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Texas Supreme Court to decide legal battle over El Paso migrant shelter’s future

Justices on Monday heard arguments from Annunciation House, which is fighting to stay open, and the Texas Attorney General’s office, which claims the shelter’s work with migrants violates state law.

The Texas Tribune

Daytona Beach tried to ban food pantries

A year-long battle with the church and City of Daytona Beach has finally come to an end

Salon

Clarence Thomas’s wife thanks group for efforts to block court ethics reforms

Ginni Thomas writes ‘thank you so, so, so much’ to group for fighting effort to rein in wayward supreme court justices

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Ginni Thomas praises anti-reform group

In call with donors, First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas

Salon

Hotel Cancels Pro-Israel Event Amid Safety Concerns

Pro-Israel event canceled due to safety threats, relocated to new venue. Legal and religious freedom concerns arise.

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An Arizona church known for feeding migrants now says the city is blocking its work

Gethsemani Baptist Church in San Luis has been organizing food drives for nearly 25 years. But in a new lawsuit, the church alleges that the city has started to push back against this work.

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Charges dropped against Ohio pastor who housed homeless people at his church

Chris Avell, a pastor from Bryan, Ohio, faced charges after turning his church into a quasi-homeless shelter, partly in response to the city's housing shortage.

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An Ohio church is suing a city over not being allowed to house homeless people

Dad's Place in Bryan, Ohio, filed a federal lawsuit accusing the city of religious discrimination, arguing that providing food and shelter to those in need is a religious activity.

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Ken Paxton tried to hide his affair from his wife and voters. It may be his undoing.

The impeachment trial that starts Tuesday is expected to center on Paxton’s infidelity, and could air out the sordid details of the staunch, Christian conservative’s life as he sits just yards away from his wife, and her 30 Senate colleagues.

The Texas Tribune

Conservative Christians want more religion in public life. Texas lawmakers are listening.

Opponents of church-state separation have been emboldened by recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the growing acceptance of Christian nationalism on the right.

The Texas Tribune

Matthew Kacsmaryk: Who is the Trump-appointed judge trying to ban abortion pills?

Texas judge presiding over several cases with far-reaching national implications

The Independent UK

Federal judge at center of FDA abortion drug case has history with conservative causes

U.S. District Matthew Kacsmaryk was once deputy counsel for the First Liberty Institute, the Plano-based conservative Christian law firm.

The Texas Tribune

Mac Engel: If you support HS coach who prayed after game, then then you must back Colin Kaepernick

Given the nature of our third branch of government, the United States Supreme Court, the ruling is no surprise.

Tribune News Service

New vaccine may be option for troops with religious concerns

A COVID-19 vaccine that could soon win federal approval may offer a boost for the U.S. military: an opportunity to get shots into some of the thousands of service members who have refused the other coronavirus vaccines for religious reasons

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‘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

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