Washington state’s attorney general is violating the religious freedoms of a Seattle Christian university by seeking to force it to hire individuals who disagree with the school’s statement on Scripture and sexuality, the university alleges in a new federal lawsuit.
A prominent Washington State football coach and four of his assistants were recently fired for not complying with the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Seattle Pacific University, a Christian liberal arts college in Washington, announced this month that it will be requiring students to receive a COVID-19 vaccine before arriving on campus in the fall.
A parent in Washington state recently pulled their first-grader from their class after the teacher read from a book promoting transgenderism.
Last week, federal court judge Salvador Mendoza, an Obama appointee, blocked the state of Washington from automatically banning those with religiously based objections to department policy from becoming foster parents.
The department’s policies, wrote Mendoza, only burdens “potential caregivers with sincere religious beliefs,” since those with religious beliefs are likely to object to the policy. Even more, these policies probably “favor certain secular viewpoints over certain religious viewpoints,” which is also a violation of religious liberties.
A Seattle church is suing Washington state for forcing coverage of elective abortions into their health insurance plans.
Washington state's governor ordered three counties to suspend gatherings of more than 250 people amid the Coronavirus outbreak. This ban includes the halting of church services.
A Washington state bill that would require sex education to be taught as early as kindergarten is heading to the governor's desk.
Earlier this yeat, Pastor Afshin Yaghtin went to observe a drag queen story hour in Spokane, Washington. When he refused to join either group, he was arrested by law enforcement officers manning the scene for obstructing an officer.
