Top 10 #ReligiousLiberty and #ChurchState Developments of 2025
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#Religion News Association Announces Top 10 Religion Stories of 2025
Top 10 #ReligiousLiberty and #ChurchState Developments of 2025
https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/12/top-10-religious-liberty-and-church.html
#Religion News Association Announces Top 10 Religion Stories of 2025
Russia isn’t just waging war abroad—inside its borders, the state is channeling religious authority through the Russian Orthodox Church to bolster control.
“In today’s Russia, there’s just one officially approved way to be Christian…”
#Russia #ReligiousFreedom #ChurchState https://www.mnnonline.org/news/war-is-peace-peace-is-war-russian-government-uses-orthodox-church-to-expand-control/
Catholic churches in France have a bad landlord: the French government
#HackerNews #CatholicChurches #France #Government #Landlord #ReligiousIssues #ChurchState
Today, Doña Ana County commissioners voted to drop invocations from their business meetings. Residents have taken to public comments to debate the practice of ceremonial prayers before meetings for a couple of years, culminating in a passionate debate and today’s vote.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_987dcb64-62cd-4ea4-9696-1d66e5aa4d09.html
#CHURCHSTATESEPARATION #NEWS -
The #SupremeCourt’s new #religion case could devastate #American #workers
#YeshivaUniversity Settles With #LGBTQ+ #StudentClub
State #lawmakers want #chaplains to counsel #students at #publicschools
Quincy statues raise concerns of price, transparency and #religiousfreedom
The #Texas Taliban are hard at work in #Austin
Have you been harmed by #churchstate separation violations? Your story matters.
https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/church-state-separation-g5hp0m0uy
#separationofchurchandstate #SOCAS
The First Amendment secular right of the separation of church and state, the wall between religion and government. Critical of Theocracy, Dominionism, and Christian Nationalism, and exposing the "American Taliban" cult. If you'd like to be a contributor, email [email protected]
Supreme Court turns down religious discrimination case, Gorsuch & Thomas dissenting.
#Religion #ChurchState #SCOTUS
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2025/03/10/fire-chief-religious-discrimination-supreme-court/
How Some #Christian #GroupHomes Avoid #Florida’s Standards
Are #Religious #CharterSchools Legal?
Encourage Your Representative to Join the Fight for #ChurchState Separation
#Louisiana law requiring #TenCommandments to be displayed in #classrooms is back in court
Are #Texas #schools receiving funds for #TEA's #Bible #curriculum?
#Faith groups across #Kansas are diving into local #politics
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The First Amendment secular right of the separation of church and state, the wall between religion and government. Critical of Theocracy, Dominionism, and Christian Nationalism, and exposing the "American Taliban" cult. If you'd like to be a contributor, email [email protected]
Rarely do I find my church-state separation and stationery interests overlapping, but then I read about this court case, which awarded a constitutional right to writing tool selection: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.akd.72896/gov.uscourts.akd.72896.28.0.pdf
"Leon Tholson, an individual currently incarcerated at the Anchorage Correctional Complex ... alleges that he is a Rosicrucian, and, 'as a student of the Rosicrucian Fellowship, [his] sincerely held religious belief requires [his] correspondence ... be in a felt tip, gel, or fountain pen.'"
Judge Sharon L. Gleason orders that ". . . the State of Alaska, Department of Corrections, shall provide Mr. Tholson a felt tip, gel, or fountain pen for his religious use at least one hour per week."