By: David French – frenchpress.thedispatch.com – March 13, 2022 As you watch the horror unfolding in Ukraine, you are watching two immensely important, competing religious events unfold in real time. First, Russia’s invasion is laced with religious elements. In many ways, it’s a religious war, representing religion at its worst. Second, as we watch the Ukrainian and international church race...

Federal courts have ordered that the military cannot punish service members who request religious accommodations to the vaccine mandate.  

Päivi Räsänen quotes the Bible on sexuality. Now the BBC notes, “The court will have to decide whether citing the Bible can be considered a crime…”

Church Reaches Settlement with Nebraska Village to Build New Facility on Main Street Agreement paves way to upgrade dilapidated and undeveloped property owned by local congregation Walthill, NE.

The free exercise of religion and religious expression continue to be under assault.

By: Robert Barnes – washingtonpost.com – February 9, 2022 Kruger is on the shortlist to replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer Jr., and conservative groups are promoting her role in the case Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as evidence that she would not protect religious rights as a member of the Supreme Court. To see this...

Robyn Strader—a nurse practitioner with multiple, advanced degrees—was fired from CVS Pharmacy after CVS had accommodated her religious beliefs without issue for six and a half years. Why? Because CVS wants to force its employees to prescribe contraception even when it violates the employee’s religious beliefs.

7 years after Melissa Klein was forced to close her bakery amidst violent death threats—she is still searching for justice, still waiting for the courts to finally recognize her constitutional right to stand by her faith as she runs her business.

Americans of all faith traditions or no faith at all, regardless of pro- or anti-vaccination opinions, should pay close attention to this case.

Here are five notable decisions from the United States Supreme Court in 2021 that have to do with the First Amendment, especially the issue of religious liberty. They include questions over foster care and a student seeking damages for being punished for preaching on campus.