Justice Department Joins Catholic Nuns’ Lawsuit Against New York’s Housing Rule
The lawsuit alleges that New York is violating the sisters’ First Amendment rights to the free exercise of religion and free speech.
The lawsuit alleges that New York is violating the sisters’ First Amendment rights to the free exercise of religion and free speech.
Judge found that city Fairness Ordinance contained provisions that limited the expression of Christian wedding photographer Chelsey Nelson, who sought $1 in damages. The court awarded Nelson the requested damages.
COMMENTARY: Whether public or private, they will lose federal funding if they stifle free speech and religious freedom, according to new rules from the Department of Education.
But the larger religious-liberty question, of how to reconcile First Amendment rights and public-accommodation laws, still looms before the high court.
Baronelle Stutzman is appealing a fine levied against her for declining to provide flowers for a same-sex ‘wedding’ ceremony.
NEWS ANALYSIS on the aftermath of the Reproductive FACT (Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care and Transparency) Act.
Ruling was in favor of a Catholic diocese that terminated a woman who was in a same-sex ‘marriage.’
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