UN Threatens Binding Treaty on “Defamation of Religions”

[Thursday], the UN Human Rights Council agreed to extend the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee, a UN body that is working on a binding treaty on the ‘defamation of religions’ by adopting the motion without a vote. However, support… Read More

Ninth Circuit: Pledge of Allegiance Constitutional

In a stunning reversal of its 2002 rejection of the Pledge of Allegiance, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco today ruled, in a 60-page opinion, that the words “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance… Read More

Indonesian Constitutional Court Hears Challenge to Blasphemy Law

On Thursday, the Constitutional Court in Jakarta held its first session to review Indonesia’s 1965 law against religious blasphemy. Since it was first enacted in 1965 as part of an effort to root out Communism and unify Indonesia, the Blasphemy… Read More

Supreme Court to Decide Landmark Student Rights Case

[On February 4th], The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed a legal brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a coalition of minority religious groups—including Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, and African American and Hispanic Christians—defending the right of the… Read More

Rocky Mountain Christian Church to Receive $1.25 Million in Attorneys’ Fees

On Monday, a federal judge ordered Boulder County to pay more than $1.25 million in attorneys’ fees to Rocky Mountain Christian Church.  This was a follow up to the 2008 decision, in which a jury found that Boulder County violated… Read More

United Nations Quashes Religous Freedom… Again

Today the United Nations adopted a resolution that empowers governments to punish its own citizens for expressing their religious beliefs and speaking out against a particular faith. In a vote of 80 in favor, 61 against, and 42 countries abstaining,… Read More

IRS’s New Regulations Ignore First Amendment Rights of Churches

Today, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty issued an official commentary on proposed IRS regulations which affect the First Amendment rights of religious organizations. The proposed regulations, issued in response to a court decision striking down the IRS’s approval process… Read More

Newdow challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance moves from New Hampshire to Massachusetts

In his latest constitutional challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance, atheist activist Dr. Michael Newdow has appealed a loss in New Hampshire federal district court to the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. Newdow seeks to overturn Chief Judge… Read More

Becket Fund Greets UN Freedom of Expression Resolution with Mixed Reviews

The UN Human Rights Council today in Geneva adopted a Resolution on the Right to Freedom of Expression, which The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty noted is a step in the right direction toward protecting free speech because it excludes… Read More

New Hampshire Federal Judge Throws out Challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance

A New Hampshire federal judge dismissed atheist activist Michael Newdow’s constitutional challenge to recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in Hanover, New Hampshire public schools. Judge Steven McAuliffe ruled that the schools’ morning Pledge recitation—including the words “one Nation under… Read More

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