‘In God We Trust’ became the national motto of the US on July 30, 1956. Since then, it has been used to forward a conservative Christian agenda.
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Religion was a common theme in some of the cases to come before the nine justices in the recently concluded Supreme Court term. Three experts help explain what is at stake.
Kentucky lawmakers are trying to make the state the 21st to enact a ban on conversion therapy. In states that are ‘silent’ on the issue, nonprofessionals are allowed to continue the harmful practice.
Around 100,000 LGBTQ US students study at religious institutions that can legally discriminate against them. A lawsuit seeks to end that religious exemption but faces an uphill struggle.
In an unanimous decision, the nine justices said the city of Philadelphia was wrong to exclude a Catholic agency from its adoption programs.
Conservative justices are redefining religious freedom to mean the protection of individuals or groups to practice their faith as they see fit, argues a constitutional law expert.
Countries where traditional laws exist must uphold children’s rights and push for their best interest.
Nigeria must work towards the harmonisation of laws that protect and promote access to sexual and reproductive health.
New guidelines take a broad definition of who can apply for a religious exemption to vaccinations. A lot will hinge on what constitutes ‘undue hardship’ to the employer.
Tens of thousands of people have defied bans on gatherings to protest abortion restrictions. A scholar of democracy says the policy push during a pandemic has echoes elsewhere.
The case Fulton v. Philadelphia is about foster care. But questions over a decades-old Supreme Court ruling may have wider implications.
The US Catholic Church is more diverse and more divided than it was in JFK’s time. Biden could offer an opportunity for the church to move beyond so-called “culture war” issues.
If successful, Barrett would become the seventh current Supreme Court justice to be raised a Catholic, but more importantly the sixth conservative Christian.
The founder of Islam, Muhammad, saw himself as the last in a line of prophets that reached back through Jesus to Moses, Abraham and Noah. But while the three religions worship the same God, he divides as much as he unites.
The Trinity Lutheran case signals the Supreme Court’s willingness to interpret separation of church and state as religious discrimination. What will this mean for the future of vouchers and school choice?
When free speech comes into conflict with religious sensitivity, common sense must prevail.
Although South Africa has taken steps to rid itself of the apartheid-era view of marriage as only heterosexual and monogamous, discrimination against religious marriages persist.
The furore over atheism in Kenya comes at a time of slow but steady growth in the number of people unaffiliated to any religion, thanks to religious discontent and access to scientific knowledge.
Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act may have been “clarified” but there are concerns it could have a chilling effect on campus attitudes toward LGBTQ students and faculty across the state.
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Professor of Law, Director of the Center for Religion, Law & Democracy, Willamette University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, Wayne State University
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, The University of Austin
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Assistant Professor, University of South Dakota
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Professor of Law, University of Southern California
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Professor of Law, Brigham Young University
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Professor of Counseling, Palo Alto University
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Columbia University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Law Professor, University of New Brunswick
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Lecturer in Religious Studies, Brandeis University
