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                                            September
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           A balanced decision on religous accommodation in the workplace
                                        
                                                                                                           A balanced article on the recent US Supreme Court religious accommodation decision. 
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            25
                                            August
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Annual USCIRF Report on International Religious Freedom
                                        
                                                                                                           One of the most important and comprehensive reports on RF is the Annual USCIRF Report on International Religious Freedom
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            31
                                            March
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           FBI Admits to Targeting Devout Catholics
                                        
                                                                                                           Law enforcement agencies seem to have become tools of various social justice agencies, more concerned about the average citizens than about those who are actually breaking the law.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            28
                                            February
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           ‘Christian patriots’ are flocking from blue states to Idaho
                                        
                                                                                                           Washington Post article detailing the movement of US ‘Christian nationalists’ into an area of Utah and discussing the differences arising within the movement as its political strength increases.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            31
                                            January
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Hostility Against Churches Is on the Rise in the United States
                                        
                                                                                                           Family Research Council is finding acts of vandalism, arsons, bomb threats, gun-related incidents, and other acts of hostility perpetrated against churches in the United States have been steadily on the rise for the past several years.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            17
                                            October
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           California legalizes human composting bill against opposition by Catholic bishops
                                        
                                                                                                           Several state legislatures are now allowing a new method of dealing with human remains.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            28
                                            June
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Free speech decision in Washington DC overturns lower court restrictions
                                        
                                                                                                           A trio of pro-life counselors won a major free speech legal victory when a District of Columbia appeals court ordered a lower court to dismiss a lawsuit against them.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                            April
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           ADF General Counsel Kristen Waggoner Harassed at Yale Law School Event
                                        
                                                                                                           Campuses are becoming places of repression rather than education. Even the supposedly ‘top’ of schools are no longer able to guarantee basics such as freedom of speech.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            10
                                            April
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Time to Challenge Compelled Speech?
                                        
                                                                                                           We have an interesting article discussing the (relatively) new phenomenon of ‘compelled speech’.  An increasing number of educational institutions have adopted political statements that they require employees and prospective employees to agree to.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                            February
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Muslim Leader Calls for ‘Honest Reckoning’ With Islamist Antisemitism After Synagogue Attack
                                        
                                                                                                           American Muslim & Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council (AMMWEC) President Anila Ali calls out CAIR leaders for taking positions that inflame antiSemitism
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            21
                                            December
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           America's Indifference to the Plight of Nigerian Christians
                                        
                                                                                                           Biden administration removes Nigeria as nation of concern just before Secretary Blinken’s visit. Move made even as the situation deteriorates.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            21
                                            December
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           US Supreme Court sides with ‘government’ over faith in Covid mandate decision
                                        
                                                                                                           The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to block New York’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers without religious exemption,
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            21
                                            December
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           New York City imposes vaccine mandate for all private sector employers
                                        
                                                                                                           The mark of despotic regimes – use failed policies to remove the most basic of freedoms. Propped up by Democratic leadership, Bill Blasio goes over the top.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
			
			The Guaridan.  Photograph: Republic Of Korea Air Force/EPA
           
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            29
                                            August
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Afghanistan - Exit with Honor
                                        
                                                                                                           A new initiative has been launched out of the US to put pressure on world leaders to do better with regards to the current crisis in Afghanistan. Take a look first at this video and then follow up to the website and petition
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            25
                                            August
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Texas Judge's Sends Muslim Woman's Divorce to Sharia Tribunal
                                        
                                                                                                           Islamic Law Analyst Says Texas Judge's Ruling Sending Muslim Woman's Divorce to Sharia Tribunal Sets Shocking Precedent
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            14
                                            August
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           An American Univeristy crosses the line on religious freedom of students
                                        
                                                                                                           University of Iowa found guilty of religious discrimination. The crime: forcing student groups to accept University appointed leaders for their group.  Groups argued that UI targeted them for requiring student leaders to sign a statement of faith.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            28
                                            July
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           US Congresswoman runs afoul of Twitter and is suspended
                                        
                                                                                                           Ms Greene, a Republican congresswoman, has been an outspoken critic of vaccines and the use of masks.  Last month she apologised for likening coronavirus mask rules to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            09
                                            June
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           United States Commission on Religious Freedom Annual Report on International Freedom 2021
                                        
                                                                                                           Each year the United States Commission on Religious Freedom releases an Annual Report on International Freedom. 
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            28
                                            May
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           US Senator Tim Scott responds after racial slur trends on Twitter for hours
                                        
                                                                                                           How is that those who are highly passionate about an issue become the perpetrators of it – in their response to Senator Scott those supposedly most concerned about racism show themselves to be viciously racist themselves. 
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            08
                                            March
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Biden Fires Attorney Who Defended Religious Liberty of Employees
                                        
                                                                                                           Did President Biden at his inauguration really say,’ ‘The right to dissent peaceably, within the guardrails of our Republic, is perhaps our nation’s greatest strength.’ If so he needs to reconsider this decision.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            01
                                            October
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           A Bill is being proposed in the United States to outlaw the Chinese Communist Party
                                        
                                                                                                           The Bill would designate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a transnational organized crime group.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
			
			A monitor displays the words "Commission on Unalienable Rights" behind Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as he speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
           
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            17
                                            July
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Pompeo says US should limit which human rights it defends
                                        
                                                                                                           Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has argued for a more limited U.S. view of global human rights advocacy based on the principles laid out by America's Founding Fathers, a suggestion critics assumed meant stepping away from more modern concepts.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            16
                                            July
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Draft Report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights 
                                        
                                                                                                           Human rights are now misunderstood by many, manipulated by some, rejected by the world’s worst violators, and subject to ominous new threats.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            15
                                            July
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           Can Human Rights Advocacy Resolve the North Korea Nuclear Impasse? 
                                        
                                                                                                           North Korea’s weapons programs and human rights violations derive from the same root causes: the government’s perception of its insecurity and lack of transparency.
                                         
                                     
                             
                                
                                
                                                     
  
                                
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            08
                                            July
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                        
                           City to pay $50,000 to evangelist banned from park
                                        
                                                                                                           The Portland, Oregon city government has paid a street evangelist $50,000 after acknowledging last fall it was wrong to ban the man from a downtown park for preaching.