Free Exercise Clause – Law Meets Gospel https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com Informing faith communities about legal issues Fri, 16 May 2025 12:33:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.lawmeetsgospel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cropped-LawMeetsGospel.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Free Exercise Clause – Law Meets Gospel https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com 32 32 120435859 “Churches’ Bill of Rights” from Ind. Att’y Gen. & Lt. Gov. https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2025/05/16/churches-bill-of-rights-from-ind-atty-gen-lt-gov/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=churches-bill-of-rights-from-ind-atty-gen-lt-gov Fri, 16 May 2025 12:33:42 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=2100 Continue reading "“Churches’ Bill of Rights” from Ind. Att’y Gen. & Lt. Gov."]]> 2100 10th Cir.: No interlocutory appeal on ministerial exception https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2022/06/12/10th-cir-no-interlocutory-appeal-on-ministerial-exception/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10th-cir-no-interlocutory-appeal-on-ministerial-exception Sun, 12 Jun 2022 13:16:41 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2022/06/12/10th-cir-no-interlocutory-appeal-on-ministerial-exception/ 2051 Wis. Ct. App.: Church Daycare Cook Cannot Sue Based on Prohibition against Cohabitation https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2022/03/07/wis-ct-app-church-daycare-cook-cannot-sue-based-on-prohibition-against-cohabitation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wis-ct-app-church-daycare-cook-cannot-sue-based-on-prohibition-against-cohabitation Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:00:05 +0000 http://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=2049 Continue reading "Wis. Ct. App.: Church Daycare Cook Cannot Sue Based on Prohibition against Cohabitation"]]> 2049 W. Dist. N.C.: Religious Pro-Life Demonstrators may proceed in challenge to COVID Order on religious, not free-speech grounds https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2022/03/03/w-dist-n-c-religious-pro-life-demonstrators-may-proceed-in-challenge-to-covid-order-on-religious-not-free-speech-grounds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=w-dist-n-c-religious-pro-life-demonstrators-may-proceed-in-challenge-to-covid-order-on-religious-not-free-speech-grounds Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:05:24 +0000 http://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=2047 Continue reading "W. Dist. 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Ind.: Ministerial Exception Requires Dismissal of Title VII Claims By Catholic School Guidance Counselor https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2021/08/12/s-d-ind-ministerial-exception-requires-dismissal-of-title-vii-claims-by-catholic-school-guidance-counselor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=s-d-ind-ministerial-exception-requires-dismissal-of-title-vii-claims-by-catholic-school-guidance-counselor Thu, 12 Aug 2021 22:52:28 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2021/08/12/s-d-ind-ministerial-exception-requires-dismissal-of-title-vii-claims-by-catholic-school-guidance-counselor/ 1904 “[Department of Labor] Issues Opinion Letters on FLSA Exempt Status and Ministerial Exception” https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2021/01/14/department-of-labor-issues-opinion-letters-on-flsa-exempt-status-and-ministerial-exception/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=department-of-labor-issues-opinion-letters-on-flsa-exempt-status-and-ministerial-exception Fri, 15 Jan 2021 01:28:46 +0000 http://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/?p=1886 1886 D.C. Dist.: RFRA requires allowing church to hold in-person, outdoor worship https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2020/10/23/d-c-dist-rfra-requires-allowing-church-to-hold-in-person-outdoor-worship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=d-c-dist-rfra-requires-allowing-church-to-hold-in-person-outdoor-worship Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:54:14 +0000 https://www.lawmeetsgospel.com/2020/10/23/d-c-dist-rfra-requires-allowing-church-to-hold-in-person-outdoor-worship/ 1851