A Christian couple who occasionally spanked their children as part of their faith were properly turned down in their bid to become foster parents, the top court in Massachusetts has…
A Catholic prep school in Massachusetts violated the state’s anti-discrimination law when it rescinded a job offer to a man in a same-sex marriage, a judge has held.
The Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct has recommended a public censure for a judge who apologized for inappropriate comments and said he has “quit going off script.”
Donald Trump’s plan to ban Muslim immigrants would violate international law, but the U.S. Supreme Court would likely uphold it anyway, according to several legal experts. Others, however, believed the…
According to Judge Richard Posner, Justice Antonin Scalia’s establishment clause jurisprudence is so deferential to religion that he would probably uphold the constitutionality of a sign on the White House…
When Lindsay Miller initially tried to get her driver’s license photo taken with a pasta strainer on her head, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles balked.
A judge is scheduled to hear arguments in a suit by Delaware’s attorney general that claims a Jehovah’s Witness congregation failed to report that one of its members had admitted…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the opt-out procedure for religious nonprofits that don’t want to provide contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
Religious tribunals are being used in U.S. cases that go beyond spiritual questions to sort out allegations ranging from financial fraud to wrongful death.
The parents of a 19-year-old man who was fatally injured during a prolonged Sunday-night beating at upstate New York church have been charged with manslaughter, because police do not believe…
The deputy county clerk who is issuing same-sex marriage licenses in the office of Kim Davis is concerned because of alterations Davis made to the marriage license forms, according to…
A Saudi Arabian businessman with an estimated net worth of nearly $20 billion has donated $10 million to Yale Law School to establish an Islamic law center there.
Significantly reforming more than 300 years of Catholic practice, Pope Francis announced Tuesday that the process for obtaining a marriage annulment will be put on a fast track, effective Dec.…
A Muslim flight attendant has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that alleges she was suspended for refusing to serve alcohol, even though her employer had previously…
Updated: A county clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, who refused to issue gay-marriage licenses has been held in contempt of court and taken into custody.
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