Tag Archives: religious freedom

A federal judge struck down the Biden administration’s controversial Title IX rules this week, marking a significant victory for the Christian Educators Association. The rules, which would have required public schools to ...

Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson faces a vote today to retain him as Speaker of the House in the Republican-controlled body. While no Democrats are expected to vote for him, there’s also doubt ...

Although the holiday season is over for most Christians, January 2 is the final day of Hanukkah in the Jewish faith. It comes at a crucial time as the nation battles external ...

Metro Voice regularly reported on the challenges of Christian believers around the world in 2024. The year marked yet another unprecedented record of violence as we witnessed the tragic loss of dozens ...

Christian leaders are expressing optimism about religious freedom initiatives as Missouri State Rep. Hardy Billington introduces groundbreaking legislation requiring Ten Commandments displays in public schools. The Republican lawmaker from Poplar Bluff has ...

A Baptist pastor has become the first person arrested under a controversial new law in India’s Assam state that criminalizes prayer healing. It marks what religious freedom advocates call a concerning escalation ...

One of the underreported stories about the recent election outcome is the potential impact on freedom of religion in public schools. The flurry of legislation for and against religion in education is ...

The Oklahoma Department of Education is leading the way in protecting the religious freedom of students, teachers and parents through a new Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism. Specific guidance related to ...

High school football coach Joe Kennedy is still surprised that God chose him to challenge – and win – a ban on prayer before the U.S. Supreme Court. “I don’t know why ...

The National Religious Broadcasters Association has lost its challenge to a rate system that it says forces religious webcasters to pay more to promote religious messages than it does for secular entities. ...

More than 100 religious freedom advocates are encouraging the U.S. Senate to pass bipartisan resolution SR-569, which would integrate religious freedom into U.S. foreign policy and address worldwide violations of faith. The ...

Contrary to a recent report, the number of Christians in China is not declining, despite a government crackdown, the leader of Global Christian Relief said. “A recent Pew Research Report measuring religion ...

Coach Joe Kennedy, who took his fight to pray after high school football games all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, was reinstated as an assistant at Bremerton (Wash.) High School. ...

A Texas District Judge has reprimanded Southwest Airlines for infringing upon a flight attendant’s religious liberties and distorting the court’s ruling when communicating with its employees. District Judge Brantley Starr issued a ...

Americans United for Separation of Church and State has picked a fight with the wrong governor. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is rejecting their demands to remove the chalk drawing of a ...

The Biden administration is failing to enforce basic protections of religious liberty, said Sen. James Lankford. An Oklahoma Republican, the state’s senior senator is making religious freedom the pillar of his political ...

The Supreme Court today could hand down five important decisions as part of 18 cases heard this term. Just two weeks remain before the summer recess. This week’s decisions will come today ...

China, open borders and socialism are the top threats facing the nation today, according to evangelical Christians who support D. James Kennedy Ministries. Each threat was cited by more than 90 percent ...

The legal battle over the free speech rights of Christian businesses continues in the U.S. Supreme Court today. The court will hear oral arguments in a case in which a Colorado graphic ...

There are growing calls to investigate why Chase Bank shut down a nonprofit promoting religious freedom. The company has been “secret” about it’s corporate-level decision which affects former Religious Freedom Ambassador Sam ...

Chase bank unexpectedly closed the account of a religious freedom organization led by Sam Brownback, a former Kansas governor and senator. The National Committee for Religious Freedom, a 501(c)4 political action nonprofit ...

Yeshiva University, a Jewish college in New York, must accept a gay group on campus and exhaust all of its state legal options before the U.S. Supreme Court will hear its case. ...

A congregation of Christians continues to seek asylum after fleeing Hong Kong.  The group remains in Thailand asking the United Nations refugee agency for protection from religious persecution at the hand of ...

Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recently gave a speech discussing religious liberty and the importance of helping nonbelievers see its value. Atheists were not amused. Speaking at a recent conference ...

A federal judge is ordering U.S. Air Force officials to stop punishing service members who are seeking religious exemptions over the covid vaccine. U.S. District Judge Matthew McFarland, a Trump appointee, entered a ...