Stories tagged with: u.s. supreme court

• Seminaries urge tax-exemption protection

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, June 04, 2015 (8 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Southern Baptist educational leaders are among 74 signatories to a June 3 letter urging Congress to pass a bill protecting the tax-exempt status of schools in the event the U.S. Supreme Court approves same-sex marriage as a civil right. Read More

• Court upholds inmate's religious liberty

  by Tom Strode, posted Tuesday, January 20, 2015 (8 years ago)

  "Religious liberty isn't a prize earned by those with the most political clout."

  -- Russell Moore

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously delivered a victory for the religious liberty of prison inmates Tuesday (Jan. 20).

  The justices ruled the Arkansas Department of Corrections violated the religious free exercise of a Muslim prisoner by prohibiting him from growing a beard in order to practice his beliefs. The high court found the prison system failed to abide by the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), a 2000 federal law. Read More