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Indiana senators soften anti-CRT bill in response to teacher concerns
Changes narrow the list of “divisive concepts” that schools may not teach related to sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color or national origin.
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Nuns sue New York over abortion coverage mandate
The nuns initially filed a lawsuit in 2017 challenging the law, claiming that New York initially promised to exempt employers with religious exemptions from the abortion mandate but narrowed the exemption to cover only religious groups that both primarily teach religion.
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Long shot candidate Kanye West releases campaign ad emphasizing importance of faith
"We as a people will revive our nation's commitment to faith, to what our Constitution calls the free exercise of religion including, of course, prayer," West says in the ad.
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FBI Director Kash Patel to Charlie Kirk: 'See you in Valhalla'
The comment appeared intended as an expression of solidarity.
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Religious liberty advocates push for Ten Commandments in schools
Legal battles over the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools continue with a new brief filed this week, backed by 46 members of Congress.
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Justice Department sues Loudoun County school board over gender ideology policies
The school board claimed that the two Christian students' opposition to a biological female student using a male locker room amounted to “sex-based discrimination” and “sexual harassment.”
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Doctors sue California for threatening to punish them for not facilitating assisted suicide
Key constituents only supported 2016 legislation because of its "true conscious objection and opt out." Amended law, approved last fall, infringes on freedom of religion and speech, lawsuit claims.
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IRS agent who probed election nonprofit's views warned pro-lifers of speech 'limits' under Lerner
"You cannot force your religion or force your beliefs on somebody else," IRS Agent Sherry Wan told pro-life group in 2012. "You have to know your limits. You have to respect other people's beliefs."
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Moody Bible Institute sues Chicago Ed Board for alleged religious discrimination
The college was unable to get its student teachers hired by the city's schools due to the institute's religious hiring practices
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IRS says churches as nonprofits can endorse political candidates to congregations
The decree is being considered largely a formality because the IRS has never enforced the amendment for "speech concerning electoral politics in the context of worship services."