Written by Don Byrd
After a NY federal district judge enjoined the City from enforcing its rule barring the use of school buildings for religious worship, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals – which had previously found the law constitutional – responded quickly. In a 2-page order, the Appeals Court clarified that the judge’s restraining order could apply only to the plaintiffs in that particular case, the Bronx Household of Faith, and not to churches across the city not a party to the lawsuit.
Written by Don Byrd
Here’s a good religious freedom story for a Friday. The EEOC settled a case with an Ohio company that refused to consider hiring a Seventh-Day Adventist because he couldn’t work on Saturdays in observance of the Sabbath.
Written by Don Byrd
Here’s a good religious freedom story for a Friday. The EEOC settled a case with an Ohio company that refused to consider hiring a Seventh-Day Adventist because he couldn’t work on Saturdays in observance of the Sabbath.
Written by Don Byrd
A federal judge in New York has ruled a local church may continue to meet in a public school, despite a city law which prohibits the use of school buildings for religious worship, upheld as constitutional last year by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court surprised many in declining to hear the appeal of the Bronx Household of Faith, leaving the 2nd Circuit’s ruling in place.
