Slate reports that the creator of “a Noah’s Ark–themed creationist amusement park” in Kentucky – an “Ark park” — (the same person who created the Creation Museum) has instituted a
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The Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision Does Not Give License to Discriminate
We reported last week about the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. decision holding that a closely-held, non-religious corporation whose owners had religious objections to providing certain forms of birth
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ALERT! Supreme Court Rules For Hobby Lobby!
“More than 100 people — activists, court enthusiasts and reporters — gathered outside the Supreme Court building early Monday, awaiting the last day of the court’s term, when the justices
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“If Gays Can Marry, And Be Fired For Doing So” — A Hobby Lobby Perspective
On November 2, 2012, we reported that a federal court in Michigan had enjoined the application of the rule of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) that
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The Affordable Care Act, Same Sex Couples, And The “Ministerial Exception”
With our post yesterday on what we feel will be the growth of cases involving religion and the “ministerial exception,” we received an insightful question from Joanne Albertsen, a
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Employment Laws And The “Ministerial Exception” — A Growing Issue
Just last week we reported on a new case in Massachusetts involving alleged state law sex and sexual orientation discrimination by a religious institution based upon a refusal to hire
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Refusing To Hire Male Applicant Who Listed A “Husband” On Application: Balancing Religious Rights And Anti-Discrimination Laws
The Boston Globe and Boston.com have reported what may be a legal first – a case just filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) against a religiously affiliated college
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“I Don’t Know That You Need To Be A Christian To Make A Good Subway Sandwich”
The issue of whether a secular, for-profit corporation has religious rights under the First Amendment has come up with some frequency recently. We wrote in July that “Since the passage
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Appeals Court: Secular, For-Profit Corporation Cannot Engage In The Exercise of Religion
We reacted with skepticism in an earlier post about a case reported last November 2nd questioning whether an owner’s religion can be imputed to a corporation, or that the “Patient
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Appeals Court Upholds Ministerial Exception for Church Music Director
In the landmark Hosanna-Tabor case decided earlier this year, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment bars the government from interfering with the decision of a religious group to fire
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