roe v. Wade.

Category: Supreme Court Decision Separation of church and state Abortion

Tag: abortion roe v wade separation of church and state Supreme Court decision