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- 2012
- Adventist attorney to be awarded the Diamond Jubilee Medal
- EEOC Settles Seventh Day Adventist Religious Discrimination Suit
- Ariz. divorce case hits snag after marriage's validity questioned because husband gave birth
- Chicago cardinal leads new fight against gay marriage
- Iranian Pastor Nadarkhani Returned to Prison on Christmas Day
- Assemblymember Mariko Yamada speaks with student organization at Pacific Union College
- Murdoch Tried to Buy US Presidency
- Obama administration's abortion/contraception mandate
- CBS special looks at religious freedom, diversity, threats
- Federal jury sides with Ariz. jail in dispute over beard
- Miami-Dade Commission reinstitutes prayer before meetings
- Capital High School morning observance policy gets changed
- 2 Minn. preachers win access to holiday tour of lights
- ‘Gay-conversion therapy’: Is it speech or conduct?
- NEW PBS DOCUMENTARY “FIRST FREEDOM”
- Politicking From the Pulpit and the Tax Man
- Day of Prayer
- Mount Rubidoux: Riverside (and California) history in the crosshairs
- U.N. report: The most troubling violation of human rights
- Prominent Atheists Lash Out at DNC’s Reinstatement of ‘God’
- AB 1964
- Catholic Church and Obama Care
- Mich. company wins round in dispute over contraception mandate
- Calif. district allows Sikh students to carry religious daggers
- Citizens For Responsibility And Ethics In Wahington (CREW) Asks IRS To Probe Catholic Bishops
- Same-Sex Marriage Wins on the Ballot for the First Time in American History
- Soldiers were discriminated, discharged for religious reasons
- Indiana town set to sell land with large cross
- Ky. high court upholds Amish men’s convictions under old law
- Ex-church pianist covered by ministerial exception
- Adventist Pastor Jailed in Togo on “Dubious” Charges
- Preaching Politics from the Pulpit
- Fla. ballot initiative stirs school-voucher debate
- Fla. school erred in barring Easter fliers, judge says
- AB 2203
- Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion
- Southern Baptist Teacher Cheryll Harvey Killed in Irbid, Jordan
- Celebrating AB1964, California’s new religious freedom law
- KCRA TV Interview with Alan J. Rienach, Esq. Executive Director of Church State Council
- Bill protects religious garb, grooming in the workplace
- Comments from Alan J. Reinach, Esq on signing of AB 1964
- VICTORY - AB 1964 Signed by Governor Brown
- Yamada’s Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012 On Governor’s Desk
- Biometric identification and tracking
- AB 1964 Update
- "Make a Stand! Lemonade: The Sweet Taste of Freedom."
- Alabaster Seventh-Day Adventists File Suit Over Door-To-Door Solicitations
- Disney says Muslim woman had options in head scarf dispute
- AB 1964 Update
- Church State Council Condemns Religious Violence Against Sikhs in Wisconsin
- Sikh Temple Shooting Victims Described By Families And Friends
- Church State Council Condemns Religious Violence and Intolerance in Wisconsin
- Legislative Update
- Iranian ayatollah promises Russian Church to solicit pardon for convicted pastor
- Jail 'em - Don't pay, go to Jail!
- Yamada’s Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012 Advances
- Victory for California Independent Colleges and Universities (ICCU).
- Hasidic Jew Fired From NYPD Over Beard Length
- AB 1964 Postponed
- Assemblymember Yamada’s Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012 Passed by the State Assembly
- Workplace Religious Freedom Act Passed by the State Assembly
- Federal judge: Terror law violates 1st Amendment
- DC police: Sikh officers can wear beards, turbans
- David Coppedge, Ex-NASA Worker, Claims In Lawsuit That Agency Axed Him For 'Intelligent Design' Views
- Religious freedom festival in Indonesia recognizes government, faith leaders
- SPECIAL WORLD CONGRESS EDITION - APRIL 27, 2012
- Special World Congress Edition
- 7th World Congress
- 7th World Congress
- Church State Council Legislative Update!
- Torturer’s Apprentice
- A Global Assault On Religious Liberty
- Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012 Clears First Policy Committee
- Is Religious Freedom No Longer "Cool"?
- Drones Over U.S. Get OK By Congress
- Holder Spells Out Why Drones Target U.S. Citizens
- An Adventist Response to the U.S. Health and Human Services Contraception Insurance Regulation
- Movie house as chapel: NYC congregations, evicted from schools, seek new space for worship
- Same-Sex Marriage Bills Coming to State Legislatures
- Court says student’s faith may have led to expulsion
- Torturer’s Apprentice
- Arizona proposes school Bible course
- Mo Senate Debates Separation of Church and State
- The President Should Speak Out Against Religious Persecution
- The US Is No Longer the Land of the Free
- Stuck In Arbitration
- Religious leaders to participate in massive nationwide protests against Obama Administration’s contraception mandate
- 2011
- Adventist leaders say 'Religious freedom divide' is troubling, not surprising
- GOP senators: We will not support gay marriage
- LAUSD allows Christian 5th-grade student in talent show same day ADF files for temporary restraining order
- Balancing Security With Religious Freedom: Sikh Men Denied Entry to National Assembly
- Gov. Quinn signs civil union bill into law
- Va. House passes constitutional amendment on school prayer
- The Quietly Crumbling Wall of Separation
- Group sues to block prayer event at AF Academy
- Another California school steps on religious freedom
- So. Baptist Withdraws from Interfaith Coalition on Mosques
- 'HORRIFIC ATROCITIES': Egypt, Iraq 'failed' to protect Christians, religious communities
- Muslim Countries Cited On Religious Freedom
- Ashton: freedom of religion or belief top of EU’s agenda
- Long Island eruv battle rages on
- Embattled Iraqi Christians Need Protection Now
- Campaign regards students' religious rights
- DeMint Stymies Obama’s Religious Diplomacy Nominee
- Who Fights for Religious Freedom? Obama's Ambassador Position Still Vacant
- Judge rules against Christians in B&B case, but allows appeal
- Apple Rejects Christian App as Promoting ‘Hate and Homophobia’
- Religious legal group challenges ‘driveway tax’
- Christian religious freedom under threat across EU: UN security organization
- Religious Freedom Project Will Address Democracy, Extremism
- Germany, Italy issue joint appeal for religious freedom
- Adventist religious liberty advocate recognized with First Freedom Award
- Montana Valedictorian Wins Religious Free Speech Case
- Big Day in Voting
- 'Jesus loves nukes': US Air Force taught the Christian Just War Theory
- Theology becomes a hot issue on the campaign trail
- Pakistan escapes list of states violating religious freedom
- US sounds alarm on threats to religious freedom in post-revolt Arab nations
- Arizona church Phoenix Goddess Temple taking religious freedom too far?
- Clergy Sues To Stop Alabama's Immigration Law
- Catholic Church vs. Chicago Over Gay Adoptions
- Euro-Africa religious liberty director dies in swimming accident
- Sudan: The choice for freedom
- INTERNATIONAL DIGEST: Iran pastor to be executed?
- Same-sex marriage and religious freedom are now joined at the hip
- US Commission Cites Egypt for Violating Religious Freedoms
- Supreme Court: States Not Subject to Monetary Damages When Violating Religious Freedom Law
- Hosanna-Tabor case to test our church-state divide
- Throw Out the Money Changers
- Inmates lose a remedy for religion-rights violations
- Senate confirms religious-freedom ambassador
- School wars over religion heating up (again)
- High court won't hear appeal from Ky. Baptist Homes
- Dangerous trends in religious freedom
- An Improbable Alliance
- Coalition Files Second Lawsuit Against California Prison System
- Rights group slams Vietnam on religious freedom
- New U.N. Resolution on Religious Freedom Drops 'Defamation' Concept
- Court: Eagle feathers only for American Indians
- Prospects Dim for Religious Freedom in Nepal
- European Court OKs display of crucifixes in Italian classrooms
- Lift High the Cross? Religion In Public Spaces
- Supreme Court Grants Review In "Ministerial Exception" Case
- Confining Manning and Falling Into the Outer Darkness
- Jailers erred in removal of Muslim's scarf
- Federal religious freedom statute applies to county courthouse holding facilities
- Violation of religious freedom
- Suit Claiming Health Care Mandates Violate Religious Freedom Tossed
- Organizations to Hold Prayer Vigil in Front of White House
- Appeal to Indonesia to protect religious freedom
- Discrimination charges soar in down economy
- Church taps Leslie as Adventist point person in Washington, D.C.
- 2013
- Constitution of Fiji
- Elevated by the common good
- Liberty Dinner
- Defense Department classifies Catholics, evangelicals as extremists
- Governor signs Kan. religious freedom measure
- Catholic Gonzaga University won’t allow Catholic students to form Catholic group
- The Easter Message of Religious Freedom
- Stanford Law Students Help Seventh-day Adventist
- Residents of a Christian community in eastern Pakistan, among them Seventh-day Adventists, are reeling after a mob torched their homes and businesses in response to alleged insults against Muhammad.
- Christians decry mob violence in Pakistan
- Bullying Christians over ‘blasphemy’ in Pakistan
- Anger over violence against Pakistani Christians
- Pakistani mobs use blasphemy as excuse to persecute, say Christians
- Waco's Assault on Religious Toleration
- Virginia legislature passes bill protecting religious freedom of student organizations
- Chairman David Camp Announces Hearing on Tax Reform and Charitable
- Congress Starts Examining Changes to Charitable Tax Break
- Christian school in Thousand Oaks files religious liberty lawsuit
- At Stanford, Clinical Training for Defense of Religious Liberty
- Study: Catholic, Protestant Support for In-School Prayer Falls
- Vatican Works To Stop Sunday Shopping In Italy
- British Airways Christian employee Nadia Eweida wins case
- 113th Congress Most Religiously Diverse Ever -- and Why It Matters
- Breaking Light Bulbs
- UK continues systematic oppression of Christians
- Schools, ACLU remain in talks on prayer issue
- Entreating the legislature on school prayer
- 2010
- Mayor Daley Applauds Illinois General Assembly For Passing The Illinois Religious Freedom Protection And Civil Unions Act
- Azerbaijani state committee supports increased fines for violating law on religious freedom
- State Senate approves civil unions
- WikiLeaks' Vatican cables involve national security, intelligence and religious freedom issues
- Thousands Rally in Japan to Defend Religious Freedom and Protest Human Rights Violations
- Same-Sex Initiative Reaches Next Hurdle
- Who needs marriage? Kids do
- Do teachers have religious freedom?
- Christian Legal Society considering options
- 'God' in Pledge doesn't violate students' rights, 1st Circuit rules
- Pope calls for religious freedom in Muslim states
- Religious Accommodation Makes Waves
- BJC Joins Brief Asking Supreme Court to Bolster Prisoner Protections
- Supreme Court Hearing Today Tests Prisoners' Ability to Sue
- Obama Admin Urged to Defend Iranian Pastor Facing Execution
- UZBEKISTAN: "Anti-terror" raid on Protestant worship, beatings, and fines
- An Inconvenient Truth: More Religious Freedom Means Less Religious Conflict
- New UN Special Rapporteur on Religion Criticizes Chinese Regime
- China's ban on Lausanne delegates called 'gross violation' of rights
- Pope Benedict Calls For Religious Freedom and Peace in the Middle East
- 7th Circuit: Ill. moment-of-silence law is constitutional
- The Supreme Court and Religious Liberty
- Group details human rights violations in N. Korea
- BJC board discusses state of liberty
- Europe court to hear Jehovah Witness tax case against France
- Civil Rights and Religious Groups Demand That Air Force Academy 'Climate Survey' Be Made Public
- Religious coalition stands up for Bible Belt mosque
- Historic building constraints prompt church to sue city
- Hindus laud City of Ann Arbor for “reaffirming religious freedom”
- Gospel for Asia fears Nepal’s draft constitution could threaten religious freedom
- People of the book - The true history of the Koran in America
- America's True History of Religious Tolerance
- Why the Campaign for Politics in the Pulpit Is a Bad Idea
- Far right group successfully blocks religious center development
- Continued ban on converting others proposed in Nepal
- Court sides with World Vision's practice of hiring only Christians
- Ashburn To Governor: Don't Pass Civil Marriage Religious Freedom Act
- Texas education board to consider rule on Islam's portrayal in textbooks
- Bullying and discrimination against students on religious and other grounds banned by new NY law
- Michigan home-based child-care workers sue to break from union
- Hartford City Council says no to Muslim prayer
- Full 9th Circuit orders new hearing in Calif. headscarf case
- Justice Department sues Walnut for blocking Buddhist temple construction
- Jewish NGOs slam ‘Time’ magazine cover story
- Was it the Right Thing to do to Pressure Pastor Jones not to Burn the Quran?
- Maryland high court hears religious freedom case
- School faces court hearing after banning Bibles on Religious Freedom Day
- U.S. may sue Arizona's Sheriff Arpaio for not cooperating in investigation
- Making of a mosque mess
- Prop. 8 ruling ignores precedent, evidence and common sense
- Lawsuit Claims College Ordered Student to Alter Religious Views on Homosexuality, Or Be Dismissed
- University of Illinois Instructor Fired Over Catholic Beliefs
- Federal Judge Rules Against Proposition 8
- What would George Washington say about Islam in USA?
- Religious freedom to exclude
- NH church receives more than $1.1 million over unconstitutional zoning restrictions
- Obama administration sidelines religious freedom policy
- Religious freedom bill passes Senate
- Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Protest Schools Ruling
- Hayes: School censorship undermines what kids learn in civics
- DC ruling favors same-sex ‘marriage’ over religious freedom, archdiocese says
- Pastor tests IRS by endorsing candidate
- Innocent-sounding Calif. bill could help legalize 'gay marriage', some say
- Weinstein to sue over religious symbol at Fort Carson
- German homeschoolers' political asylum in America exposes the EU Gulag
- Spain planning burqa ban: government
- Religious Expression in American Public Life: A Joint Statement of Current Law
- Obama names Cook religious freedom ambassador
- Kentucky County Can Display Ten Commandments
- Federal judge dismisses Summum suit against Pleasant Grove
- Commonwealth Court Decision Affirms Department of Public Welfare Authority to Regulate Religiously Affiliated Child Care Facilities
- Student Suspended for Wearing Rosary in School
- Prop 8 trial set up aids gay marriage side
- U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arizona School Choice Suit
- Let’s Talk About Faith
- Religious protection bill freed from Senate committee
- Idaho charter school's bid to use Bible as text falls short
- Catholic nurse’s suits allege abortion violated her rights
- U.S. Supreme Court says Mojave Cross veterans’ memorial can stay
- Church wins zoning dispute
- Conservative Rabbi Wins Fight Against Kosher Law
- Religious freedom is fundamental to human rights
- NewsReal Sunday: Pastors Beware! UK Arrested Someone for Preaching.
- Even Controversial Views Should Be Protected by Freedom of Speech
- Workplace Religious Freedom Bill Finds Revived Interest
- The End of Religious Freedom?
- We Can’t Tell You
- U.N. body adopts resolution on religious defamation
- Obama Pressed to Appoint an Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
- Put the pope in the dock
- Religious heritage belongs in our schools
- Gilbert poised to rescind controversial religious ban
- Prayers over PA system stop at public high school
- Faith healers would no longer be exempt from laws under bill
- Gay couple may sue Christian B&B owners
- The Work-Free Sunday Movement Getting Organized in Europe
- Court Upholds 'Under God' In Pledge
- Bishops offer help with Senate
- Appeals for calm after Nigerian sectarian slaughter
- Before Justices, First Amendment and Aid to Terrorists
- The Torture Memo John Yoo Should Have Written
- Learning From the Sin of Sodom
- Prayer on! Forsyth County appeals prayer-ban ruling. New Hanover watching case closely
- Debating TV for Prop. 8 trial
- Land to Congress: Stop D.C. 'gay marriages'
- The Torture Lawyers
- The D.C. Government’s Strike against Foster Kids – and Religious Liberty
- Christian Educators Barred from Arguing Against Anti-Religious Court Order
- House overwhelmingly says 'End ban on teachers wearing religious dress'
- Florida law protects posting small religious symbols
- Congressional authority usurped
- 2009
- In God, North Carolina politician doesn't trust
- Top U.S. court to hear religious freedom case
- Official Chinese Newspaper Publishes Call to Change Religion Policy
- Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (UC Hastings)
- Germany’s Highest Court Rules Against Sunday Shopping
- The Problem of Islamic Religious Persecution
- Sikh-Americans and Religious Liberty
- EU accused of meddling as Equality Bill debated
- District approves same-sex marriage
- Viewpoints: Much gray in debate of faith vs. medicine
- New Turn in Debate Over Law on Marriage
- CCR Files Opening Brief in First Supreme Court Case to Challenge Patriot Act
- U.S. judge bans 'I Believe' license plates
- Ireland's 'blasphemy law' worries religious liberty proponents
- The U.S. State Department has released the 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom
- House Committee Considers PATRIOT Reform (UPDATED)
- Clinic forbids Dallas doctor's Islamic head scarf
- Italy unites to condemn crucifix ruling
- Pork byproduct in swine flu vaccine
- U.S. courts weigh challenges to wording of pledge of allegiance
- Were These People Attacked for Their Positions on Marriage Equality?
- Archdiocese opposes legalizing gay marriage in District of Columbia
- Land, other religious leaders: Sanctions needed on Iran
- Defeat in Maine a harsh blow to gay-marriage drive
- Fla. man says Home Depot fired him over God button
- Benedict's Gambit with Anglican Split
- How the ELCA Left the Great Tradition for Liberal Protestantism
- Clinton urged to discuss religious rights with Iran
- Fiji Church Rules No Pants on Sunday
- Oregon and Tennessee Enact Religious Freedom Acts
- San Diego County Issues Citation Ordering Home Bible Study to Cease
- Nevada Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Domestic Partnerships
- AJR 19 Introduced to the California Assembly
- "Social and Moral Nonsense?"
- Oregon Passes the Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- US Commission on International Religious Freedom indentifies 13 countries on its “countries of particular concern” list
- Seventh-day Adventist Appointed as Religious Liaison for Obama Administration
- The Pendulum Pauses: California Supreme Court Declines to Hear Lutheran High School Case
- Proposition 8 Challenged in California Supreme Court
- The Pendulum Pauses: California Supreme Court Declines to Hear Lutheran High School Case
- Proposition 8 Challenged in California Supreme Court
- 2008
- 2007
- Religious Discrimination Litigation Report
- KASK Radio 91.5 FM Begins Broadcast in Vacaville, California
- 5-17-07 - Senator Kerry Pushes for Religious Tolerance, Better Care of Environment
- NARLA West Board Plans to Increase Awareness of Liberty Issues
- The Third Angel's Message Goes to Talk Radio
- Freedom at Work Still Under Fire
- Religious Freedom Goes to Court
- Bible in Public Schools?
- New Congress Aims to Protect People of Faith in the Workplace
- The Reporter - Church station's prayers answered
- 1-22-07 - Call for Prayer for Radio Ministry
- California Supreme Court Approves Inclusion of Religious Schools
- 1-24-07: Solano County Board Grants Permission for Radio Ministry
- A Voice on the Hill: NARLA and the New Congress
- 1-22-07 - Solano County Board of Supervisors to Reconsider Radio Ministry
- 2006
- UN Commission on Human Rights Closes Down
- Adventist Women Advocate Gender Equality at United Nations
- UN Expert on Religious Freedom Calls for Greater Support
- Iraq: Car Bomber Targets Baghdad Church; Christians Protest Attacks
- 6/19/06: Saudi Arabia: Arrested: four Christians found praying at home
- 5/19/06: Uzbekistan: Government Reportedly Closes Samarqand Adventist Church
- I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
- 6/19/06: Nepal: Adventists Welcome Secular State Declaration
- The Draft and Liberty of Conscience
- 9-15-06 - Mexico: Government Leader Says Religious Liberty Thriving
- Romania: Religious Liberty Festival Attendees Urged to Promote Freedom
- 11-7-06: Quebec Says Private Schools Must Teach Evolution or Close
- 10-03-06: Adventists Reaffirm Commitment to Religious Liberty - 25th Anniversary of UN Declaration
- Iraq: Christians Fleeing Country in War's Wake
- 10-31-06: United Kingdom: Discrimination, The Law and The Christian
- Book Review: Tempting Faith by David Kuo
- NARLA Calls on Congress to Address Workplace Religious Discrimination
- 6/30/06: Federal Court Rules For Sabbath-keeping Worker
- 6/27/06: Brazil: Religious Liberty Event Draws 32,000
- May 5, 2006 - McCain Keynote Address / NARLA-West Lobbies Congress in Support of WRFA
- Sen. John McCain Tells Adventists America's Leadership Tied To Its Moral Standing
- NARLA NEWS: James Standish Reports on Capitol Hill Events
- Senator John McCain Addresses Annual Seventh-day Adventist Religious Liberty Dinner
- IRS Releases Report on Political Activity in Churches
- Adventist Leaders Meet with President Bush, Discuss Workplace Religious Freedom
- The Ten Commandments Commission: Where do Seventh-day Adventists Stand?
- May 6, 2006 Designated "Written in the Heart" Day
- 1-22-06 - The Reporter - Supes to revisit radio station plan
- 2005 News Archive
- The Post-Rehnquist Supreme Court
- Adventist Church Holds AIDS/HIV Conference
- July 13, 2005 - International Religious Liberty Leaders Express Vision for Next 5 Yrs
- NARLA-West: Napa Valley Members Plan Booth at Napa Fair
- UN Expert on Religious Intolerance Appeals for Support, Commends Adventists
- Turkmenistan: Stop Religious Persecution
- "The Conscientious Objector" Documentary to Air Memorial Day on PAX TV
- American Jewish Committee Leader Urges Congress to Pass WRFA
- April 10, 2005 - NARLA West Members Lobby US Congress for Workplace Religious Freedom
- April 7, 2005 - Remarks of Senator Hillary Clinton at Adventist Religious Liberty Dinner
- January 12, 2005 – NARLA Forms Western Regional Chapter
- Duplicate of April 7, 2005 - Remarks of Senator Hillary Clinton at Adventist Religious Liberty Dinner
- Religious Minorities in Iraq Worried Constitution Won't Protect Them
- 2004 News Archive
- 2003 News Archives
- 2002 News Archive