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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Though a 2012 First Amendment Center survey noted that a majority of Americans identify that the First Amendment contains the freedom of speech, only about a quarter remembered its provision for freedom of religion. Simultaneously protecting religious freedom in America and complicating church-state relations, the right to religious freedom grounds debates over a range of issues, from religion in public schools to corporate expressions of free exercise.
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Shall thou display them in thy classrooms? Federal judge orders education officials to not enforce the requirement that schools put up posters with the biblical directives.
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The Christian ministry says it is being blocked from helping hundreds of refugee children and families, despite its decades-long history of service.
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Now that some nonprofit newspapers have begun to back candidates, a new lawsuit asks why Christian charities can’t take sides.
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Evangelical school sees discrimination in COVID-19 relief fund’s employee-counting rules.
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Aaron Renn outlines individual, institutional, and missional strategies for adapting to a hostile culture.
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Discrimination case claims that noncommercial religious broadcasters are paying far more than fellow stations to cover royalties for music played online.
Rather than follow the equal protections secured in Supreme Court decisions, the Biden administration opted for a complicated and soul-killing alternative.
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Move over, Santa. This year’s Christmas controversy is about the devil.
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Ruling: Colorado can’t “force all manner of artists, speechwriters, and others whose services involve speech to speak what they do not believe.”
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After security stopped Wheaton College students from sharing their faith, a federal lawsuit forced the city to change its speech rules.