Jeff Brumley
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Battle over Johnson Amendment continues in court (opens the original)
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Denying tax-exempt status to faith groups that endorse political candidates violates the constitutional rights of congregations, the Trump administration claimed in a recent court filing. The U.S. Justice Department made the argument in a brief submitted Sept. 21 in National Religious Broadcasters et al. v. Scott Bessent et al., a 2024 lawsuit that seeks to exempt religious groups from the Johnson Amendment, a federal law that bars tax-exempt organizations from participation in political campaig
EEOC pursues more claims of workplace religious discrimination (opens the original)
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission continues its aggressive campaign against employers accused of violating the religious freedom of Christians. The federal agency announced Sept. 25 that it had settled a lawsuit it filed against a California mail-delivery company for failing to give a truck driver Sundays off to attend church. In return, Blue Eagle Contracting in Grass Valley will pay $60,000 in compensatory damages and back pay to the former employee and revise its religious acco
Trump admin rescinds LGBTQ protections from Title IX (opens the original)
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The Trump administration has scrapped a Title IX rule adopted in 2024 to protect LGBTQ students from sexual harassment. The change was announced Sept. 28 and was to go into effect the next day without public comment. Title IX is a federal law passed in 1972 against sex discrimination in colleges and other schools that receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education. President Joe Biden expanded the rule to include protections for people targeted for their gender identity or sexual orientat
Federal judge allows religious charter school in Oklahoma — for now (opens the original)
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A federal judge cleared the way for the nation’s first religious charter school to open in Oklahoma, bucking an earlier U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the idea. The Sept. 24 order by District Judge David Russell in Oklahoma City clears the way for the National Ben Gamla Charter School Foundation to operate a virtual school under the state’s charter school program. The foundation sued the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board in March after its application was denied in response to Oklahoma
Laser takes aim at Hegseth and Rollins for proselytizing (opens the original)
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The U.S. government was founded to serve the American people, not to proselytize them, said Rachel Laser, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. But U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins have used their offices to proselytize throughout their tenures and more recently in high-profile settings, Laser said in a press statement. She cited two recent instances of Hegseth and Rollins exploiting their positions to promote Christianit
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