The federal government’s exemption for quoting religious texts in its proposed hate speech law has attracted criticism — it risks creating confusion, overreach and the unedifying prospect of secular ...

A broad of coalition of Australia's most influential religious leaders have urged the prime minister to scrap Labor's proposal to outlaw the promotion of racial hatred.

Despite clear Supreme Court rulings, religious discrimination continues to infect government funding across the country. Hundreds of laws and regulations—at the local, state, and federal levels—shut ...

Religious Discrimination and Accommodation Under Title VII An examination of religious discrimination and accommodation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including federal prohibitions ...

A new database launched Thursday is drawing attention to hundreds of state laws and regulations that legal experts say have flown under the radar and are in need of reexamination following a string of ...

Last year, the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage across the United States, and members of the LGBT community and their allies celebrated nationwide. The nation seemed to be at its proudest just in ...

For years, Jewish organizations have fought for abortion access as a matter of religious freedom. Jewish law is clear: Life begins at first breath, not fertilization. Until that moment, a pregnancy is ...

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) Two months after the U.S. Supreme Court granted public school parents the right to withdraw their children from ...

Anne Aly said the government was ‘open to considering extending the protections to other types of hate’ ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is highlighting concerns over laws against blasphemy and apostasy that limit religious freedom in Muslim and other nations where they are on the books. The ...

The Bloc has pushed for years for the religious exemption to disappear, even tabling a bill in 2023 to that effect. At the time, the Quebec party pointed to comments by Montreal Imam Adil Charkaoui ...

Legislators in Canada are reportedly poised to strip religious protections from the country’s hate-speech laws as part of an effort to crack down on hateful symbols throughout the country. Lawmakers ...