Category: Religious Freedom
24 GOP AGs Ask SCOTUS To Review Case Of High School Coach Fired For Praying After Games
Dozens of GOP state attorneys general are pushing the Supreme Court to intervene in the case of a high school coach fired for praying after football games. Joseph Kennedy, a former assistant football coach at Bremerton School District in Washington, was suspended in October 2015 after he refused to stop praying, as well as inviting players to …
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Apple withdraws Bible and Quran apps in China
Apple has recently removed the Quran Majeed and the Olive Tree Bible apps from its App Store in China, Apple Censorship reported in a tweet.. According to several media, the company is following a request from the Chinese authorities, who claim the apps violate laws that prohibit the use of religious text or materials. “Additional documentation from Chinese authorities”
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Bangladesh ruling party rallies for Hindus after deadly violence
Awami League plans series of rallies over next two weeks after one of the country’s worst bouts of religious violence.
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Left-wing Supreme Court justice punts on religious freedom lawsuit filed by Maine healthcare workers
Justice Stephen Breyer told the plaintiffs to refile either after a lower court rules or by the end of the month.
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Coach fired for praying with high school team should be allowed to do so: GOP attorneys general
Coach Joe Kennedy lost his appeal at the Ninth Circuit, but Republican attorneys general see hope in Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
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Fired for Biblical Marriage Views, Former Fire Chief Explains How Faith Carried Him Through Persecution
As Americans, “we have the freedom to live out our faith, religious liberty, and we have freedom to speak our faith in whatever form of speech that we feel convicted to do without consequences,” Cochran says. “You shouldn’t have to lose anything for living out your faith or speaking your faith in our country.”
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Young people are leaving the Church because Catholic schools aren’t teaching the faith
Recently, I had a discussion with a Catholic high school teacher that I know. I mentioned to him that I was getting business emails from colleagues whose email signature read: (she/her/hers). I told him that I was confused by it and I thought it was related to the current issue of transgenderism.
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Apple takes down Quran app in China
In a statement from the app’s maker, PDMS, the company said: “According to Apple, our app Quran Majeed has been removed from the China App store because it includes content that requires additional documentation from Chinese authorities”.
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When Conscience Is Attacked, the Ground Beneath Us Shakes
Moral and ethical reflection, making normative sense of the world and striving to live accordingly, is an essential part of being human. Public leaders need to better grasp the role that conscience rights play in a free and democratic society. If they do not, freedom of conscience and the kind of society we cherish will eventually disappear.
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Asia falls short on religious freedom, say Christian legal experts
Asia falls short on religious freedom, say Christian legal experts … Christian legal experts said Asian nations are failing to interpret and implement constitutional provisions of freedom of religion and belief.
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Baltimore must allow conservative Catholic group to hold prayer rally, judge rules
A conservative Roman Catholic media outlet has won its case against the city of Baltimore after a federal judge ruled city officials could not ban the group from holding a prayer rally during a U.S. bishop’s meeting next month.
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Need a kidney? No deal, unless you’re vaccinated
A Colorado hospital has refused transplant surgery to a woman who is unwilling to have the Covid-19 vaccine. Leilani Lutali, 56, is a born-again Christian of no particular denomination, who believes that the vaccines are morally compromised because foetal cell lines were used in developing some vaccines.
Her hospital, UCHealth, informed her that she would be “inactivated” on a kidney transplant waiting list unless she were vaccinated within 30 days. A spokesman, Dan Weaver, explained that other transplant centres in the United States have adopted similar policies or will soon do so.
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