…even businesses owned by religious institutions or even businesses owned by religious individuals–to exercise purported entity religious freedom rights (or their managers/owners religious freedom rights) to practice in whatever way…

…of defining a “religious” belief. Such an approach would force the Court to make intrinsically controversial and discriminatory decisions about which religious views were most deserving of special accommodation and…

…as we single out religious institutions and properties for tax breaks, we have needlessly entangled the state in determining “what counts” as a religious institution or religious activity.  I do…

…unconstitutional burden on Adell Sherbert’s religious freedom. (The Religious Freedom Restoration Act explicitly restores the religious freedom test set forth in Ms. Sherbert’s decision. The test had been undermined by…

…icons, artwork depicting the church building or similar imagery, greeting cards with religious text and imagery, games with religious imagery, etc. This is a significant tax-expenditure subsidy to religious institutions….

…icons, artwork depicting the church building or similar imagery, greeting cards with religious text and imagery, games with religious imagery, etc. This is a significant tax-expenditure subsidy to religious institutions….

…of the Obama administration is really a three-fer. How exciting! It combines–conflates, actually–First Amendment religious-freedom rights and a statute called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (I’ll leave the…

…the single greatest threat to religious freedom in the United States today.  Joyce: Is the word “Christian” used to signify this is a religious movement, or is it something else? Amanda:…

…. . . Recent Quartz article on Private Label and Brand name. Private-label brands are having a moment in 2024, and it’s no coincidence that some of the biggest winners…

…exception” to discrimination laws to allow a broad category of positions to be hired and fired based on the religious institution’s “religious freedom” to enforce its institutional religious principles–clearly something…