religious freedom
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State Department Hosts Largest International Religious Freedom Event in History
“STAND is proud to participate alongside officials of the Church of Scientology both in this historic Ministerial and the International Religious Freedom Roundtable, which has played a vital role in making this event possible,” said International STAND Director Edward Parkin.
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Supreme Court Now Considering Religious Liberty Cases by Phone
For the first time in its history, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments by teleconference on certain cases, including a number on religious liberty.
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Football Coach’s Right to Private Prayer
“The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike.”
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The New Year
As 2018 launches and 2017 fades in the rear-view mirrors of our minds, STAND looks forward to a year of great strides in the fields of tolerance, mutual respect and religious freedom.
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Tuition Payments to Religious Schools
The Court concluded that making government payments to a religious entity based on the decision of an individual parent does not qualify as an establishment of religion.
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What Notre Dame Means to the World
One positive that has surfaced is the agreed-upon goal of all concerned to restore this iconic structure to even greater grandeur.
Board of Education of Westside Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)
Amicus Curiae of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Burwell v. Hobby Lobby) (2014)
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014)
Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)
