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Survey sets benchmarks to measure US commitment to First Amendment rights. Jayson Casper| Image: Mark Wilson / Staff / Getty Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo address the State Department's second religious freedom ministerial. Last year, American support for religious freedom survived COVID-19. The right to free speech held firm amid racial tensions. And vigorous backing of the First Amendment endured a contentious presidential campaign. So concludes the 2020 Becket Religious Freedom Index, which will monitor the resilience of the United States’ “first ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks to members of the press after visiting an outdoor public art installation Nov. 2, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Democratic D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has eased restrictions on houses of worship following a lawsuit by the Catholic Church accusing the Democrat of “arbitrary” and “discriminatory” restrictions on churches ahead of Christmas. In a lawsuit filed Dec. 11, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington said Bowser’s restrictions “bear no relation to either the size of the building or the safety of the activity” an...

The Supreme Court threw out a federal district court’s ruling that had rejected a Colorado church's challenge to the state’s restrictions on houses of worship Dec. 15. (Photo: Mike Kline/Notkalvin/Getty Images) The U.S. Supreme Court ordered Tuesday that a federal court must reexamine Colorado’s coronavirus restrictions on indoor religious services. In an unsigned decision, the court threw out a federal district court’s ruling that had rejected High Plains Harvest Church’s challenge to the state’s restrictions on houses of worship, according to the Star Tribune. The decision com...