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18 Oct 2016, 6:58 pm by Howard Friedman
 The court rejected plaintiff's free exercise challenge because the anti-discrimination provisions are neutral laws of general applicability. [read post]
21 Jul 2007, 3:17 pm
The city refused to process the sponsors' application for a land use permit for the encampment because of a moratorium on accepting permits during a study of sustainable development plans for the area. [read post]
27 Feb 2018, 10:39 am
This is called the “hybrid approach” to Jones, because it eschews application of ordinary state law in favor of deference to the national church’s unilateral rules and canons. [read post]
10 Feb 2018, 2:24 pm
This is called the “hybrid approach” to Jones, because it eschews application of ordinary state law in favor of deference to the national church’s unilateral rules and canons. [read post]
4 May 2018, 5:04 am by Joy Waltemath
Finding too many factual disputes as to application of either the ecclesiastical exemption or the ministerial exception doctrines, a federal magistrate in Alabama refused to dismiss the pregnancy discrimination claim of a fired maintenance and child care worker. [read post]
20 Aug 2014, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
 The district court concluded that there is no controversy among courts because there is no case law indicating that application of the RLCDA violates RFRA. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 8:19 am by Howard Friedman
Neither is the Court convinced that the applicant Church was in a significantly different position from other churches ... so as to call for differential treatment ..., since other faiths likewise do not allow access of the public to certain of their places of worship for doctrinal reasons.Law & Religion UK reports on the decision. [read post]
25 Apr 2022, 4:47 am by Lael Weinberger
Broadly speaking, this doctrine has two main applications. [read post]
26 Apr 2022, 8:35 am by Lael Weinberger
Broadly speaking, this doctrine has two main applications. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 12:10 am
The title of "Bishop" is officially bestowed and recognized by the LDS Church. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
A federal statute, 42 USC 300a-7 (known as the "Church Amendment"), prohibits any entity reveiving grants under various federal programs from discriminating against applicants for training or study "because of the applicant's reluctance, or willingness, to counsel, suggest, recommend, assist, or in any way participate in the performance of abortions or sterilizations contrary to or consistent with the applicant's religious… [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 9:16 am by alicia.baker
QUESTION: Our church was recently contacted by another pastor in a different town, thirty miles away, who is claiming our church’s name is too similar to his church’s name. [read post]
5 Dec 2023, 11:47 pm by David Pocklington
The fees payable for a certified copy of the full entry issued at any other time are the fees prescribed for searching registers of baptisms and burials and, if applicable, for each additional copy of an entry in such a register. [read post]
10 Feb 2023, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Court of Federal Claims dismissed a challenge by Alearis to the refusal by the Internal Revenue Service to pass on its application to classify it as a "church". [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 1:34 pm by Howard Friedman
They claim that their application for a special exception to locate in a residential area is the only application by a church to have been denied in 15 years. [read post]
25 May 2008, 12:47 pm
In 2005, Pitkn County commissioners denied the church's application, but then reversed their decision after the church filed a federal lawsuit under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. [read post]
19 Apr 2017, 12:54 pm by Howard Friedman
At issue was the refusal by Missouri's Department of Natural Resources of a grant application by Trinity Church for a grant that would allow it to resurface a playground at its day care and preschool facility on church premises. [read post]