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St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne, Australia.

Australian archbishop calls for faith protections in wake of shelved religious bill

Aug 14, 2024

“It is regrettable that such important legislation is not proceeding,” Melbourne Archbishop Peter A. Comensoli said in a statement. Read more

Queen of Angels bookstore in Jacksonville, Florida, will not be forced to use a transgender person’s preferred pronouns when they are different from his or her biological sex, according to a settlement agreement reached with the city Sept. 7, 2023.

Settlement: Catholic bookstore exempt from Jacksonville trans pronoun mandate in Florida

Sep 8, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

“Free speech is for everyone,” said Hal Frampton, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented the bookstore in the... Read more

Lorie Smith, owner and founder of 303 Creative, at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court sides with web designer opposed to same-sex marriage

Jun 30, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

The court’s 6-3 ruling states that the First Amendment’s free speech clause protects a Colorado web designer who feared prosecution... Read more