Evangelical Legal Group Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
‘We think that it’s not a matter of if, but just a matter of when, the Supreme Court will overrule Obergefell,’ said Mathew Staver, head of Liberty Counsel.
‘We Were Called Book Burners’: Families React to SCOTUS LGBTQ+ Books Decision
While not definitive, the decision signals the justices’ inclination to see conservative religious parents succeed in their two-year legal challenge to the school policy that has dominated discussions at school boards and divided county residents.
Supreme Court Sides With Catholic Charities in Religious-Rights Case Over Unemployment Taxes
The group Freedom From Religion condemned the ruling, saying that ‘treating religiously affiliated nonprofits the same as all other nonprofits is not a violation of the First Amendment.’
Supreme Court Tie Vote Dooms Taxpayer Funded Catholic Charter School in Oklahoma
The case came to the court amid efforts, mainly in conservative-led states, to insert religion into public schools.
The Supreme Court Case That Could Dismantle Church-State Separation
This issue of A Public Witness looks at the dustup over St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in Oklahoma and the religious freedom arguments before eight black-robed justices.
Parents on Both Sides of Maryland LGBTQ+ Books Lawsuit Say Religious Beliefs Guide Their Positions
The Supreme Court is deciding a case brought by parents who say books taught in school violate their religious rights.
Abortion Fight Won, Conservative Christians Mimic Dobbs Tactics To Go After Same-Sex Marriage
A multistate effort is spitting out legislation and lawsuits aimed at testing the Supreme Court justices’ commitment to Obergefell v. Hodges.
Outside Supreme Court, Religious Protesters Mostly Rally in Favor of Transgender Rights
‘As a trans person myself, I know that I’m just as much an image of God as a cisgender, heterosexual person of whatever color, race and creed,’ said the Rev. M.E. Eccles, a trans Episcopal priest.
Andrew Seidel on American Crusade
In episode 87 of Dangerous Dogma, Andrew Seidel, vice president of strategic communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, talks about his book American Crusade: How the Supreme Court Is Weaponizing Religious Freedom.
Supreme Rule for Christian Nationalism
We travel back to 1962 to consider the Court’s case on prayer in public schools (including how Word&Way praised the ruling at the time). Then we return to the present to analyze the arguments in Carson v. Makin before peering into the future to consider where this dangerous