A Hawaii appeals court ruling that a bed and breakfast discriminated by denying a room to two women because they’re gay will stand after the state’s high court declined to take up the case. Aloha Bed & Breakfast owner Phyllis Young had argued she should be allowed to turn away gay couples because of her …
Hawaii Supreme Court Sides With Lesbian Couple in B&B Case Read More »
Earlier this week, I posted about a library in Freeport, Illinois that was considering putting the phrase “In God We Trust” in the building in some prominent way. Even Mayor Jodi Miller weighed in, urging them to do it because “The original purpose of this phrase was to express unity. Let’s not allow division to take place any longer.” …
After Public Outcry, Freeport (IL) Library Board Rejects Religious Motto Display Read More »
Federal contractors working to reunite families separated at the border asked about the religious affiliation of at least two immigrant women seeking to get their children back, according to court documents and an attorney involved in one of the interviews. The women, both currently living in the Boston area, were recently separated from their children …
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday adopted a GOP funding bill amendment that would ensure adoption agencies aren’t denied federal funding if they choose not to place children with LGBTQ couples. The measure, introduced by Rep. Robert Aderholt, drew swift condemnation from Democrats, but the Alabama Republican defended it as necessary for allowing social-services agencies to …
House panel moves to protect 'religious conviction' of adoption agencies Read More »
In a bizarre and possibly unconstitutional promotion of religion, the Crandall Police Department in Texas just posted a Facebook video of officers lip-synching to the theme song from God’s Not Dead. It’s not just the lyrics of the song that are problematic. The camera shows the phrase “In God We Trust” on their vehicles as if — and you’re never …
This Texas Police Department Is Honoring Jesus By Lip-Synching “God’s Not Dead” Read More »
A conservative legal group representing two local wedding invitation designers isn’t ready to give up on overturning a Phoenix law that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination On Monday, Alliance Defending Freedom appealed a June Arizona Court of Appeals ruling that affirmed the constitutionality of the Phoenix law. Scottsdale-based Alliance Defending Freedom represents Brush & Nib Studio, owned …
Wedding invitation designers appeal ruling requiring them to serve sames-sex couples Read More »
A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that a government agency had every right to reject an atheist advertisement, putting a temporary end to a saga that’s dragged on for more than six years. In 2012, atheist Justin Vacula and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Freethought Society attempted to place the following ad on buses in the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS). …
A Judge Has Ruled Against Atheists Trying to Put Up the Least Offensive Ad Ever Read More »
It’s a polite fiction that religion isn’t a factor in the American legal system. But religion plays an outsize role, both in judicial decisions and in the decisions of presidents in nominating a judge. President Donald Trump’s latest pick for the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh — a Catholic, whose appointment preserves the Catholic majority …
How Kavanaugh will use religion to turn back the clock Read More »
The Center For Inquiry has filed a lawsuit against CVS Health Corporation (which includes its nearly 10,000 pharmacies) for promoting and selling homeopathic remedies. CVS is deceiving customers, CFI says, “through its misrepresentation of homeopathy’s safety and effectiveness, wasting customers’ money and putting their health at risk.” Homeopathy is, of course the sham treatment that takes a trace amount …
Center For Inquiry Sues CVS for Defrauding Customers With Homeopathic “Medicine” Read More »
The deputy medical examiner knew before knocking on the door. There was a grim scene waiting for Eric Tonsfeldt inside the single-story house set among the pine trees outside of Oregon City, Ore. — a tragedy that had played out there before. It was around 8:45 on March 5, 2017, and the Clackamas County official was responding …
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