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Who Is Suing Over New York’s Vaccine Mandate?

In courtrooms from Manhattan to Utica, judges are weighing whether exemptions that would cover thousands of health care workers will be allowed.

The Marines Reluctantly Let a Sikh Officer Wear a Turban. He Says It’s Not Enough.

While other armed services allow some religion-based exceptions to dress standards without problems, the Marines insist that even small deviations can threaten the force’s effectiveness.

Opinion | Religious Beliefs and Abortion Laws

How religious belief affect abortion laws and vaccination.

Opinion | When Politics Isn’t About Principle

From vaccine mandates to religious liberty, your allies often matter more than your ideology.

Vaccine Resisters Seek Religious Exemptions. But What Counts as Religious?

Major denominations are essentially unanimous in their support of the vaccines against Covid-19, but individuals who object are citing their personal faith for support.

Supreme Court Stays Execution in Dispute Over Pastor’s Role in Death Chamber

The ruling was the latest in a string of decisions on the role that spiritual advisers may play in death row inmates’ final moments.

Supreme Court Stays Execution in Dispute Over Pastor’s Role in Death Chamber

The ruling was the latest in a string of decisions on the role that spiritual advisers may play in death row inmates’ final moments.

Opinion | I’m a Former Pastor, and I Don’t Believe in ‘Religious Exemptions’ to Vaccine Mandates

There is no legitimate religious basis for exemptions from vaccine mandates in any established stream of Christianity.

Opinion | We Work at the A.C.L.U. Here’s What We Think About Vaccine Mandates.

They protect the most vulnerable among us.

Who Can Make You Get a Covid Vaccine?

Employers, universities and local governments can all issue some type of vaccination requirement. Here’s what to know about the mandates.

Houses of Worship Struggle Back, and Tread Lightly on Vaccines

Emptied out by the pandemic, most churches in New York City do not require worshipers to be vaccinated. Rules vary from place to place.

Opinion | What the Supreme Court Did for Religion

The court has become more open to claims of government regulations impeding religion. 

An Unmarried Catholic Schoolteacher Got Pregnant. She Was Fired.

A lawsuit that she filed in New Jersey is testing the First Amendment limits of religious freedom.

Opinion | A Supreme Court Case Poses a Threat to L.G.B.T.Q. Foster Kids

Will Philadelphia be able to exclude a Catholic adoption agency from its foster care system because it refuses to work with gay couples?

Archaeologists Uncover Decapitated Bodies From Roman Britain

Technological advances, including DNA and tooth enamel analyses, allowed researchers to form new conclusions about capital punishment under Roman rule.

Alabama Lifts Its Ban on Yoga in Schools

For the first time in three decades, yoga can be taught, but the law will still bar teachers from using Sanskrit names for poses.