“Catholic Agency Challenges Michigan’s Child-Placement Anti-Discrimination Policy” Religion Clause covers the suit here.
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“Rastafarian church in Downtown Madison distributes cannabis as city tries to stop it”
“Rastafarian church in Downtown Madison distributes cannabis as city tries to stop it” Wisconsin State Journal reports here.
“The Satanic Temple is a real religion, says IRS”
“The Satanic Temple is a real religion, says IRS” The Salt Lake Tribune had this article describing the decision with comments from scholars.
“Five myths about the ministry housing allowance”
“Five myths about the ministry housing allowance” Clergy Financial Resources has five dispelled myths here.
Mich. Ct. App.: Ecclesiastical abstention requires deference to hierarchical church
Religion Clause covers Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Monastery v. Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, (Mich. Ct. App. Mar. 19, 2019), here.
“Sample Housing Allowance for 2018 (for ministers who own or rent their home)”
“Sample Housing Allowance for 2018 (for ministers who own or rent their home)” ChurchLaw&Tax has this helpful example resolution.
Coverage of Masterpiece Cakeshop before oral argument
The U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The case involves a Colorado cake baker who declined to make a cake for a gay couple’s wedding. When the Colorado Civil Rights Commission pursued the baker, he argued he was entitled to an exemption from Colorado’s civil-rights laws based on religious and free-speech grounds under the First Amendment. The links below include news coverage, relatively even-handed analysis, and analysis in support of and against the baker’s position that was posted before oral argument, which was scheduled for sometime in the October 2017 term. (This post has been regularly updated through the date of oral argument.) Continue reading “Coverage of Masterpiece Cakeshop before oral argument”