Archive for the 'Court Decisions' Category
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
From Faithwire: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a former Georgia college student who sued his school four years ago after officials prevented him from distributing Christian literature on campus. The high court sided 8-1 with the student, Chike Uzuegbunam, and against Georgia Gwinnett College. Uzuegbunam has since graduated, and the […]
Filed under: Colleges & Universities, Court Decisions, Free Exercise of Religion, Freedom of Religion, SCOTUS, USA
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Friday, June 21st, 2019
Yesterday (6/20/19) SCOTUS ruled that a WWI memorial cross on state land in Bladensburg, Maryland could stay where it was. From Christianity Today: On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of allowing a memorial cross to remain on a state-owned median in Bladensburg, Maryland, and declared that government efforts to maintain the landmark […]
Filed under: Church and State, Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, SCOTUS, USA
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Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a ruling against a Christian couple in Oregon who were fined for not baking a cake for a gay wedding. Here’s the story from the Christian Post: … the high court vacated an earlier ruling against Aaron and Melissa Klein, a Christian couple from Oregon who lost their […]
Filed under: Christian Businesses, Court Decisions, Freedom of Religion, SCOTUS
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2018
On Friday, a federal judge issued a permanent injunction against a 2015 California law that forced ‘pro-life’ counseling centers to refer to area abortion clinics. The injunction is in response to a Supreme Court ruling on this matter. From The Christian Post: A federal judge has formally barred California from enforcing a law requiring pro-life […]
Filed under: Abortion, California, Constitutional Rights, Court Decisions, Free Speech, Freedom of Religion, Pro-Life, Progressive Agenda, SCOTUS, US Judicial
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Saturday, October 27th, 2018
(Image: Wikipedia) The European Court of Human Rights ruled this week that free speech does not extend to defaming Islam’s founder- Muhammad. Even if what is said might be true? Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff was originally fined and given a jail sentence for calling Muhammad a pedophile after noting that the 56 year old prophet of […]
Filed under: Blasphemy Laws, Court Decisions, Europe, Free Speech, Sharia Law
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Friday, August 17th, 2018
DIVERSITY TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANITY A new law school in Canada wanted its student body to maintain traditional Christian standards when it comes to marriage and sexual behavior. Several provincial law societies declared that graduates from that school would not be allowed to practice law in their provinces. It finally went to the Canadian Supreme Court […]
Filed under: Canada, Christian Schools, Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Discrimination, Freedom of Religion
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Thursday, June 28th, 2018
The U.S.Supreme Court has made a number of rulings this season that supported the First Amendment. In this case free speech was the First Amendment issue cited as being violated by the State of California. From Christianity Today: The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to block a California law requiring pregnancy centers post referrals to state-funded […]
Filed under: Court Decisions, Freedom of Speech, SCOTUS
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Monday, June 18th, 2018
The last 3 or 4 weeks have been the worst and the best of times including a family emergency and death, along with a blessed vacation with our granddaughter. Meanwhile a lot has happened since I last posted at the end of May. The Best: The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of the Colorado […]
Filed under: Agenda Driven Media, Court Decisions, Fake News, Freedom of Religion, LGBT, Media Bias, North Korea, President Trump, Progressive Agenda, SCOTUS, US Judicial, USA
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Saturday, March 24th, 2018
A wedding venue in New York, Liberty Ridge Farm, lost a 3 1/2 year legal battle after they declined to host a same-sex wedding. The Christian owners, who support traditional marriage, have found a creative way to discourage potential same-sex customers. They make it very clear that part of their fees and profits will be […]
Filed under: Christian Businesses, Constitutional Rights, Court Decisions, Freedom of Religion, New York, Same-Sex Marriage, USA
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Monday, February 19th, 2018
TRANSGENDER RIGHTS VS. PARENTAL RIGHTS An Ohio judge has taken the legal custody of a 17 year old daughter away from her Christian parents because they blocked her from taking transgender treatments to become a boy. Here’s the story from the Blaze: An Ohio couple lost legal custody of their daughter Friday after refusing to […]
Filed under: Court Decisions, Freedom of Religion, Judicial Activism, LGBT, Ohio, Parental Rights, Transgender Rights, USA
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