Hobby Lobby
Supreme Court faces new challenges to Obamacare’s ‘contraceptive mandate’
By Richard Wolf — October 30, 2015
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is about to climb back into Americans' bedrooms.
Nuns lose latest court battle to avoid contraception mandate
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 14, 2015
(RNS) The Little Sisters of the Poor -- who have refused to comply with the Affordable Care Act contraception mandate -- lost their latest court case Tuesday (July 14).
Beards big winner in year-old Hobby Lobby case (COMMENTARY)
By Lori Windham — July 2, 2015
A year later, who was the big winner in the Supreme Court's landmark decision in the Hobby Lobby case? Beards. Yes, beards.
Hobby Lobby’s Steve Green’s Bible curriculum is a hit in Israeli schools
By Michele Chabin — June 15, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Israeli pilot program, known as TAMAR represents the Museum of the Bible's first successful educational program. Last year, an Oklahoma school district shelved a similar pilot curriculum.
Why we should worry when millennials don’t take religion seriously (COMMENTARY)
By Arthur E. Farnsley II — April 6, 2015
(RNS) I’m doing my best to help my millennial students see that religion is not just a placeholder for other interests; it is a powerful motivator and many religious people are willing to sacrifice, die, and even kill in its name.
Hobby Lobby president’s Bible curriculum shelved by Oklahoma school district
By Adelle M. Banks — November 26, 2014
(RNS) "In summary, the topic of a Bible course in the Mustang School District is no longer a discussion item nor is there a plan to provide such a course in the foreseeable future," Mustang Public Schools Superintendent Sean McDaniel said.
Hobby Lobby take two? Moody encourages witnessing at work
By Chris Stedman — October 29, 2014
The Supreme Court's ruling in Hobby Lobby v. Burwell places Moody Theological Seminary's "Faith, Work and Economics Initiative" in a new and more troubling context.
Catholic bishops, Becket Fund slam newest HHS contraception mandate rules
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — August 22, 2014
(RNS) The newest revision by the Obama administration still doesn't satisfy some religious groups' objections.
Satanists’ challenge to Hobby Lobby ruling may face legal hurdles
By Kimberly Winston — July 31, 2014
(RNS) Satanists' attack on the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision with a letter protesting "informed consent" abortion laws as a burden to their religious beliefs may be a toothless challenge.
Is libertarianism compatible with secularism?
By Chris Stedman — July 25, 2014
Thanks to Hobby Lobby, libertarian secularists may now find themselves unable to reconcile their economic principles with their support for a religiously neutral government.
COMMENTARY: Have corporations become modern-day golems?
By Jack Moline — July 22, 2014
(RNS) The rhetorical devices that ascribe the characteristics of a citizen to the legal fiction called a “corporation” are the mud and magic that produce a golem.
Obama to employers: Notify workers if you’re dropping contraceptive coverage
By Richard Wolf — July 18, 2014
WASHINGTON -- The timing of the notice came after the Senate failed Wednesday to pass Democratic legislation that would have reversed the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision on the contraception mandate.
Hobby Lobby protesters ‘Knit a Brick’
By Kimberly Winston — July 17, 2014
(RNS) The Secular Coalition for America wants anyone upset by the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling last month to knit or crochet rectangles, or “bricks,” to shore up what the coalition sees as the crumbling wall of separation between church and state.
Hobby Lobby’s Green family postpones launch of public school Bible curriculum
By David Van Biema — July 16, 2014
(RNS) The nonprofit Museum of the Bible, has already poured millions of dollars into developing the courses and hoped to introduce the first textbook in Mustang, Okla., when classes begin later this summer.
COMMENTARY: Critics of Supreme Court should focus on politics, not religion
By Tom Deignan — July 16, 2014
(RNS) Even to the most secular of liberals, six Catholics on the Supreme Court would not be a problem, so long as they were six Catholics like Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
