We are before the highest Court!
from Helen Alvare at Women Speak for Themselves Here is the brief I wrote for us, Women Speak for Themselves, and filed yesterday with the United States Supreme Court in the two cases currently before...
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from Kristina Arriaga, Executive Director, Becket Fund As you may have seen in the news, or read in your local newspaper, this week the Becket Fund filed a brief before the Supreme Court in the case...
View ArticleWomen Speak for Themselves
from Helen Alvare With the Supreme Court arguments over the Mandate quickly approaching (March 25) we have the opportunity to continue speaking out, and gaining public attention. To help enable that,...
View ArticleThe silent war on religious liberty
The Governor of Louisiana sails into American elites trying to circumscribe religious freedom by Bobby Jindal In a recent speech delivered at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library...
View ArticleBig Government vs. Little Sisters: a breach too far
by Sheila Liaugminas With over ninety lawsuits in courts for over two years contesting the government’s violation of the Constitution and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, this one may be...
View ArticleCountdown to SCOTUS!
from Helen Alvare We’re less than two weeks from the HHS Mandate oral arguments at the Supreme Court! 1. Please pray for the lawyers! Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Alliance Defending Freedom 2. Now...
View ArticlePrayer and action for oral arguments on the Mandate!
from Helen Alvare We’re just days away from the oral arguments on the Mandate and we are in high gear! First, there is a prayer vigil and rally organized by religious liberty supporters in solidarity...
View ArticleHere’s a prayer for you to say on behalf of Hobby Lobby
from American Family Association On Tuesday, March 25, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments to decide whether the right to free exercise of religion applies when Christians engage...
View ArticleHHS mandate: Supreme Court hears oral arguments
by Sheila Liaugminas Or put bluntly, the government mandate to violate your conscience. It’s as simple as that. No matter how much spin has been spun, and there has been much, it comes down to this. Do...
View ArticleWhat the Supreme Court heard in HHS arguments
by Sheila Liaugminas Chief Justice John Roberts In a discussion about Tuesday’s oral arguments on two cases challenging the government’s coercive mandate, one legal counsel said “it was really oral...
View ArticleMedia and other wrap up from this week!
from Helen Alvare, March 28, 2014 What a week! Tuesday’s Supreme Court oral arguments on the HHS Mandate give us reasons for both hope and concern. I summarized these at our blog (and Zenit, a Rome...
View ArticleOn birth control women do not speak with one voice
by Carolyn Moynihan An important religious freedom case in the US Supreme Court last week had women’s groups of opposing persuasions standing outside in the sleet, brandishing banners and addressing...
View ArticleCan a group sue to rewrite history? No? Guess again.
from Becket Fund for Religious Liberty What does defending the 9/11 steel beam cross display and protecting certain tax exemptions for ministers have in common? It seems like not much. But dig deeper...
View ArticleLooking ahead to SCOTUS decision
from Helen Alvare We’re gearing up for a decision from SCOTUS on the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood cases, which we expect to come in late June. As that week gets closer, I will for sure give you...
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from Helen Alvare Sorry to distract you from the joys of Winter turning into Spring beauty! But I found a few articles relevant to our work on the meaning of women’s freedom and the role of birth...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules: Government does not get to write our prayers
from Kristina Arriaga, Executive Director, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty There is no such thing as an anti-religion heckler’s veto. That’s what last week’s landmark ruling from the Supreme...
View ArticleHundreds of Catholic employers win exemption from HHS mandate
Oklahoma City, Okla., Jun 5, 2014 / 04:59 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A federal court has ruled that the Catholic Benefits Association and its hundreds of employer members are exempt from a federal mandate...
View ArticleAs we prepare for the SCOTUS decision…
by Helen Alvare We expect the Supreme Court to rule upon the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood cases in a few weeks. You already know how important the ruling is for the future of the law of religious...
View ArticleSCOTUS DECISION EXPECTED THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT
from Helen Alvare The Supreme Court is expected to release their decision in the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods cases THIS WEEK or EARLY NEXT! SO here are some instructions and requests for this week....
View ArticleHobby Lobby and Church/State ‘Separation’–the True Meaning
By Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first published at clashdaily.com on July 1, 2014. I am relieved that the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision is not the train-wreck I feared. Some...
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