https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to little sisters of the poor en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/04/21/evangelical-healthcare-sharing-plan-catastrophically-fails-why-did-so-many-join-first Remember the 1990s ? The inexplicable popularity of fluorescent fanny packs? The innocent thrill of getting AOL and connecting to the world wide web for the first time? Everyone talking about how Bill Clinton was probably the Antichrist who would… Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:34:24 EDT Chrissy Stroop 3a5201a0-d8a5-48d7-9668-f79b3addd2ff https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/30/how-ruling-masterpiece-cakeshop-could-embolden-white-nationalists While deploying “religious freedom” arguments to push back on progressive social change is hardly new, the explicitly anti-LGBT premise of the upcoming Masterpiece Cakeshop suit is a relatively novel iteration of this bedrock principle’s adjudication at the high court, according… Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:34:05 EST Sunnivie Brydum dab00b59-b194-4419-ac2b-76dc904e0155 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/10/09/whats-behind-trumps-impossibly-stupid-roll-back-contraception-mandate If it’s not obvious why the Trump administration has decided to roll back regulations requiring employers to offer contraceptive coverage in their health plans: it’s the base, duh. This is little more than Trump paying off conservative Christians, who are… Mon, 09 Oct 2017 02:14:31 EDT Daniel Schultz 53a065d0-faeb-4943-9c9f-e87ec4ad0036 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/08/02/seth-meyers-tries-unpack-trumps-faith-narcissistic-prosperity-gospel On Monday’s episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host took a break from lampooning the breaking news that constantly dribbles out of the White House, instead focusing on “Trump’s evolving views on faith, religion, and separation of church… Wed, 02 Aug 2017 04:33:39 EDT Sunnivie Brydum a7a30e44-3285-4224-ab23-7ee2a8583bcd https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/04/why-trumps-religious-liberty-order-whole-lot-nothing This morning’s presidential signing of an executive order “promoting free speech and religious liberty” isn’t the broad license to discriminate against LGBT people that many activists feared. Instead, it’s a vague, largely symbolic gesture that seems intended to appease the… Thu, 04 May 2017 06:47:36 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 081ec1d1-7c23-4ddd-92a8-871317920a62 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/29/did-scotus-just-restore-sanity-religious-liberty-debate Largely lost in the (understandable) hubbub about the Supreme Court’s historic Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt abortion decision was its action the following day that may recast the parameters of the religious liberty debate. On Tuesday, the court declined to… Wed, 29 Jun 2016 01:35:43 EDT Patricia Miller c401ee57-e76d-435a-a4fc-896790644ab8 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/17/why-i-miss-scalia-scotus-punts-religious-freedom Is it the habits? The crosses? What is it about the Little Sisters of the Poor that seems to have the power to cloud the mind of the Supreme Court? If you substituted any other word for “contraception” in the… Tue, 17 May 2016 11:04:28 EDT Patricia Miller 7d84770c-1dae-4107-b777-49fd2949d7cf https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/02/cruz-brings-gop-nomination-toilet Now that Ted Cruz’s last hope for stopping Donald Trump rests on ginning up panic and outrage over transgender women using the ladies room, we can officially say that the Republican nominating process is in the toilet. Cruz is stoking… Mon, 02 May 2016 02:46:34 EDT Patricia Miller 0a44c394-363f-4eaa-8ced-54cfc88c7f1c https://religiondispatches.org/2016/04/19/latest-zubik-v-burwell-religious-orgs-propose-compromise-they-themselves-would-oppose With headlines like ” 53 Percent Say Making Nuns Participate in Obamacare Birth Control Mandate is Unfair,” the conservative Christian press has found its angle on Zubik v. Burwell. For the rest of us, here’s a way through the legal… Tue, 19 Apr 2016 02:08:06 EDT Elizabeth Platt c8b6d8db-c8ff-49e6-bed4-09b20d6bc94e https://religiondispatches.org/2016/03/28/religious-liberty-whatever-anyone-says-it Between last week’s Supreme Court hearing on the challenge to the contraceptive mandate accommodation by the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious non-profits, and Georgia’s attempt to pass an expansive religious liberty bill, it’s clear that we’re at… Mon, 28 Mar 2016 03:16:53 EDT Patricia Miller 23676e43-9961-428b-8f9f-9d7bb3456785 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/03/22/little-sisters-being-sold-face-contraception-case As the Scalia-less Supreme Court gets ready to hear the latest challenge to the contraceptive mandate, almost two years to the day after it heard the historic Hobby Lobby case, you could be forgiven for thinking that the case is… Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:46:03 EDT Patricia Miller 00df6014-5b42-4f3f-9ffb-da6139e6ad55 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/13/religious-freedom-advocates-warn-theocratic-zones-control With Kim Davis and representatives of the Little Sisters of the Poor both trotted out as as GOP guests at President Obama’s state of the union speech, it’s clear that “religious freedom” is here to stay as an animating issue… Wed, 13 Jan 2016 04:54:30 EST Patricia Miller 8372d47e-5332-440f-b6d9-9c2500142cd1 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/11/09/3-reasons-scotus-challenge-contraceptive-mandate-religious-liberty-stalking-horse Now that the Supreme Court has announced that it will hear a consolidated set of cases regarding objections to the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act, including the suit brought by the Becket Fund on behalf of the Little… Mon, 09 Nov 2015 04:12:35 EST Patricia Miller 4355f0e6-e15b-4aa6-8b70-3f88e71e710a https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/21/paperwork-defense-takes-step-closer-supreme-court Employers who refuse to even fill out paperwork for their religious accommodation on contraception win a battle… Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:35:46 EDT Patricia Miller 712ec2aa-8a81-4857-bc96-4a8eea3dbad1 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/10/what-kim-davis-and-little-sisters-poor-have-common At first blush, it doesn’t seem that Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and the Little Sisters of the Poor, the order of nuns who refuse to provide contraception coverage in… Thu, 10 Sep 2015 05:21:22 EDT Patricia Miller 4b98c1c1-72a9-4686-a3ff-bc9e34fdce4b https://religiondispatches.org/2015/07/16/how-little-sisters-won-losing-religious-liberty-case Anyone scanning the headlines about the federal appeals court’s rejection of the Little Sisters of the Poor’s challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate could be forgiven for thinking that the Little Sisters lost: Denver’s Little Sisters of the… Thu, 16 Jul 2015 02:51:03 EDT Patricia Miller c7dfd9f7-c96e-4563-b2b1-360d13abad1c https://religiondispatches.org/2014/09/12/pro-patriarchy-argument-all-its-glory In case anyone is still unsure exactly what the many lawsuits against the contraceptive coverage requirement in the Affordable Care Act are about (hint: not religious freedom), a lawsuit filed in Missouri this week provides a refreshingly clear picture. Republican… Fri, 12 Sep 2014 04:20:46 EDT Patricia Miller 2279ebdc-3a97-4276-9e09-4888f25cc9b6 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/03/24/can-you-be-liberal-and-catholic And if you are, can you get some media love? Mon, 24 Mar 2014 01:04:20 EDT Patricia Miller 04436038-1473-46ba-ac8f-7dd1b7ffa3e3 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/03/14/catholic-nuns-back-obamacare-contraception-access “It isn’t faith and freedom when reproductive autonomy isn’t extended by the Catholic Church to women.” Fri, 14 Mar 2014 01:12:17 EDT Patricia Miller 09df3816-dc27-43ce-9f47-d74e1da03b91 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/01/03/big-question-about-little-sisters-poor The “church plan” exemption. Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:13:13 EST Sarah Posner 7ebe3ade-f9dc-4272-b2ce-e99b84024c32