US Navy barred from acting against religious vaccine refusers
Washington DC, USAP A US federal judge in Texas is barring the US Navy from taking action for now against sailors who have objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds. US District Judge Reed O’Connor had in January issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Navy from disciplining or discharging 35 sailors who sued over the […]
In the US, Texas judge rules religious businesses exempt from LGBTQ bias claims
RNS For-profit businesses with sincerely held religious beliefs are exempt from LGBTQ discrimination liability under a decision this week by a federal judge in Texas. The ruling om Sunday came in response to the US Supreme Court’s 2020 landmark ruling in Bostock v Clayton County, Georgia, which held that LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination […]