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During Disability Pride, Religious institutions still behind on accessibility
By Kathryn Post — July 30, 2021
(RNS) — The Americans with Disabilities Act was a watershed moment for civil rights law, yet religious entities remain exempt from ADA requirements.
Are LGBTQ students at Christian schools discriminated against? A lawsuit, scholarly studies say yes.
By Yonat Shimron — April 5, 2021
(RNS) — A new lawsuit backs up what scholars have been saying: LGBTQ students at Christian schools experience higher rates of bullying and harassment as well as clinical depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation in comparison with students at non-religious schools.
Religious freedom protects our right to worship. It doesn’t protect discrimination.
By David W. Key Sr. — March 9, 2021
(RNS) — People of faith look the other way as legislators codify discrimination in the name of ‘religious liberty.’
Dave Ramsey’s new crusade: Ending COVID-19 mask orders
By Bob Smietana — March 5, 2021
(RNS) — Dave Ramsey, the Christian financial guru, has long been a skeptic of COVID-19 restrictions, saying that he and his company will not be ruled by fear.
Faith is no excuse for skipping vaccines, says med school professor
By Bob Smietana — February 28, 2019
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) — 'These are important times where religious leaders need to speak out on behalf of vaccines,' said Dr. Peter Hotez of the Baylor College of Medicine. 'We need an interfaith statement on vaccines.'
A push for compromise on LGBTQ protections may tear evangelicals apart
By Yonat Shimron — December 20, 2018
(RNS) — The National Association of Evangelicals and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities want protections for sexual orientation and gender identity as well as strong religious exemptions. But will evangelicals embrace such a compromise?
Israeli court annuls law exempting religious from military
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 12, 2017
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Supreme Court struck down a 2015 law that granted exemptions from military service to ultra-Orthodox men, in a move that could reignite long-standing tensions between Israel's politically powerful ultra-Orthodox community and the secular Jewish majority.
Trump’s move to protect LGBT workers unsettles religious conservatives
By David Gibson — February 1, 2017
(RNS) The president’s decision to continue Obama’s policy was lost amid anger over the travel ban and the ecstasy over his Supreme Court pick. But Trump’s move began to draw delayed responses from social conservatives.
California governor signs vaccine law barring religious exemptions for most kids
By Liz Szabo — July 1, 2015
California children will no longer be able to skip the shots normally required to attend school because of their parents' religious or personal objections.
Like it or not, most expect gay marriage will sweep the US
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 11, 2015
(RNS) Although the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage looms, public attention already is shifting toward new, contentious issues over LGBT rights, a new survey finds.
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