Freedom of Religion Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
August 28th, 2023
First Amendment win or blatant anti-LGBTQ discrimination? A Michigan vendor banned from selling his wares at a local farmer's market over his anti-LGBTQ views was just reinstated after a lengthy legal battle.
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August 10th, 2023
A group of Aztec dancers say they are the victims of religious discrimination by U.S. border agents, who seized some 1,500 feathers from them under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
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July 13th, 2023
Following a recent Supreme Court ruling which granted an evangelical wedding vendor the legal right to turn down same-sex couples, some businesses have been emboldened to deny service to LGBTQ customers.
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June 1st, 2023
A Native American student in Oklahoma alleges that she was denied the right to wear a sacred eagle plume on her graduation cap. Now she's suing her former school, alleging her religious freedom was violated.
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April 7th, 2023
A public school teacher in Virginia's Loudoun County was told by administration to remove a Bible quote from her email signature. Now she's fighting back, arguing that her religious freedom was violated by the request.
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January 26th, 2023
An interfaith group is challenging Missouri's strict anti-abortion law, arguing that lawmakers were blatantly imposing an evangelical Christian view of life and conception when passing the law.
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October 15th, 2021
A high school principal is under fire from concerned parents, all because she loves the metal band Iron Maiden and posed with a handmade '666' sign. Students love her, but some parents think she's downright demonic.
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October 6th, 2021
One Texas representative just introduced a resolution to make the Bible the officla book of Texas, arguing it's historical context in Texas history. Critics say it's a flagrant violation of the First Amendment. Giddy up.
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June 10th, 2021
It's a pronoun showdown! A teacher is on leave after srefusing to call transgender children by their preferred pronouns because it "defiles" God. Now he's suing, saying the school violated his freedom of religion.
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