Religious Freedom Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
May 6th, 2022
In a national first, Oklahoma just voted to make it illegal to offer a nonbinary option on birth certificates. Politicians say that God created two genders, but LGBTQ and nonbinary advocates argue its not so simple.
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April 29th, 2022
In a wave of book bans in school libraries across the country, one Florida man is trying to ban a book he says shows wildly inappropriate graphic content like rape, slavery, and infanticide: the Holy Bible.
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April 4th, 2022
A teacher at a private Catholic school says she was discriminated against when the school fired her for her same-sex marriage, arguing that the school ignores other sinning teachers and only focused on her.
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February 28th, 2022
One Christian website designer took a case a case against Colorado to the Supreme Court, arguing her state's anti-discrimination laws, which protect LGBTQ people, violate her freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
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February 3rd, 2022
One Tennessee school board voted to ban Holocaust comic 'Maus' for that book's depiction of cartoon mouse nudity and naughty words. Should schools ban books that depict unsavory things, regardless of context?
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January 24th, 2022
A Jewish couple is suing Tennessee after a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency refused to assist them. Should religious adoption agencies be able to turn down potential parents because they're a different faith?
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January 13th, 2022
A nurse in the UK alleged that she was the victim of religious discrimination when hospital management told her to remove her cross necklace, arguing it posed an infection risk to patients. She sued them - and won.
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September 3rd, 2021
They've hexed President Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, the police, and now they're hexing the Taliban. Witches are organizing online, sharing spells and chants in an effort to damage the Taliban and protect Afghan women.
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August 27th, 2021
A gay volleyball coach at a private Christian school in Colorado says he was forced out after administrators discovered pro-LGBTQ posts on his social media. He says he was told to denounce homosexuality, or lose his job.
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