In April, officials in Oregon denied Jessica Bates, a widowed mother of five, the opportunity to adopt siblings under the age of nine from foster care. The reason? She would not “accept” and “support” the […]
A dispute involving the growing school choice movement emerged on June 5th when Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, in a three-to-two vote, approved the creation of the first faith-based publicly funded online charter school […]
Controversy rages on even after the Supreme Court ruled in 303 Creative v. Elenis that public officials in Colorado could not force a wedding website designer to offer her services to couples entering into “same-sex […]
In the first three disputes, all of which arose in Indiana, educators in Catholic high schools unsuccessfully sued educational officials for terminating their employment due to their having entered into “same-sex marriages” in violation of […]
303 Creative v. Elenis was one of this year’s most highly awaited Supreme Court cases. At issue was whether Colorado could enforce a statute compelling a website designer for weddings (or others in similar situations), […]
The Supreme Court’s recent judgment in Groff v. DeJoy was another victory for religious freedom, reflective of a change in direction in a variety of its recent cases. In Groff, a postal worker who is […]
The battle for religious liberty in education rages on. This important fight continues even though the Supreme Court, in opinions (three in the past six years) by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, invalidated laws limiting […]
The Biden Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in late May, denied $4.5 million in funding to the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) for family planning services because state law protects the […]
The Biden administration, through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has announced rules in the form of a Directive that may threaten the College of the Ozarks in Missouri and other institutions grounded […]
In 1925, in Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Names Jesus and Mary, the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the right of parents in Oregon to have their children educated where they wished. Officials […]
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