Or for poorer? How same-sex marriage threatens religious liberty.
I. INTRODUCTION II. THE EVOLUTION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN LAW A. The Decades-Long Effort to Strike Down Traditional Marriage Laws Has Been a Consistently Losing One, Until Recently B. By Firmly Establishing Same-Sex Marriage in Law, the Goodridge Decision Opened the Floodgates of Gay Marriage Litigation Across the Country...

Once again, the House of Representatives has voted to allow religious social-service providers using federal money to discriminate in hiring on the basis of religion.
* Once again, the House of Representatives has voted to allow religious social-service providers using federal money to discriminate in hiring on the basis of religion. The September 22 move culminated the latest in a long series of" House floor fights over expanding government grants to religious social-service providers....

White House defends faith-based hiring. (News).
The White House has officially spelled out its reasoning for supporting religious hiring practices of faith-based organizations that some critics have found discriminatory. Jim Towey, director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives, said federal law currently embodies at least five different approaches to...

Religion doesn't exempt taxation.
Byline: ON THE JOB By Dan Grinfas For The Register-Guard Question: I have a Muslim employee who initially refused to complete a W-4 form, claiming that for religious reasons he is exempt from having taxes withheld from his paycheck. I convinced him that by law he had...

Religious preference sometimes allowed.
Byline: ON THE JOB By Dan Grinfas For The Register-Guard Question: Is it legal for a religious day school to advertise for a varsity soccer coach with an ad that says they are seeking someone `committed to Christian evangelical faith who agrees with the mission and doctrinal...

Don't blame Oregonians.
Byline: The Register-Guard If Senate Bill 1000 dies in the Oregon House of Representatives, its legislative pallbearers won't present themselves as opponents of civil unions or as defenders of discrimination against gays and lesbians. Instead, they'll point to Oregon voters. They'll say that SB 1000, approved 19-10...

The week.
* Are we allowed to be against Obama? * Running for the Senate in 1994, Mitt Romney pledged to work for "full equality for America's gay and lesbian citizens" and argued that he would be a more effective champion of this cause than Ted Kennedy. He pledged...

Choosing partners. (Church And State Working Together).
GEORGE BUSH'S "faith-based initiative" has generated fierce debate at every turn--in the courts, in Congress and in public opinion. Yet in some respects, the initiative is already in place. The "Charitable Choice" provision included in the 1996 Welfare Reform Act is still the law of the land, and faith-based...

High Court Decisions Mixed for States.
The states won some and lost some in the Supreme Court's recent term, but when it comes to federalism the justices continue to lean in the states' favor. The Supreme court in its recently completed term reined in state laws that give visitation rights to grandparents, cast...

Follow golden rule to avoid employee lawsuits.
PORTLAND, ORE. -- As if it weren't aggravating enough to worry about frivolous lawsuits filed by patients, physicians, like all employers, also need to consider their legal liability with regard to their employees. Fortunately, most employment lawsuits are eminently avoidable, said employment attorney Kathy A. Peck at...