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23 Jun 2015, 8:45 am
In the times that required oaths to be sworn upon the Bible, conscientious non-Christians, as well as Christians with religious objections to oath taking, refused to take an oath on the Christian scriptures, and as a result were effectively excluded from legal procedures or public offices. [read post]
22 Jun 2016, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
 “This meeting marks the end of the Christian Right,” Michael Farris, a national homeschooling pioneer and longtime figure of the Christian Right, wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday. [read post]
3 Mar 2020, 10:15 am by Christine Corcos
” As for their schools preferring non-Christians over Christians, Christians are much more likely to report this behavior than Jews or the non-religious, but the percentages reporting having witnessed this discriminatory preference are still relatively small.Download the article from SSRN at the link. [read post]
3 Mar 2020, 10:15 am
” As for their schools preferring non-Christians over Christians, Christians are much more likely to report this behavior than Jews or the non-religious, but the percentages reporting having witnessed this discriminatory preference are still relatively small.Download the article from SSRN at the link. [read post]
5 Feb 2011, 5:24 am by Glenn Reynolds
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: For Lila Rose, Planned Parenthood video ’sting’ is about revolution. [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 5:20 am by Glenn Reynolds
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ON PIGFORD: Why are USDA officials off the hook in case of bias against black farmers? [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 4:20 am by Howard Friedman
Petitioners, who include Christians, Yezidis, Kurds, and other religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq, faced likely torture and death in Iraq. [read post]
28 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
The bill provides in part:No person acting under color of State law may deny—(1) full faith and credit to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State pertaining to a marriage between 2 individuals, on the basis of the sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals; or(2) a right or claim arising from such a marriage on the basis that such marriage would not be recognized under the law of that State on the basis of the sex, race, ethnicity, or national… [read post]
30 Jan 2019, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
On Tuesday a 3-judge panel of Pakistan's Supreme Court reaffirmed the Court's acquittal of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who had been accused of blasphemy. [read post]
17 May 2014, 7:12 pm by Howard Friedman
., May 16, 2014), the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction in a suit challenging the holding of graduation ceremonies for a South Carolina elementary school at the chapel of a Christian college and including prayer as part of the official graduation ceremony. [read post]
21 Feb 2020, 12:08 pm by Howard Friedman
.: although the story behind the logo indeed stems from an old Christian tale, today the average consumer associates it clearly with the Jägermeister liqueur rather than revelation....For the Swiss federal judges, ... the “intensive” use of the image by Jägermeister had “weakened its religious character” over time, and nobody was likely to be offended. [read post]
13 Nov 2015, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
A civil rights suit filed in a Mississippi federal district court last week claims that the failure of school officials to respond adequately to the severe religious bullying of a 12-year old Christian student led to the student's death. [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
But the ATR [African traditional Religion] adherents, Muslims, and traditionalists are enabled by the Nigerian legal system to contract valid marriages under their religious codes without state intervention or further ‘validation’ by a Marriage Registry or other civil authority under a secular statute.Agbakoba also claims that the Matrimonial Causes Act is discriminatory by requiring Christians to resolve marital disputes through the civil courts by judges who are not… [read post]
21 Sep 2018, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
As a lawsuit against the  Bossier Parish, Louisiana school board alleging widespread Establishment Clause violations continues, Louisiana congressman Mike Johnson this week posted the following warning on his campaign/personal Facebook page:WARNING TO OUR FRIENDS IN BOSSIER SCHOOLS (Please share):Last night we received very credible information that atheist litigation groups in CA have contacted private investigators in our area to try to hire them to obtain hidden video of Christian… [read post]
4 Nov 2019, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
., Oct. 31, 2019), The Kentucky Supreme Court dismissed on standing grounds a suit against a small business whose Christian owners refused on religious grounds to print T-shirts for a Pride Festival. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
 The lawsuit challenges on Establishment Clause grounds the practice of holding graduation for a Taylors, South Carolina elementary school in the chapel of North Greenville University, a Christian college. [read post]