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2 Mar 2014, 7:00 am
According to a press release issued last week by Christian Solidarity Worldwide USA, in the Mexican village of Unión Juárez (in Chiapas state) 25 Protestant families who belong to the Mount Tabor Evangelical Church have had their water and electricity cut off for refusing to contribute financially to Traditionalist Catholic religious festivals in the village. [read post]
1 Sep 2019, 10:12 am
In In re First Christian Methodist Evangelistic Church, (TX App., Aug. 30, 2019), a Texas state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, as a matter of constitutional law, prevented civil courts from adjudicating a pastor's claim that he was entitled to 6 months severance pay under his employment contract. [read post]
26 Jan 2022, 4:05 am
In the case, a Pennsylvania federal district court (full text of district court opinion) dismissed Title VII claims brought by an Evangelical Christian postal worker who resigned after receiving warning letters and suspensions for refusing to work on Sundays. [read post]
12 Aug 2016, 4:05 am
Watson, a suit alleging that Bradley County, Tennessee Sheriff Eric Watson used the sheriff department's Facebook page to promote the sheriff's Christian religious beliefs. [read post]
15 Sep 2014, 5:30 pm
Presbyterian News Service and The Christian Post reported last week that a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit (see prior posting) brought against Presbyterian Church USA by the Dallas, Highland Park Presbyterian Church. [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 5:49 am
City of New York Department of Homeless Services, (SD NY, June 14, 2013), a New York federal district court rejected free speech, free exercise and equal protection challenges by the head of the Discovered Being Ministry to New York's refusal to permit him to conduct Christian religious services inside city homeless shelters. [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 2:30 am
This important forum was co-hosted by Dying with Dignity NSW, Voluntary Euthanasia Party NSW, Go Gentle Australia, Doctors for Assisted Dying Choice and Christians Supporting Choice for Voluntary Euthanasia. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 8:28 am
RichardsTodd GrabarskyThane RosenbaumSanford LevinsonJon-Christian Suggs(with “cameo” appearances as well….) [read post]
26 Apr 2018, 4:05 am
In the case, a Michigan federal district court issued a preliminary injunction preventing Iraqi nationals (many of whom are Chaldean Christians) subject to long-standing deportation orders from being removed from the United States while they attempt to convince immigration courts that their return will subject them to persecution, torture and possible death. [read post]
3 Jan 2022, 2:39 pm
When I taught a course on “world religions” at our community college I tried to get my students to appreciate the fact that it is quite difficult if not completely misleading to make (or foolish to even attempt) plausible “grandiose” empirical or sociological or historical generalizations about religious worldviews as such (especially, but not only, if they were but dimly aware of Judaism, Christianity and Islam). [read post]
25 Dec 2013, 10:22 am
Sheikh Ali Dhere, Director of Religious Matters at the Ministry told the news conference:We alert fellow Muslims in Somalia that some festivities to mark Christian Days will take place around the world in this week. [read post]
24 Feb 2017, 1:50 pm
LEXIS 25014 (WD VA, Feb. 23, 2017), a Virginia federal magistrate judge recommended dismissing claims of religious discrimination and infringement of free exercise rights brought by Matthew Armstrong, a 65-year old Christian minister, after his alumnus membership in James Madison University Recreation gym was suspended. [read post]
13 Dec 2015, 7:00 am
" However Jammeh pledged to protect the rights of Gambia's Christian community-- about 8% of its population, and said there will be no mandates as to dress. [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 8:50 pm
In Christian Legal Society v. [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 9:14 pm
" Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Supreme Court to hear case challenging Florida's capital punishment rules. [read post]
11 Feb 2016, 4:15 am
The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported yesterday on an unusual lawsuit filed by two Christian residents of Boca Raton, Florida alleging secret arrangements between the city, a developer and Chabad of East Boca to allow Chabad to build a $10 million synagogue and museum on Boca Raton's barrier island. [read post]
8 Jun 2015, 11:32 am
" Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Supreme Court declines potentially key Second Amendment case. [read post]
18 Oct 2015, 7:35 am
An AP report yesterday reviews developments this week in upstate New York in the beatings of two teens by their parents and other members of the Word of Life Christian Church:Six church leaders and parishioners now face charges including manslaughter and assault for a brutal beating in the sanctuary last Sunday that left 19-year-old Lucas Leonard dead and his 17-year-old brother Christopher hospitalized. [read post]
3 Apr 2024, 4:10 am
Plaintiffs are Christian, Muslim, Santerian and Atheist. [read post]
29 Mar 2013, 3:42 pm
The case involves the appeal of an Oklahoma federal district court's decision upholding application of the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage mandate against two related small businesses and their Christian owners. [read post]
