Bonnie Pritchett

• Religious Freedom Cases to Watch for This Year Friday, January 5, 2018
  Religious liberty and free speech advocates outline cases and issues to watch in the coming year.
• Atheist Organization Demands End to Seminary Classes in WI Prisons Monday, December 18, 2017
  Held captive by a determination to keep religion confined to churches and homes, the Freedom from Religion Foundation is demanding the Wisconsin Department of Corrections sever ties with an...
• Kentucky Supreme Court Will Hear Case of Man Who Refused to Print T-Shirts for LGBT Pride Event Friday, December 8, 2017
  The Kentucky Supreme Court has agreed to hear the discrimination case against Blaine Adamson, owner of Hands On Originals, a Lexington, Ky., print shop. And that could be a problem.
• Australia Attempts to Avoid U.S. Pitfalls in Same-Sex Marriage Legislation Monday, November 27, 2017
  As attorneys for Colorado baker Jack Phillips prepare to defend his religious and free speech rights before the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 5, the Australian Parliament is drafting same-sex marriage...
• Facebook Blocked Two Christian Ministry Pages This Month Friday, October 27, 2017
  The social media giant blocked two Christian ministry pages this month, offering only vague explanations about community standards violations.
• Missouri Satanist Challenges Pro-Life Laws as ‘Religious Tenets’ Friday, October 20, 2017
  Case represents a new tactic in challenging abortion regulations.
• Air Force Punishes Colonel Who Refused to Condone Same-Sex Marriage Friday, October 13, 2017
  U.S. Air Force officials have suspended a decorated officer and revoked his recommendation for promotion to brigadier general because he would not sign an unofficial document affirming a retiring...
• FEMA is Withholding Disaster Relief Aid from Religious Organizations So Churches Took Legal Action Friday, October 13, 2017
  Catholic and Jewish leaders file legal briefs arguing that the government should not exclude religious facilities from disaster relief aid.
• Free Speech and Friday Night Lights Monday, October 9, 2017
  “It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate,” the high court wrote in its 1969 decision.
• ACLU Fights Faith-Based Child Placement Agencies Monday, October 2, 2017
  Michigan lawsuit challenges the religious freedom of foster care and adoption groups.
• Free to Speak, but Not at Work Monday, August 21, 2017
  Conservatives increasingly find they must hide their views on the job, eroding the value of free speech.
• School District Learns a Free Speech Lesson Monday, August 7, 2017
  What began as a demonstration against abortion in front of a Pennsylvania high school became a lesson in constitutionally protected free speech for Downingtown Area School District students and...
• Students Sue School for Hushing Pro-life Speech Friday, July 21, 2017
  High schoolers say administrators discriminated against their club.
• A Baker and a Florist Walk into the Supreme Court: Two High-Profile Religious Freedom Cases Friday, July 21, 2017
  In their July 14 appeal, Stutzman’s attorneys asked the court to consolidate her case with that of Colorado baker Jack Phillips,’ which the court agreed to hear this fall.
• Supreme Court May be Asked to Decide if Opening Government Meetings with Prayer is Constitutional Friday, June 23, 2017
  The U.S. Supreme Court could again be asked to decide the constitutionality of opening government meetings with an invocation.
• New Texas Law Allows Faith-Based Groups to Adhere to Biblical Family Standards Friday, June 23, 2017
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation June 15 that protects faith-based foster and adoption agencies from lawsuits challenging their Biblically based operational standards
• Bernie Sanders Needs a Remedial Course in U.S. Democracy Friday, June 16, 2017
  Self-described socialist reveals he doesn’t understand the basics of religious liberty.
• Minnesota Filmmakers Make Free-Speech Argument in Court Friday, June 2, 2017
  Case preemptively challenges mandate for wedding industry businesses to participate in same-sex weddings.