- 1. Court Rules City Can Shut Down Faith-Based Foster/Adoption Agencies
- ... seeking certification, and the agency never prevented a child from finding a home. Represented by Becket, Sharonell Fulton, a single mother who has fostered more than 40 children in 26 years, joined other ...
- Created on 22 April 2019
- 2. Court to Hear Chabad's 10-Year Plea for Fairnes
- ... over 15 years." "It's a shame that a small opposing group has been hiding behind ugly legal claims to stall the synagogue's right to build," said Daniel Blomberg, counsel at Becket, which represents the Chabad ...
- Created on 24 January 2018
- 3. Pentecostal Churches Receive Incredible 2018 Miracle
- ... than never," said Daniel Blomberg, counsel at Becket, the non-profit religious liberty law firm that represents the Texas churches and the Florida synagogues. "By finally following the Constitution, FEMA ...
- Created on 03 January 2018
- 4. Scrooge Strikes College Campus, Banning Any Mention of Holidays
- ... Religious Diversity" event this month. These new guidelines have earned CFANS the 2017 Ebenezer Award, Becket's lowest (dis)honor, awarded for the most ridiculous affront to the Christmas and Hanukkah season. ...
- Created on 20 December 2017
- 5. Little Sisters Anxiously Awaiting Their Fate
- ... from joining the case to defend their hard-won rights. Becket immediately appealed that order to the Third Circuit. "We are hopeful that the court will rule as the Supreme Court ruled, that the government ...
- Created on 14 December 2017
- 6. Attorney General Attempts to Silence Nuns
- ... to defend their rights. A similar hearing took place on Tuesday in Oakland, Calif., where nearly 50 people rallied outside the courthouse in support of the Little Sisters. Represented by Becket, the Little ...
- Created on 13 December 2017
- 7. AG Church in Desperate Need of a Christmas Miracle
- Minutes before midnight last night, Hi-Way Tabernacle and two other Texas churches filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit asking for the right to apply for disaster ...
- Created on 08 December 2017
- 8. Little Sisters of the Poor Back in Court
- ... exemption. Represented by Becket, the Little Sisters will be back in court to ensure that they can continue their vital ministry of caring for the elderly poor without violating their faith. Misconceptions ...
- Created on 06 December 2017
- 9. Why This AG Church Is Headed to Court
- ... told that they are not eligible. Today, represented by Becket, the churches went to federal district court in Houston, arguing that FEMA's discriminatory policy puts churches at the back of the line for ...
- Created on 08 November 2017
- 10. Historic Churches to Court: We Deserve Preservation, Too
- ... grant. Becket filed a friend-of-the-court brief defending Morris County's grant program and in support of the Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist and Presbyterian churches whose buildings have benefited ...
- Created on 19 October 2017
- 11. FEMA Suggests It Will Help Churches Only to Deny Them Aid
- ... its relief efforts, it denies them aid grants simply because they are religious. Last month, Becket filed a lawsuit against FEMA on behalf of Harvest Family Church, Hi-Way Tabernacle and Rockport First ...
- Created on 13 October 2017
- 12. 2 Cases That Prove Judge Gorsuch Should Be on the Supreme Court
- ... at Becket, a public interest law firm that defends religious liberty for people of all faiths. She twice clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court for Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. This article was ...
- Created on 05 April 2017
- 13. After a Yearlong Battle, This Christian Group Gets Back on Campus
- ... Alpha are a place of refuge. It's just common sense—and basic liberty—for religious groups to be led by students who share their faith," said Adèle Auxier Keim, legal counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious ...
- Created on 23 November 2015
- 14. City Threatens Black Church for Singing About Jesus Too Loudly
- After receiving bizarre reports that a 57-year-old African-American church was being threatened with fines of $500 per day for singing Gospel music too loudly, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed ...
- Created on 21 October 2015
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