Case Background In the matter of the court case Anthony Rubino et al, vs. the City of New York, argued on June 8, 1984, a group of ministers ordained by the Universal Life Church petitioned the New York County Supreme Court to allow them the right to perform marriage rites. The petitioning ministers believed that Read More

Case Background This case concerned Jason B. O’Neill and Jennifer R. O’Neill as they submitted to the Court of Common Please of Bucks County, PA for a decision regarding the validity of their marriage. They had been married by a minister who was ordained by the Universal Life Church. The court had to decide whether Read More

Case Background In 1974 a group of ministers ordained by the Universal Life Church had their rights to conduct marriage ceremonies taken away by the Circuit Court of Richmond, VA. This group of ministers, named under M.A. Cramer in the case, appealed the decision in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to rule that any Read More

Wheaton College is a small, liberal arts college located in the Midwestern United States. It is also an evangelical Protestant college with strong religious views. Last Wednesday, the college filed a law suit, under the auspices of the Catholic University of America, opposing President Obama’s new health care plan mandate that requires all schools, charities Read More

A district court in Cologne, Germany ruled today that parents should not have the legal privilege to have their sons circumcised on religious grounds. The basis for the ruling was that parents should not be able to subject their children to the “minor bodily harm” caused by the circumcision procedure, regardless of the privileges otherwise Read More

Kansas governor Sam Brownback signed a bill on March 26, 2012 that will effectively prevent Kansas courts, agencies and tribunals from basing decisions on the legal codes of foreign countries and, more significantly, of foreign religious groups. The language of this law, which will come into effect on July 1 and was approved with bipartisan Read More