FREEDOM OF RELIGION

Justice Alito speaks at Catholic school commencement, warns of attacks on First Amendment freedoms

‘Support for freedom of speech is declining dangerously, especially where it should find broadest and widest accept…

By Alex Price '24
Jun 1, 2024

University president refuses to fire band director for past podcast comments on transgenderism

President Daniel Ennis stated that the university cannot justly fire Interim Band Director Steven Hugley for offens…

By Lena Branch '24
Sep 5, 2023

DOEd moves to scrap Trump-era rule protecting faith-based campus groups

The Department of Education is proposing to eliminate a Trump-era requirement that public colleges and universities…

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Mar 22, 2023

College instructor claims his 1A rights were violated

A former professor from the Governor’s School of North Carolina is suing North Carolina’s Department of Public Inst…

By Alexia Bianchi '22
Dec 27, 2022

Title IX exemptions for religious schools protested at Brigham Young University

On Sept. 6, two organizations called on campuses across the country to protest Title IX exemptions for religious un…

By Thomas Stevenson '23
Oct 15, 2022

UPDATE: University Board of Trustees faces lawsuit after upholding ‘biblical sexuality' standards

The lawsuit describes the Board of Trustees as ‘powerful men who use their positions…to advance the interests of a …

By Kate Anderson
Sep 16, 2022

UPDATE: Christian student elected to SGA after being denied for quoting the Bible

Over the summer, a student was denied a position on SGA’s Supreme Court after she quoted the Bible in her opening s…

By Logan Dubil '23
Sep 9, 2022

Students protest Christian university for upholding its religious values

Student recently protested Anderson University, a Baptist institution in South Carolina that is exempt from Title I…

By Alex Munguia '24 and Ben Cook, PhD
Jul 15, 2022

Christian students receive $800k in free speech lawsuit ruling

After a prolonged legal battle with the university over violations of their free speech, students Chike Uzuegbunam …

By KJ Lynum '24
Jul 11, 2022

5 pro-freedom lawsuits from 2021

Liberal bias and abuse in higher education often leads to long legal battles. Here are five lawsuits from this year…

By Antoinette Aho
Dec 28, 2021

Drama students prohibited from performing because of offensive Christian message

The Cape Fear Community College drama club wanted to put on a play with religious themes.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Oct 2, 2014

Exclusive: Ohio State core class teaches Christians are dumber than atheists

Psychology 1100 is a general education requirement class.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Jul 24, 2014

Obama signs anti-discrimination executive order without exempting religious groups, colleges

Mandate requires all federal contractors to not exclude people from being hired on basis of sexual orientation, gen…

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Jul 21, 2014

Transgender student files complaint against Christian university for not letting him live in male dorms

Jayce is a female-to-male transgendered student enrolled at George Fox University, a Christian institution.

By Kat Timpf
Apr 7, 2014

University of Kentucky health survey asks students if 'Homosexuality is a sin,' 'mental illness'

Emailed survey asked students who identified as straight if "Homosexuality is a sin" and if "Male homosexuality is …

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Apr 7, 2014

College ostracizes Christian ministers over non-discrimination policy, cites Sandusky case

Rob and Sim Gregory have advised the Bowdoin Christian Fellowship for nearly a decade.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Feb 27, 2014