Contents tagged with churches
Filed in: US Constitution | by ACLJ.org | 11:43 AM Jan. 26, 2012
ACLJ Victory Report: Churches Have Equal Right to Police Protection
Vandals, thieves, and arsonists have targeted Bible Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, North Carolina, for over two years, destroying thousands of dollars worth of equipment and burning down one of the church's buildings. Unable to prevent these senseless criminal acts on its own, the church reached out to local law enforcement. Officers of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department were more than willing to help, but their superiors would not allow them to assist the church. Why? Simply becaus Continue Reading...
Filed in: Supreme Court Justices | by David French | 1:24 PM Jan. 16, 2012
Is the Court Changing Its Stand on Religious Freedom?
On June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States narrowly ruled in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez that a university's "all-comers" nondiscrimination policy trumped the right of a Christian student organization to select its leaders according to the group's religious beliefs. According to the Supreme Court, a Christian student group confronted with such a policy could not exclude a Muslim or atheist from leadership and had to give them the same chance to lead as a Christian. It was " Continue Reading...
Filed in: Pro Life | by Jay Sekulow | 6:17 PM Sep. 30, 2011
New Assault on Faith-Based Organizations
It’s a disturbing development – an assault on the conscience rights of people of all faiths. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a potentially crippling policy change aimed squarely at imposing a pro-choice agenda on America’s religious institutions in their role as employers. Under the Interim Final Rule on Preventive Services published by HHS on August 3, 2011, HHS has mandated that all health insurance plans cover prescription contraceptives, Continue Reading...
Filed in: Radical Islam | by Tiffany Barrans | 11:29 AM Aug. 10, 2011
Nigerian Christians Under Attack
Recently, the American Center for Law & Justice engaged in a fact-finding mission across the northern states of Nigeria in an attempt to expose violent attacks against Christians. The findings from our mission are heart breaking: over 500 Christian churches have been attacked, almost 200 Christians have lost their lives, and thousands more have been displaced in the last year alone. Northern Nigeria is predominately Muslim by faith, but a small minority of indigenous Christians struggle to Continue Reading...
Filed in: American Heritage | by Jay Sekulow | 12:00 AM Jun. 20, 2011
Protecting the Autonomy of Churches at Supreme Court
There's a case now before the U.S. Supreme Court that goes to the heart of the constitutional protections afforded to churches and ministries. The case is called Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) (No. 10-553). At issue: the freedom of churches to select religiously commissioned teachers for their religious grade schools. Today, we filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the Supreme Court on behalf of our organization and the In Continue Reading...
