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‘Real battle is spiritual’: Pete Hegseth announces Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the creation of a Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs (ORA), marking the latest in a series of faith-related reforms at the Department of Defence headquarters.

The Times of India · Oct 2

Pentagon Launches Office of Religious Affairs Reporting to Hegseth After 180 Religious Codes Removed

Hegseth's new Office of Religious Affairs reports directly to him and carries fiscal deadlines, raising church-state questions for minority-faith and nonreligious troops.

International Business Times UK · Oct 2

Outrage spreads over Hegseth plan for Religious Affairs office at the Pentagon

Religious freedom advocates fear Hegseth’s ‘disgusting, immoral, unethical and unconstitutional’ move will open the door to Christian nationalist influence

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Oklahoma approves first-ever taxpayer-funded religious school in case expected to draw legal battle

Nation’s first publicly funded religious school sets up a major challenge over separation of church and state

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Religious leaders sue to overturn Missouri’s abortion ban

ST. LOUIS — More than a dozen faith leaders filed suit Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court to overturn Missouri’s abortion ban, arguing state legislators acted based on their personal religious beliefs and violated the separation of church and state protected in Missouri’s Constitution.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jan 19, 2023

Jews, Muslims and others say Roe v. Wade reversal threatens their religious freedom

LOS ANGELES — For 25 years Rabbi Barry Silver has served as the spiritual leader of L'Dor Va-Dor, a progressive synagogue in Boynton Beach, Florida. Like most congregational rabbis, he offers a Jewish perspective on major life events, giving weekly sermons, performing weddings, funerals and baby namings, and occasionally counseling…

Los Angeles Times · Jul 28, 2022

Alarm as US supreme court takes a hatchet to church-state separation

A series of court decisions has raised fears that the conservative majority are forcing religion back into the US political system

The Guardian - US · Jul 2, 2022

A High School Football Coach, His Covenant and the Separation of Church and State

The Supreme Court is expected to side with a public school football coach who prayed on the field. Many fear the decision will erode a bedrock of American democracy.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 13, 2022

‘If he wins, they’ll implement a Christian version of sharia law’: The community divided by prayers of high school football coach

US Supreme Court set to make another ruling with huge reverberations, writes Andrew Buncombe in Bremerton

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Anita Chabria: Christian nationalists are behind LGBTQ+ laws. California isn't immune

LOS ANGELES -- When more than 100 Walt Disney Co. workers walked out of their Burbank offices to protest the companies lackluster opposition to Florida's unforgivable "don't say gay," law this week, it seemed like a heartening example of California rising to its reputation as a beacon of inclusivity and…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 25, 2022