Freedom of religion
Jews, Christians sue Cuomo and de Blasio for violating religious freedom during pandemic
“Defendants have exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to create, over the past three months, a veritable dictatorship.”
One In Five Americans Say It’s Okay For Businesses To Refuse To Serve Jews
Support for the idea has more than doubled in the last five years among some of the largest Christian groups in America.
The Supreme Court Was Right To Protect Religious Freedom
By ruling in favor of a baker who refused service to a gay couple, the Supreme Court protected America’s freedom of religion.
Three Practical Ways to Preserve Our Freedoms in the Trump Era
With the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016, our country experienced a political earthquake. It put all Americans on notice that the four years of the Trump presidency will present a challenge to maintain the foundations of our country: free-speech, free press, freedom of religion, peaceful protest, due process and equal protection under the law.
The Limits of Religious Freedom
EDITORIAL: After Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed an anti-gay bill, those who claim their religion tells them to discriminate against LGBT people may do so — and suffer the consequences.
Living With the Church-State Tension
Democracies seek to respect as much religious liberty as possible, while also drawing clear jurisdictional lines between religion and government, writes Perry Dane.
Constitutional Dilemma on Birth Control
Yeshiva’s Meir Soloveichik says religious freedom should allow groups to opt out of offering birth control coverage. But employees have rights too, writes Jonathan D. Sarna.
Kosher Prison Food Not Only for Jews
Eating kosher, even in prison, is a constitutional right — not only for Jews, but also for Christians.
Dangerous Sermons
FORWARD EDITORIAL: A growing movement of churches openly disobeys federal law banning them from partisan politics. If churches boost a candidate, they shouldn’t be tax-exempt.
The Women in the Crosshairs of 'Freedom of Religion'
While much of the weekend’s news cycle was devoted to Bibi-Bidengate, another event in Israel this weekend caught my eye: the protest against sex-segregated buses, which fellow Sisterhood blogger Allison Kaplan Sommer writes about here. In the Sisterhood’s earlier coverage of the issue, Elana Sztokman rightly called the so-called “modesty” policy on public buses deeply discriminatory and sexist. Judy Mandelbaum at Salon’s Broadsheet also has a great round-up of the weekend’s protest and the history of the issue.