Nevada Allows, Colorado Denies Christian School Vouchers — A new law in Nevada allows parents to use 90 percent of what the state designates for their child’s education, about $5,000, in whatever way they choose. The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that vouchers are unconstitutional because taxpayer funds were being used to pay tuition at […]
Three Christian Colleges Appeal ACA Mandate to Supreme Court
Three Christian Colleges Appeal ACA Mandate to Supreme Court — Two private universities and a seminary are asking the Supreme Court to protect them from millions of dollars in IRS fines that will be triggered if they refuse to comply with HHS healthcare mandates. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and former Solicitor General and […]
Catholic School Removes Religion Director in SSM
Catholic School Removes Religion Director in SSM — This series of events at a Catholic elementary school may serve as a case study of ways to proceed and not proceed for Christian schools dealing with culture shift. Elements of the case include the school’s identity, state funding, and balancing forbearance and doctrine. For an analysis […]
Cakes, Artistic Prerogative, and SSM
Cakes, Artistic Prerogative, and SSM — In Colorado, the three appeals judges weighing the Phillips wedding cake case examined those issues, asking: Is cake making really an act of expression protected by the First Amendment, or should bakeries have to serve all customers equally? Phillips, the owner-baker, declined, saying he would make other treats, but […]
Court Stays Catholic Charity from ACA Birth Control Mandate
Court Stays Catholic Charity from ACA Birth Control Mandate — The Supreme Court issued an order that allows certain nonprofit religious groups to avoid compliance with federal rules concerning insurance coverage of contraceptives for women. The order bars the Obama administration from enforcing the rules against religious groups and church officials until the court decides […]
Oregon Fines Bakery $135,000
Oregon Fines Bakery $135,000 — Oregon’s labor commissioner has ordered the owners of a Portland-area bakery to pay $135,000 in damages to a lesbian couple for whom they declined to bake a wedding cake. Any appeal would first appear before the Oregon Court of Appeals. But it eventually could end up at the U.S. Supreme […]
Polygamous Trio Applies for Marrriage License
Polygamous Trio Applies for Marriage License — Nathan Collier, inspired by last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage, has applied in Billings, Montana, for a marriage license to legally wed his second wife. Montana, like all 50 states, outlaws bigamy — holding multiple marriage licenses — but Collier said he plans to sue […]
