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Trampling on health care providers’ consciences
By Charles C. Camosy — September 6, 2016
(RNS) History teaches us to protect a health care provider's right to refuse to participate in controversial medical practices.
Lawsuit against Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill elder dismissed
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 26, 2016
(RNS) The suit, dismissed without prejudice, still can be refiled.
Women suing ‘Peeping Tom’ rabbi want rabbinical court to pay, too
By Lauren Markoe — August 17, 2016
(RNS) In a class-action lawsuit, the victims ask for $100 million.
Atheist group sues Kansas City, Mo., over Baptist convention
By guest — July 26, 2016
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to block the city from spending taxpayer dollars to support the event.
Former Mars Hill Church elder moves to dismiss lawsuit against him
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 17, 2016
(RNS) That's because, former Mars Hill elder Sutton Turner said, he never was served with the lawsuit, which the state of Washington reportedly requires within 90 days.
Anglican priest joins lawsuit demanding greater rights for Kenya’s gays
By Fredrick Nzwili — June 14, 2016
(RNS) It is not clear whether his job is at risk, but his actions have ignited the ire of bishops, who reiterate that the Anglican Church in Kenya does not condone homosexuality.
Whole Foods: Cake with alleged gay slur is fake
By USA Today Network — April 20, 2016
AUSTIN — On Tuesday, Whole Foods fired back saying it's standing by its employees and had filed its own lawsuit accusing Brown of defamation.
Department of Justice to investigate denial of New Jersey mosque
By Tim Darragh — March 17, 2016
NEWARK, N.J. -- The Islamic society filed a federal lawsuit against the township, charging that it manufactured reasons to deny the application -- even changing the zoning ordinance to make building a mosque impossible.
Former church elder offers to meet Mars Hill plaintiffs
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 15, 2016
(RNS) A top aide to Mark Driscoll says he is "deeply grieved and saddened" by the closure of Mars Hill Church.
Mark Driscoll responds to ‘false and malicious’ allegations in lawsuit
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 4, 2016
(RNS) Four former members of the now-defunct Mars Hill Church in Seattle filed a civil racketeering lawsuit Monday (Feb. 29) against the church's controversial ex-pastor.
More women sue home-schooling guru for sexual harassment
By Lauren Markoe — February 18, 2016
(RNS) As with the Bill Cosby case, more women join the suit.
Federal prisons agree inmates can be ‘humanists’
By Kimberly Winston — July 28, 2015
(RNS) Under the settlement, the Federal Bureau of Prisons agreed to acknowledge humanism as a “worldview” and allow its adherents the same rights and recognition enjoyed by inmates of other faiths.
Ohio Muslim man sues gym he said barred him from praying
By Reuters — February 25, 2015
(RNS) Mohamed Fall's lawsuit said he was accosted by gym employees while praying alone in the locker room; they told him he would be banned if he were again seen praying.
Idaho ministers sue to prevent gay weddings at for-profit wedding chapel
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 19, 2014
(RNS) Donald and Evelyn Knapp are ordained Pentecostal ministers who say they can't provide same-sex services at their for-profit wedding chapel because it's "something forbidden by their religious beliefs and ordination vows."
Kenya’s Catholic bishops sued after canceling lease for Muslim-run restaurant
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 17, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Waumini House is about one kilometer from the Westgate Shopping Mall, where a terrorist attack in September 2013 left 67 people dead. That attack and others in Kenya are blamed on the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab.
