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Mar 31 2015
News
New Indiana law: Does freedom of religion mean freedom to discriminate?
Indiana became the 20th state to pass its version of a religious freedom restoration act last week amid a national debate over the legal limits of religious conservatives and LGBT citizens visions for the nations common life together.
Christian Science MonitorJun 23 2021
Opinion
Corporate Media Don’t Understand Religion For The Same Reason They Don’t Understand America: Politics
It's no wonder the left and its defenders and scribes in corporate media don't understand Catholicism. Through the lens of American politics, how could they?
Newspaper readers and news-watchers these past few weeks have been treated to a running analysis from pundits and reporters on whether Catholic politicians should be under different rules than the other billion less-famous
The FederalistOct 17 2019
News
Anti-Religion Group Says Public School Mentoring Program By Christians Unconstitutional
Officials from the Kingsport, Tennessee City Schools are reviewing the charge by the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) that their mentoring program in partnership with a local church is "unconstitutional."
The FFRF, which describes its members as "free-thinkers (atheists and agnostics)", alleges in a letter to the school district that its mentoring program with
CBNJan 02 2014
News
Religion re-enters ObamaCare debate as Sotomayor delays contraceptive mandate
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor late Tuesday halted a birth control mandate in ObamaCare for a Catholic group one day before parts of the health care law are set to go into effect.
Fox News (Online News)Jun 23 2012
News
Lawmakers claim Air Force culture becoming 'hostile towards religion'
Dozens of House lawmakers accused the U.S. Air Force this week of being "hostile towards religion," citing a string of recent incidents they claim show the military is taking separation of church and state too far.
Fox News (Online News)Feb 21 2024
News
Iowa Senate Passes "Blank Check To Discriminate" Bill - Joe.My.God.
The Iowa Senate has passed a bill that Republicans say will protect religious freedom, but that Democrats have described as a “blank check to discriminate” against LGBTQ Iowans and others. The Senate voted 31-16 to pass Senate File 2095 on Tuesday. The legislation would say that state and local governments shall not “substantially burden” someone’s exercise of religion. “I believe that it is
JoeMyGodJul 30 2018
Jeff Sessions forms Religious Liberty Task Force to protect freedom of religion
The Justice Department on Monday announced the formation of a Religious Liberty Task Force aimed at ensuring religious groups’ protections when their beliefs conflict with government regulations.
Washington TimesJul 30 2018
Jeff Sessions forms Religious Liberty Task Force to protect freedom of religion
The Justice Department on Monday announced the formation of a Religious Liberty Task Force aimed at ensuring religious groups’ protections when their beliefs conflict with government regulations.
Washington TimesSep 29 2020
Data
Religiously unaffiliated people more likely than those with a religion to lean left, accept homosexuality
Most people around the world identify with a religion or religious group. The rest, an estimated 16% of the global population in 2020, are religiously unaffiliated, meaning they identify as atheists, agnostics or describe their religion as “nothing in particular.”
Religiously unaffiliated people more accepting of homosexuality In many countries, being religiously unaffiliated is linked
Pew Research CenterSep 30 2021
News
Globally, Social Hostilities Related to Religion Decline in 2019, While Government Restrictions Remain at Highest Levels
Social hostilities involving religion, including violence and harassment against religious groups by private individuals and groups, declined in 2019, according to Pew Research Center’s 12th annual study of global restrictions on religion, which examines 198 countries and territories.
In 2019 – the most recent year for which data is available, covering a period before the disruptions
Pew Research Center