Using Religion to Discriminate
FBI v. Fazaga
In a case scheduled to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on November 8, 2021, three Muslim Americans are challenging the FBI鈥檚 secret spying on them and their communities based on their religion, in violation of the Constitution and federal law. In what will likely be a landmark case, the plaintiffs 鈥 Yassir Fazaga, Ali Uddin Malik, and Yasser Abdelrahim 鈥 insist that the FBI cannot escape accountability for violating their religious freedom by invoking 鈥渟tate secrets.鈥 The plaintiffs are represented by the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California, the 老澳门开奖结果, the Council for American Islamic Relations, and the law firm of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai.
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老澳门开奖结果 of Northern California v. Burwell
The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Northern California, and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California filed a lawsuit against the federal government for awarding millions of dollars annually to organizations that provide care, including access to medical care, to unaccompanied immigrant minors. The government authorizes some of these organizations to refuse on religious grounds to follow the law that requires them to provide these young people with access to contraception and abortion, even if the minor has been raped.
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Jun 2016
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老澳门开奖结果 of Northern California v. Burwell
The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Northern California, and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Southern California filed a lawsuit against the federal government for awarding millions of dollars annually to organizations that provide care, including access to medical care, to unaccompanied immigrant minors. The government authorizes some of these organizations to refuse on religious grounds to follow the law that requires them to provide these young people with access to contraception and abortion, even if the minor has been raped.
Mississippi
May 2016
Using Religion to Discriminate
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Alford v. Moulder
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi today filed a lawsuit to challenge HB 1523, the anti-LGBT law that passed this spring. The lawsuit, which targets the Registrar of Vital Records, was filed on behalf of 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi members and Nykolas Alford and Stephen Thomas, a gay couple who are engaged to be married and face discrimination as a result of this law.
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Mississippi
May 2016
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Alford v. Moulder
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi today filed a lawsuit to challenge HB 1523, the anti-LGBT law that passed this spring. The lawsuit, which targets the Registrar of Vital Records, was filed on behalf of 老澳门开奖结果 of Mississippi members and Nykolas Alford and Stephen Thomas, a gay couple who are engaged to be married and face discrimination as a result of this law.
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Dec 2012
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Elane Photography, LLC v. Vanessa Willock
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of New Mexico have filed an amicus brief in the New Mexico Supreme Court in support of Vanessa Willock鈥檚 public accommodations suit against a photography studio that refuses to take pictures for same-sex wedding ceremonies.
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Dec 2012
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Elane Photography, LLC v. Vanessa Willock
The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of New Mexico have filed an amicus brief in the New Mexico Supreme Court in support of Vanessa Willock鈥檚 public accommodations suit against a photography studio that refuses to take pictures for same-sex wedding ceremonies.
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Dec 2011
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Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley
Jennifer Keeton, a student at Augusta State University (ASU), sought a court order requiring ASU to reinstate her in a graduate-level counseling program even though she insisted on a right 鈥 rooted in her religious beliefs 鈥 to counsel lesbian, gay and bisexual clients that being gay is immoral. ASU's counseling program requires its graduate students to adhere to the American Counseling Association's Code of Ethics, which prohibits counselors from discriminating based on sexual orientation, among other characteristics, and requires them to avoid imposing their values on their clients. The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting ASU's right to require its students to comply with these professional standards when counseling clients.
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Dec 2011
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Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley
Jennifer Keeton, a student at Augusta State University (ASU), sought a court order requiring ASU to reinstate her in a graduate-level counseling program even though she insisted on a right 鈥 rooted in her religious beliefs 鈥 to counsel lesbian, gay and bisexual clients that being gay is immoral. ASU's counseling program requires its graduate students to adhere to the American Counseling Association's Code of Ethics, which prohibits counselors from discriminating based on sexual orientation, among other characteristics, and requires them to avoid imposing their values on their clients. The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting ASU's right to require its students to comply with these professional standards when counseling clients.
Michigan
Oct 2011
Using Religion to Discriminate
Religious Liberty
Ward v. Wilbanks et al.
A student in a counseling program claims a right to discriminate against clients who wish to discuss same-sex relationships on the grounds that it violates her religious beliefs.
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Michigan
Oct 2011
Using Religion to Discriminate
Religious Liberty
Ward v. Wilbanks et al.
A student in a counseling program claims a right to discriminate against clients who wish to discuss same-sex relationships on the grounds that it violates her religious beliefs.