In the US, Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake
Denver, Colorado, USAP The Colorado baker who won a partial US Supreme Court victory after refusing to make a gay couple’s wedding cake because of his Christian faith lost an appeal Thursday in his latest legal fight, involving his rejection of a request for a birthday cake celebrating a gender transition. The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled […]
US baker fined for refusing to make transgender transition cake
Denver, Colorado, USAP A Colorado baker who won a partial victory at the US Supreme Court in 2018 for refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple violated the state’s anti-discrimination law by refusing to make a birthday cake for a transgender woman, a state judge has ruled. In Tuesday’s ruling, Denver District […]
US: IN TEXAS, FAITH-BASED BILLS ADVANCE IN DEFIANCE OF “ALMIGHTY DOLLAR”
MAX B BAKER reports for Religion News Service on the “culture war” brewing in the southern US state of Texas…
US Labor Department bolsters religious exemptions from nondiscrimination laws
RNS The government has a duty to allow contractors to be excused from federal anti-discrimination laws if they cite a religious reason for doing so, according to a new directive from the US Department of Labor. The order, issued Friday (10th August), is another sign of the Trump administration’s determination to accommodate religious conservatives, who have made […]
US: POLL SUGGESTS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PUSH IS HAVING AN EFFECT
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on how the issue of religious freedom is gaining traction in the US…
Seeing threat to religious freedom, US Attorney General announces special task force
RNS US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced during a Department of Justice summit in Washington that he is creating a religious liberty taskforce to challenge what he called a dangerous movement “eroding our great tradition of religious freedom”. Sessions said Monday the task force is an outgrowth of US President Donald Trump’s executive order directing […]
Justices hand down narrow ruling for Christian baker in US wedding cake case
RNS The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Christian baker in Colorado who refused to design a cake for a couple’s same-sex wedding, a controversial case that was widely seen as a standoff between claims of religious liberty and LGBTQ rights. “The Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s consideration of this case was inconsistent with […]