Can Business Corporations Practice Religion ? Religious Liberty Holy Week Reading

Two articles that answer in the affirmative that for profit business can practice religion and thus have standing in court as to exercise th...

Reasons Why For Profit Business and Corporations Can Exercise Religion

One of the big issues with the HHS Contraception mandate cases that will have to be resolved is does business and in particular profit makin...

More Religious & Legal Reasons Why Corporations ( Money - Makers) Should Have Religious Liberty Legal Rights

The HHS Contraception mandate cases are going through the court system with the predictable mix of losses and wins in the various circuits. ...

Catholic Bible Study Group Issue Leads To Texas Bill To Protect Religious Groups Rights

See  Bill Seeks to Protect Religious Groups from the Texas Tribune .

Why Should We Exempt Religious Folks and Organizations From Laws - NPR Discussion

I am going to try to hit on the defense of rreligious exemptions or as the freedom from religion folks more often call  it " religious ...

A Response to the Jehovah Witness Blood Tranfusion Argument in HHS Contraception Mandate Cases

This is an short but excellent response by Kevin Walsh on those that use the Jehovah’s Witness blood transfusion  argument as to the HHS con...

Michael Winters- Bishops Need To Quit Listening To Lawyers On Legal Challenge To HHS Contraception Mandate

Michael Sean Winters has been a needed voice from the slightly  more progressive leaning branch of American Catholicism against the HHS Cont...

Why is the New York Times Protected and Corporations of Faith Not

Josh Blackman has an excellent post at  “Can a corporation have a conscience?” .  I keep asking these questions but I am  still getting not...

Why Third Circuit Is Wrong That For Profit Corporations Can't Practice Religion - HHS Contraception Mandate

An excellent short post by attorney Kevin Walsh of Richmond on this at   The Third Circuit is wrong: RFRA protects corporations, without any...

Response To Gallicho 's Commonweal Piece on HHS Contraception Mandate And the Bishops

Grant Gallicho has a piece up that I think perhaps is a tad dismissive too quickly of the Bishop's concerns as the HHS Contraception man...

Virginia Legislature Passes Law To Prevent Future Generation of Tyrants - Freedom of Association & Religion On Campus

The Friendly Atheist brings us the good news at  Virginia Senate Approves Bill Allowing College Groups to Discriminate Based On Religious B...

Something For The Freedom From Religion Folks To Chew On

The incorporation of nonbelievers (atheists, agnostics, and so on) under the protection of the right of religious freedom should imply a l...

Catholic Deacon Whose Company Helped Save Chilean Miners Sues Over HHS Mandate

The Deacon Bench has the story  and link at Deacon sues government over contraception mandate .

Religious Liberty , & Positive Versus Negative Liberty Revisited

Not too long ago I had this post up  Why Some People Are From Mars and Some From Venus On Religious Liberty and Hobby Lobby . In that post ...

Religious Liberty For Atheists Abroad and At Home

The Friendly Atheist has a post up U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Once Again Champions the Rights of Atheists I have to say I suspect th...

Catholic Dr Robert P George and Southern Baptist Dr Russell Moore Joint Article On How to React To Louie Giglio Inaugural Disinvite

This is over at First Things. See   Shrug Not

Mennonites & Hobby Lobby - Are Fed Judges Incorrectly Playing Role Of Moral Theologians In Contraception Mandate Cases ?

Melissa Moschella has a piece at Public Discourse at the start of the year I wanted to explore a tad. See The HHS Mandate and Judicial The...

Nation's First Religious Liberty University Law Clinic Opens At Stanford Today

There is a short item on that here.  Another sign that these cases and issues will take more importance in the years ahead.

Why Some People Are From Mars and Some From Venus On Religious Liberty and Hobby Lobby

This appears to be the typical conversation as to HHS Contraception mandate and how it affects people like Hobby Lobby and other companies. ...

When Atheists Endorse Religion Viewpoints - Pastor Giglio Inauguration Controversy and Other Matters

I am not sure some Atheists, Agnostics, and other Secular folks quite can see the forest for the trees as to some issues of viewpoint discri...