Law Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
September 7th, 2021
The Supreme Court declined to hear a last minute case challenging Texas's new abortion law. While pro-choice advocates fumed, evangelical Christians celebrated a major legal win for the pro-life movement.
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August 26th, 2021
Over 300 years ago, Elizabeth Johnson Jr. was accused of being a witch, but never officially exonerated. Now an eighth-grade civics class hopes to formally exonerate the last accused 'witch' of the Salem Witch Trials.
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July 30th, 2021
One California church returned to in-person services recently, but they're a bit different than your run-of-the-mill church. They're part of a growing religious movement using psychedelics to achieve enlightenment.
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February 25th, 2021
A juror in a high stakes Florida trial was kicked from the jury after saying during deliberation that God told them the defendant was Not Guilty, despite evidence to the contrary. Should jurors listen to God?
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March 5th, 2020
Oklahoma is considering a law that would require all 342 state buildings to display 'In God We Trust' signs. Atheists are outraged over what they believe to be a blatant violation of separation of church and state.
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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 happens when a student’s religious beliefs conflict with the curriculum? A new bill 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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