Bonnie Pritchett

• Atheist Organization Demands End to Seminary Classes in WI Prisons
  Held captive by a determination to keep religion confined to churches and homes, the Freedom from Religion Foundation is demanding the Wisconsin Department of Corrections sever ties with an...
  Monday, December 18, 2017
• Kentucky Supreme Court Will Hear Case of Man Who Refused to Print T-Shirts for LGBT Pride Event
  The Kentucky Supreme Court has agreed to hear the discrimination case against Blaine Adamson, owner of Hands On Originals, a Lexington, Ky., print shop. And that could be a problem.
  Friday, December 8, 2017
• Australia Attempts to Avoid U.S. Pitfalls in Same-Sex Marriage Legislation
  As attorneys for Colorado baker Jack Phillips prepare to defend his religious and free speech rights before the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 5, the Australian Parliament is drafting same-sex marriage...
  Monday, November 27, 2017
• Facebook Blocked Two Christian Ministry Pages This Month
  The social media giant blocked two Christian ministry pages this month, offering only vague explanations about community standards violations.
  Friday, October 27, 2017
• Missouri Satanist Challenges Pro-Life Laws as ‘Religious Tenets’
  Case represents a new tactic in challenging abortion regulations.
  Friday, October 20, 2017
• Air Force Punishes Colonel Who Refused to Condone Same-Sex Marriage
  U.S. Air Force officials have suspended a decorated officer and revoked his recommendation for promotion to brigadier general because he would not sign an unofficial document affirming a retiring...
  Friday, October 13, 2017
• FEMA is Withholding Disaster Relief Aid from Religious Organizations So Churches Took Legal Action
  Catholic and Jewish leaders file legal briefs arguing that the government should not exclude religious facilities from disaster relief aid.
  Friday, October 13, 2017
• Free Speech and Friday Night Lights
  “It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate,” the high court wrote in its 1969 decision.
  Monday, October 9, 2017
• ACLU Fights Faith-Based Child Placement Agencies
  Michigan lawsuit challenges the religious freedom of foster care and adoption groups.
  Monday, October 2, 2017
• Free to Speak, but Not at Work
  Conservatives increasingly find they must hide their views on the job, eroding the value of free speech.
  Monday, August 21, 2017
• School District Learns a Free Speech Lesson
  What began as a demonstration against abortion in front of a Pennsylvania high school became a lesson in constitutionally protected free speech for Downingtown Area School District students and...
  Monday, August 7, 2017
• Students Sue School for Hushing Pro-life Speech
  High schoolers say administrators discriminated against their club.
  Friday, July 21, 2017
• A Baker and a Florist Walk into the Supreme Court: Two High-Profile Religious Freedom Cases
  In their July 14 appeal, Stutzman’s attorneys asked the court to consolidate her case with that of Colorado baker Jack Phillips,’ which the court agreed to hear this fall.
  Friday, July 21, 2017
• Supreme Court May be Asked to Decide if Opening Government Meetings with Prayer is Constitutional
  The U.S. Supreme Court could again be asked to decide the constitutionality of opening government meetings with an invocation.
  Friday, June 23, 2017
• Minnesota Filmmakers Make Free-Speech Argument in Court
  Case preemptively challenges mandate for wedding industry businesses to participate in same-sex weddings.
  Friday, June 2, 2017
• Federal Court’s Redefinition of ‘Sex’ Could Have Wide Ripple Effects
  The 7th Circuit ruling adds sexual orientation to a list of classes protected under the Civil Rights Act.
  Friday, April 7, 2017
• Airman Faces Censure over Support for Biblical Marriage
  Decorated flight surgeon is accused of making discriminatory remarks about homosexuality.
  Friday, April 7, 2017
• Student Sues School over Girl in Boys’ Locker Room
  Lawsuit claims administrator told the student if he didn’t like the transgender policy, he could opt for homeschooling.
  Monday, March 27, 2017