Illinois School District Policy On Transgender Student Bathroom Use Still In Effect As School Year Begins (For Now)
False Martyrdom: Another Religious Right Horror Story Collapses
At the Intersection of Transgender Advocacy and Religious Freedom
Beware The Gender Unicorn: Franklin Graham Takes Aim At The Transgender Community
North Carolina Law Allowing Magistrates To Avoid Officiating Marriages For Same-Sex Couples Facing Challenges In Federal Court
The attention surrounding North Carolina's controversial bathroom law makes it easy to forget that the Tar Heel State recently enacted another anti-LGBT measure. This one allows magistrates to opt-out of their duty to perform marriages for at least six months if they have a religious objection.
Facing The Music: Roy Moore Prepares To Go On Trial— Again
Accountability In Alabama: No One Is Above The Law, Chief Justice Moore
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by disgraced Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore and Liberty Counsel against the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC). Here's a reminder about why the Justice Moore is in trouble in the first place.
Real (Bad) Alternatives: ‘Secular’ Anti-Abortion Group Seeks Church Exemption To Contraceptive Mandate
On Monday, Americans United filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Real Alternatives v. Burwell— yet another challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers who provide health insurance to employees must include contraception coverage.
Faith Leaders Against Political Islamophobia: AU Reports Back From Interfaith Summit
DNC Round-Up: Democrats Offer Alternative Vision Of Religious Freedom
Mississippi Governor And Religious Right Group Fighting To Enforce "Religious Liberty" Law
God and Government In Indiana: Lessons From An Evening Of Civil Discourse
Mountaineer Muddle: West Virginia Legislators Contemplate Discriminatory Bills
Just months after the West Virginia Senate voted down the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) bill, Mountain State lawmakers are talking about resurrecting it in the next legislative session.
Masterpiece Cakeshop Now Seeks Supreme Court Review
After the Colorado Supreme Court refused to hear his “religious-freedom” challenge to the state’s nondiscrimination ordinance, a cake shop owner has filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court
NBA Pulls All-Star Game From North Carolina Over "Bathroom Law"
What do Bruce Springsteen, 13 conventions, and the 2017 NBA All-Star Game have in common? None of them will be hosted in North Carolina as long as the state's infamous "bathroom law" is still on the books.
Cruz Control?: Texas Senator Says Religious Freedom Protects Atheists, Muslims
Former AU Law Clerk Explains Personal Side Of Supreme Court's Non-Decision In Zubik
In an editorial published in Rewire, former Americans United law clerk Alison Tanner stressed that the Supreme Court's non-decision in Zubik v. Burwell leaves thousands of students like her in healthcare limbo.