Man sentenced to 10 years for firing shotgun outside Albany synagogue in religious hate crime
Albany, NY – A Schenectady man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for firing a shotgun outside Temple Israel in Albany during a Hanukkah celebration, in what officials say…
WHITE-CAIN And BONDI: Here’s Why One Christian Coach’s Religious Freedom Case Is So Important To All Americans
WHITE-CAIN And BONDI: Here’s Why One Christian Coach’s Religious Freedom Case Is So Important To All Americans Pastor Paula White-Cain and Pam Bondi on April 25, 2022 Today, the U.S. Supreme Court…
GEARY: With The Pandemic Coming To An End, We Should Reflect On Our Religious Liberty
GEARY: With The Pandemic Coming To An End, We Should Reflect On Our Religious Liberty Katie Geary on April 15, 2022 We are at the dawn of the Easter Triduum, the midway…
Religious Leader Indicted and Arrested for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging pastor Emmanuel Morales-Hernández, 29, of Lares, Puerto Rico, with coercion and enticement of a minor and attempted receipt of…
Federal Court Rules in Favor of the Justice Department in Lawsuit Against City of Troy, Michigan For Restrictions on Places of Worship and Treatment of Muslim Religious Group
Detroit, MI – Late Friday, March 18, 2022, a federal judge ruled in favor of the Justice Department, finding that the City of Troy, Michigan violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized…
Washington’s two U.S. Attorneys join federal law enforcement partners to brief religious leaders on security for houses of worship
Seattle – U.S. Attorney Nick Brown of the Western District of Washington and U.S. Attorney Veronica Waldref of the Eastern District of Washington joined federal law enforcement leaders Monday evening March 7,…
Romanian National Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud Conspiracy Related to a Scheme to Steal Checks Intended for Religious Institutions from the Mail
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Romanian national Mateus Vaduva, age 29, of Baltimore, Maryland, and Florida yesterday to five years in federal prison, followed by five years…
Supreme Court To Hear Case Of Woman Forced To Create Websites For LGBT Causes Against Religious Beliefs
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of a web designer fighting a Colorado law that forces her to promote messages against her religious beliefs, the court announced Tuesday. Lorie…
Mo Hill announces Toms River Boy Scout Property Religious Services Will Continue
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill has announced the Hugh Clayton Jersey Shore Boy Scouts Council Center will be rented out for religious services going forward. The property,…
Grosse Pointe Park Man Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud and Steal Funds from Religious Charity
DETROIT – A Grosse Pointe Park resident was sentenced today to one year in prison and six months at a halfway house on wire fraud charges in connection with obtaining by fraud,…
EXCLUSIVE: Marines Describe ‘Sham’ Religious Vaccine Exemption Process
The COVID-19 vaccine exemption process in the Marine Corps gives no consideration to the faiths of individual Marines and could hamper military readiness, according to Marines fighting the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate on religious…
Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud in Relation to Multiple Religious Institutions
Greenbelt, Maryland – Marius Vaduva, age 27, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. As part of his plea agreement, Vaduva will be ordered…
Navy Servicemembers Seeking COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Religious Exemptions Handed Favorable Ruling
A federal judge in Texas granted 35 Navy service members’ court motion challenging the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate with religious exemptions Monday. Mike Berry, who is representing the Navy SEALs on behalf…
Florida Man Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison for Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud Conspiracy Involving the Theft of More Than 2,000 Checks Intended for Religious Institutions
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Nicolae Gindac, age 52, of Dania Beach, Florida, yesterday to 54 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release,…
The Surprising Reason Religious Couples Are Less Likely To Get Divorced
Religious couples are less likely to get divorced despite marrying younger — a factor generally associated with higher divorce rates — because they are less likely to live together before marriage, according…
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments On Religious Discrimination Regarding School Choice
Harold Hutchison and Kendall Tietz on December 8, 2021 The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Carson v. Makin, a case that carries national implications regarding religious freedom as it relates…
University Of Iowa To Pay Nearly $2 Million In Legal Fees For Religious Groups That Were Banned Over Marriage Views
The University of Iowa (UI) is going to pay nearly $2 million in legal fees to Christian groups after being banned from campus over their marriage views, local outlet The Gazette reported.…
Teacher’s Union Officials’ Facebook Post Says People With Religious Vaccine Exemptions Deserve To Die, Suggests GOP Commit Mass Murder
A National Education Association (NEA) Board of Directors member and English teacher at a Pennsylvania high school posted to Facebook that she thought unvaccinated individuals with religious exemptions deserved to die, according…
Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud in Relation to a Religious Institution Check Theft Conspiracy
Greenbelt, Maryland – Mateus Vaduva, age 29, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty on November 17, 2021 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to steal…
At Lead 10 Dead After Rebel Missile Hit Religious Facility In Yemen
At least 10 people died and 25 were wounded after a Houthi rebel missile hit a religious facility in the province of Marib, Yemen, country officials said Monday, the Associated Press reported.…
Federal Judge Rules New York Must Provide Religious Exemptions For Vaccine Mandate
Bryan Babb on October 12, 2021 A federal judge ruled Tuesday that New York state must recognize healthcare workers’ religious exemptions to the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to court documents. U.S.…