Scripture as safe harbour? Why a religious text exemption in hate speech law is the wrong fix

The federal government’s exemption for quoting religious texts in its proposed hate speech law has attracted criticism — it ...
National Catholic Register

Canadian Government Set to Remove Religious Exemptions From Hate-Speech Laws

Legislators in Canada are reportedly poised to strip religious protections from the country’s hate-speech laws as part of an effort to crack down on hateful symbols throughout the country. Lawmakers ...
JD Supra

Non-Profit Snapshot: 4 Things Non-Profits Need to Know About SCOTUS’s Religious Tax Exemption Ruling

Welcome to this edition of the FP Non-Profit Snapshot, where we take a quick look at a recent significant legal development with an emphasis on how it impacts non-profit organizations. This edition ...
West Virginia MetroNews

State health agency could have sought more detail for religious exemptions but did not

West Virginia public health officials acknowledge that families seeking religious exemptions to school vaccination policies do not have to elaborate on their beliefs. All that families seeking such ...
Reuters

US health agency issues letter to states and providers on vaccine religious exemptions

Sept 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday that providers and states administering vaccines to children through the government's free access program must ...
West Virginia MetroNews

What’s a religious exemption and what’s a philosophical one? Even the lawyers see that differently

The judge in a vaccine exemptions case that resumes this week asked lawyers to complete some homework about a central question that is also existential: How would you differentiate between religious ...