Law Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
February 20th, 2020
An Alabama lawmaker is proposing a bill that would require all men to get a vasectomy upon turning age 50. The bill was submitted as a "let's see how you like it" protest against Alabama's restrictive abortion laws.
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November 20th, 2019
What should happen when a student’s religious beliefs conflict with the curriculum being taught? A new bill working its way through the Ohio legislature that would prohibit teachers from docking points for wrong answers – so long as the answers are rooted in a student’s religious beliefs.
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September 23rd, 2019
The Indonesian government is close to passing a law that would make it illegal to have sex outside of marriage. The new legislation would make extramarital sex a jail-able offense in the tourist mecca of Bali.
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August 27th, 2019
On August 26, 2019, the Universal Life Church Ministries (ULCM) filed a lawsuit against the Register of Deeds for Cleveland County, North Carolina. The suit alleges that this official has unconstitutionally utilized her position to block ordained ministers of ULCM from exercising their religious right to legally solemnize a wedding ceremony.
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July 12th, 2019
A prominent NYC pastor and long-time advocate for immigrant rights is suing the federal government after she was placed on a federal watchlist for conducting ministry work with migrants south of the border.
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June 27th, 2019
The frosting is not yet set on this cake. That was the message sent by the United States Supreme Court after it vacated a ruling that effectively put a pair of Christian bakers out of business for sticking to their religious guns.
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June 24th, 2019
America was founded largely on the idea that people should feel free to worship as they see fit, and Tennessee’s attempt to curtail these rights for ULCM ministers simply because they became ordained and congregate via the internet is illegal and unconscionable. To that effect, the ULCM has filed a lawsuit against the state of Tennessee.
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May 22nd, 2019
Texas lawmakers are preparing to pass legislation in response to the San Antonio City Council’s controversial decision to ban Chick-fil-A from setting up shop at their airport’s food court earlier this year.
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May 16th, 2019
Alabama has passed the nation's most restrictive abortion law, igniting heated debate on the subject. In an odd twist of fate, the pro-choice side appears to have acquired an unlikely ally: televangelist Pat Robertson.
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