In recent years, the Supreme Court has repeatedly and clearly ruled that the law must accommodate religious beliefs and expression. Still, some states continue trying to ignore or subvert the clear constitutional protections for religious freedom, which benefit society, including the nonreligious, in areas including education, healthcare, social unity, and civil rights.
(The Center Square) – A Seattle-area church filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit this week after a lower court ruled that the church must pay
“Cedar Park Church celebrates and protects life from conception to natural death; it’s unconscionable for the state to force any church to pay for abortions,” John Bursch, Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy at Alliance Defending Freedom, the legal group helping represent the church, said in a statement.