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State Must Show Compelling Interest to Bar Child Sex Offender from Church Services
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (170+ words) In Reeces Chapel Missionary Baptist Church v. Buck, (ED NC, Aug. 14, 2026), a North Carolina federal district court refused to dismiss a suit challenging North Carolina's statute barring a registered child sex offender from being within 300 feet of a location intended primarily…...
Recent Articles of Interest
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (281+ words) Note to Readers: Recently, the number of articles being posted each week to the Social Science Research Network has grown dramatically. This has resulted in each Monday's posting on Religion Clause of "Recent Articles of Interest" becoming unmanageably long-- often…...
Texas Governor Attacks Airports' Plans to Install Ablution Facilities for Muslim Prayer Preparation
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (158+ words) On August 14, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to the CEO of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport accusing two Texas airports of illegally favoring Muslim travelers. The letter (full text) said in part: Texas Tribune reports that the Dallas-Fort…...
Exorcist Priest's Defamation Suit May Move Ahead
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (168+ words) In Martins v. Romero, (ED MI, Aug. 21, 2026), a Michigan federal district court refused to dismiss a suit by a Catholic priest against a podcaster and a frequent guest on the podcast, alleging that their podcasts defamed him and cast his exorcism…...
Anti-Abortion Advocates Urge EPA To Require Data Collection on Mifepristone in Water Systems
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (288+ words) Anti-abortion advocates are using a new strategy in their efforts to limit or ban the use of the abortion drug mifepristone. In July, the Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register a Rule Proposal (full text) to require certain…...
Satanic Temple Sues Over Denial of Use of Iowa Capitol Rotunda for Holiday Events
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (164+ words) In Iowa, private organizations and individuals may request use of space on the Capitol Grounds, including the Capitol Rotunda, for events that are open to the public. Earlier this month, The Satanic Temple filed suit in an Iowa federal district…...
Massachusetts Supreme Court Says Religious Statues Proposed for Public Building Violate State Constitution
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (312+ words) In Fitzmaurice v. City of Quincy, (MA Sup. Jud. Ct., Aug. 20, 2026), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a trial court's preliminary injunction barring the city of Quincy from installing two 10-foot-tall statues on the facade of a new public safety building....
Two Cert. Petitions Raising Issues of State Aid for Religious Instruction Filed
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (367+ words) Two petitions for certiorari raising First Amendment issues were filed this week with the U.S. Supreme Court. Both involve the permissibility of state aid for religious instruction.A petition (full text) asking the Court to review a Virginia federal district court's…...
Churches Seek to Hold ICE In Contempt for Violating Injunction Limiting Enforcement Around Churches
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (165+ words) As previously reported, in February a Massachusetts federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring immigration officials from enforcing against plaintiffs in the case a new policy that allows ICE agents to conduct arrests, searches, or interrogations in or near…...
2nd Circuit: Church Autonomy Doctrine Bars Defamation Suit Against Church Leaders by Former Priest
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (136+ words) In Belya v. Kapral, (2d Cir., Aug. 18, 2026), a defrocked priest in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) sued church leaders and church entities for defamation. He claimed that defendants wrongly accused him of forging three letters from church leaders. The…...