Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
US Forest Service temporarily halts transfer of Native American sacred site Oak Flat
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 1, 2021
(RNS) — The move at least temporarily halts the transfer of Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, known widely as Oak Flat, to Australian mining company Resolution Copper.
Native American group files motion to stop mining at sacred Oak Flat site
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 24, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Some have compared it to Mount Sinai for the Jews,’ attorney Luke W. Goodrich told Religion News Service.
Supreme Court broadens scope of ministerial exception
By Yonat Shimron — July 8, 2020
(RNS) — The ruling allows religious schools to include lay teachers as among those subject to an exemption from civil rights laws that give workers the ability to sue for sexual harassment, overtime pay, equal pay and a myriad of other protections.
Supreme Court rules that federal law protects LGBTQ persons from employment discrimination
By Kathryn Post — June 15, 2020
(RNS) — The Court ruled that LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, making employment discrimination against LGBTQ persons illegal in all 50 states for the first time.
Justices to hear Philly dispute over same-sex foster parents
By Mark Sherman — February 25, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will review an appeals court ruling that upheld Philadelphia's decision to stop placing children with a Catholic agency because it would not permit same-sex couples to serve as foster parents.
Students expelled over same-sex marriages sue Fuller for discrimination
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Alejandra Molina — January 10, 2020
(RNS) — In an amended complaint filed this week, two former students allege Fuller Theological Seminary violated anti-discrimination laws when it expelled them after learning they were married to people of the same sex.
Duke University’s student government rejects Young Life over LGBTQ policies
By Yonat Shimron — September 13, 2019
(RNS) — The decision comes amid an ongoing clash nationwide between religious student groups and colleges and universities that have added more robust nondiscrimination policies.
Legal battle continues over religious leader housing tax break
By Jack Jenkins — October 26, 2018
(RNS) — 'The government cannot discriminate against atheist leaders and reward religious leaders,' said a plaintiff in the case.
Non-Muslim groups say NJ mosque should get OK
By Adelle M. Banks — May 11, 2016
(RNS) The groups said “unequal treatment of the mosque in this case represents a potential threat” to their free exercise rights.
Christmas wins (in the December culture wars)
By Kimberly Winston — December 1, 2015
(RNS) "Battleground December" is wrapping up for 2015. Let’s tally up the wins and losses.
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.
Right to grow a beard? SCOTUS grants very rare approval to hear a prisoner’s case
By Tobin Grant — August 19, 2014
The Supreme Court is set to take on a hair-razing case of a Muslim prisoner in Arkansas who wants to grow a beard.
Supreme Court Rules for Hobby Lobby
By Lauren Markoe — June 30, 2014
(RNS) The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Hobby Lobby, as a closely held private company, has religious rights and does not have to provide employees insurance that covers all birth control methods mandated by the Affordable Care Act.
Mass. Supreme Court to hear case against ‘under God’ in Pledge of Allegiance
By Kimberly Winston — October 30, 2012
(RNS) Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a non-religious family that's challenging the mandatory daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in their children’s classrooms. By Kimberly Winston.
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