Dr. Peter Gross is an observant Jew whose faith is central to his life. After he was sued for medical malpractice, the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas scheduled his jury trial on Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar and has been observed by faithful Jews for millennia. The court refused to move the trial one day, and it removed a Jewish juror because she could…
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In Mahmoud v. Taylor, a group of parents from Montgomery County, Maryland, challenged a local Board of Education's policy. The policy mandated that elementary school students read books featuring LGBTQ+ themes without prior parental notification or the option to opt out. The parents, hailing from diverse religious backgrounds—including Islam, Catholicism, and Orthodox Christianity—argued that this…
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In a major victory for religious liberty, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has vindicated a chaplain who was wrongly punished for preaching a sermon on a chapter of the Bible his supervisor labeled “divisive”, reversed a Pennsylvania VA hospital’s effort to censor chaplains’ religious speech, and protected the rights of chaplains nationwide. Chaplain Russell “Rusty” Trubey, a respected…
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Religious residents at an apartment complex in Pennsylvania for senior citizens and people with disabilities received an unwelcome surprise in their mailboxes in March of 2025. The apartment complex sent a letter to all its residents, explicitly banning them from having “Bible studies or meetings” in common areas. The rule also prohibited any religious materials, religious signs, or religious…
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Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond is a critical case concerning educational freedom and religious liberty. At issue is whether Oklahoma can exclude religious schools from its charter school program solely because of their religious identity. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School applied for and was approved as a charter school by the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board,…
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April 2025 - Athletic teams have long been separated by male and female in order to foster safety, fairness, and athletic opportunities for women and girls. While sex distinctions were generally prohibited under Title IX, these reasonable sex-based distinctions were permitted, even required, in order to carry out Title IX’s purpose of creating educational and athletic opportunities on the basis of…
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