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A group of Christian parents is suing California schools for religious discrimination after they were banned from including, and in one instance expelled for using, a faith-based curriculum in a publicly funded homeschooling program.  

A group of California Christian homeschooling parents who say they were religiously discriminated against by state education officials are suing on First Amendment grounds.

By requiring the government to demonstrate a compelling government interest necessitates a substantial burden on religious exercise, laws like RFRA and RLUIPA provide a workable legal framework for resolving disputes between the government and religious adherents.

Enhanced Airport Screening Did Not Violate Free Exercise Clause In Haidari v. Mayorkas, No. 22-cv-2939 (ECT/ECW), 2023 WL 5487351 (D. Minn. Aug. 24, 2023), the court dismissed the...

State Superintendent Ryan Walters has reached out to educators around the state twice this week about religion in the classroom.

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A federal judge has set the stage for a trial in a case that charges Michigan officials inflicted a religious discrimination on a medical professional working at the University of Michigan Health-West.

A changing understanding of religious liberty from a majority of the current members of the U.S. Supreme Court is creating a legal system that is more and more friendly to certain religious elements and actors in public education.

A California school district likely acted unlawfully by derecognizing its Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapters because it required leaders to abstain from sex outside of marriage, an 11-judge federal appeals court panel has ruled.