Associations

The Becket Fund protects the freedom of religious groups to formulate and transmit their religious messages -- and to structure their religious polities -- without government interference. This freedom is doubly protected by the First Amendment: the Free Speech Clause prohibits government interference with the membership or message of expressive associations, secular and religious alike; and the Religion Clauses prohibit government entanglement in the internal affairs of religious institutions. These principles apply not only to employment decisions, but to admissions decisions at seminaries and other religious schools, and to decisions about church membership, leadership, doctrine, and corporate structure.

Litigation

Our Cases

• American Jewish Congress v. Corporation for National and Community Service
• Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts of America
• Catholic Charities, et al. v. Serio
• Church of Christ in Hollywood v. Lady Cage-Barile
• Commonwealth v. Miller
• Hack v. Yale
• Hindu Temple Society of North America v. New York Supreme Court
• Maryland Commission on Human Relations v. Norwin Corp. t/a Hagerstown Suns Baseball Club
• Michele Curay-Cramer v. Ursuline Academy, et al.
• NAACP v. Ben Gilman Medical and Dental Clinic
• Rabinovicz v. Monsey Trails
• Warren v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Media Releases

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Media Coverage

2004