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Image: Oregon church wins appeal to build new sanctuary

Oregon church wins appeal to build new sanctuary

May 15, 2013

The Council relied on The Becket Fund’s letter in reversing the Planning Commission’s decision.
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Image: Muslims, Monasteries, Jews, Sikhs, and Scholars Urge Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Religious Liberty Appeal

Muslims, Monasteries, Jews, Sikhs, and Scholars Urge Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Religious Liberty Appeal

May 3, 2013

Diverse Group of Amicus Briefs Ask the High Court to Protect a Peaceful Hutterite Colony (more…)


Image: Yoga doesn’t violate the Establishment Clause

Yoga doesn’t violate the Establishment Clause

April 17, 2013

If you are hunting for an Establishment Clause violation, you will have to keep looking. (more…)


Image: April Fools’ in North Carolina?

April Fools’ in North Carolina?

April 10, 2013

Legally speaking, the firestorm over the North Carolina resolution is much ado about nothing. But this ado should remind us of the lessons, good and bad, we have learned from more than 200 years as one nation under the Establishment Clause.

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Image: Becket Fund files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in AID v. AOSI

Becket Fund files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in AID v. AOSI

April 4, 2013

The legal issue is a critical one because the government attaches many conditions to the receipt of federal funds.
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Image: Doe v. Elmbrook: A Tale of Two Graduations

Doe v. Elmbrook: A Tale of Two Graduations

April 3, 2013

Which would you choose?

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Image: Religious Liberty and the Same-Sex Marriage Cases: the Arguments

Religious Liberty and the Same-Sex Marriage Cases: the Arguments

March 23, 2013

The best course for dealing with the deep-seated social and moral differences lurking within these cases is to allow the political process time and space to work.
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