RFRA Proposal in Iowa Sent Back to Committee, Likely Ending its Chances to Advance This Session

A bill to create a Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in Iowa will apparently fail to move forward as the measure was sent back to committee just before a key legislative deadline.

How and Why do Local Governments Continue to Pile up Legal Bills Defending Church-State Lawsuits?

“What might tempt a small Michigan town to fight a battle that the courts have already decided it cannot win?” Eric Seidel of Religion News Service

Utah Senator Retools, Reintroduces Controversial First Amendment Defense Act

After failing to get the bill out of committee in 2015, Senator Mike Lee is reintroducing the First Amendment Defense Act, with some changes.

MA Supreme Court Orders Halt to Grant Preserving Church’s Stained Glass Window

Written by Don Byrd State law protecting the separation of church and state likely forbids a historic preservation grant issued for the purpose of preserving the stained glass window of a church sanctuary, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled last week, overturning a...

6th Circuit: RFRA Does Not Shield Business from EEOC Enforcement

Does a business owner have a religious liberty right under RFRA to avoid federal employment nondiscrimination laws? The Sixth Circuit says no in a case involving a transgender funeral home employee.

LATimes: Weakening Johnson Amendment a “Bad Idea”

The LATimes rebuts the key arguments of those who would weaken the Johnson Amendment and explains why the protections against politicization do not “silence” clergy as some falsely claim.

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