An evangelical legal advocacy group wants to stop Missourians from being able to vote whether to enshrine abortion rights into state law. The Thomas More Society on Aug. 22 filed its legal effort to stop Amendment 3 from appearing on…
Christian attorney Jenna Ellis aiding Arizona election case against Giuliani
Jenna Ellis, the Christian attorney who joined former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, agreed Aug. 5 to cooperate with Arizona’s attorney general. She pledged to “completely and truthfully” testify against her former partner, Rudy Giuliani. Ellis,…
LA firefighter claims religious discrimination because of Pride flags
Now joining the ranks of cake bakers, wedding photographers, website designers and other evangelical Christians suing to avoid the appearance of supporting homosexuality is a fire fighter in Southern California. Jeffrey Little is a captain with the Los Angeles County…
Another baker puts a same-sex wedding case in the legal oven, where there’s no recipe from the Supreme Court
Because the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet given lower courts a recipe for what religious freedom rights should be given to wedding vendors, yet another cake baker has a case in the legal oven now. It was a different…
Judge says New York must offer option of religious exemptions to vaccine mandate even if exemptions aren’t granted
New York employers do not have to grant religious exemptions to the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, but the option to seek a religious exemption must be offered, a federal judge indicated Oct. 12. U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd issued…
Advocacy group that fought COVID church closures in California awarded $2.1 million for legal fees
The conservative Christian advocacy group that fought the state of California’s mandates on church closures during the coronavirus pandemic will be reimbursed by the state for more than $2 million in legal fees. Separate settlements were announced between the state…