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Religious objections opt-out for counselors advances

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A rule allowing Arkansas counselors to refer patients to another provider over religious objections is advancing, sparking criticism that the move could deny mental health ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

Federal appeals court reinstates Vermont Christian school after it objected to transgender player

A federal appeals court says a Vermont Christian school can participate in the state’s sports league, overturning a previous ruling that upheld a ban on the school after it forfeited a high school ...
JD Supra

Accommodating an Employee’s Sincerely Held Religious Belief – A Pennsylvania District Court Offers a Roadmap

A recent federal court case heard by Chief Judge Matthew Brann for the Middle District of Pennsylvania provides employers with guidance on how ...
JD Supra

Religious Accommodations Under Scrutiny

Six months into the new Trump administration, it is clear that the EEOC is concentrating its efforts on religious discrimination in the workplace. Since President Trump’s inauguration, 25% of the new ...
Reason

Excluding Religious School That "Forfeited a Girls' Playoff Basketball Game to Avoid Playing a Team with a Transgender Athlete" Violated Free Exercise Clause

So the Second Circuit held today, concluding that the facts surrounding this particular exclusion showed hostility to religion, and not just the neutral application of generally applicable rules. From ...
OPB

Federal appeals court backs dismissal of religious challenge to Oregon COVID testing rule

Plaintiff’s lawyer vows to continue fighting the case as more cases addressing COVID safety mandates await potential Supreme Court consideration An Oregon woman failed to convince a federal appeals ...
STAT

What’s so religious about opposing vaccines?

Anderson is a postdoctoral researcher in population health and demography at Pennsylvania State University’s Population Research Institute. Signaling support for several New York Amish families, the ...
Reason

Religious Employment and Title VII: Part 5—Common Objections to a Textualist Reading of Title VII's Religious Employer Exemption

Critics object that a textualist interpretation of Section 702 would open the door to racial discrimination. Not so. Section 702 exempts a religious employer from Title VII only when it selects an ...
The New York Times

State Court Rules School Vaccine Law Can’t Bar Religious Exemptions

The decision was handed down by a judge in West Virginia, which has one of the country’s strictest school vaccination laws and one of the highest vaccination rates. By Campbell Robertson Campbell ...
The National Law Review

The Mark of the Bot- When Employees Raise Religious Objections to Workplace AI Usage

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
ABC 7 Chicago

PHOTOS: Thousands protest Indiana religious objections law

AP Photo/Doug McSchooler INDIANAPOLIS -- Thousands of opponents of Indiana's religious objections law, which was signed by Gov. Mike Pence earlier this week, gather to protest on the front lawn of the ...