A First Amendment controversy is brewing in Oklahoma over a college essay that led to an allegation of religious discrimination and an instructor put on leave. The matter involves an essay for a ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion but not every practice is automatically protected. From prayer in public schools to vaccine exemptions and workplace dress codes, some acts of faith ...

Colorado keeps pushing the limits of the First Amendment — making it the testing ground for court cases involving free speech and religious freedom. First came the state’s years-long persecution of ...

(The Conversation) — In recent years, litigation on certain types of religious freedom lawsuits have been practically run of the mill: prayer on school premises, for example, and government funding ...

Protections for religious freedom in the U.S. have grown in recent years with multiple states adopting laws to strengthen the constitutional right to freely exercise one’s religion. As of 2025, 30 ...

A proposed constitutional amendment aimed to protect religious expression in public schools passed its first legislative test ...