Posts Tagged ‘District of Columbia’
Belmont Abbey College v. Sebelius (2011-Current)
November 10, 2011
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty represents Belmont Abbey College, a Catholic liberal arts college founded by Benedictine monks, in a lawsuit against the federal government to protect Belmont Abbey’s right to be true to its principles. As a Catholic college, Belmont Abbey teaches that contraception, sterilization, and abortion are against God’s law. So in [...]
Beauty vs. Brutalism: a win for religious expression in architecture
May 20, 2011
After years of litigation, Washington DC’s Third Church of Christ, Scientist, is finally moving on from its battle with DC preservationists, and is planning a new church building at 16th & I Streets in downtown Washington. Its existing building is an eyesore that enjoys the dubious honor of being a landmark of the “Brutalist” style, [...]
