Jessica Gresko

The Supreme Court on June 29 used the case of a Christian mail carrier who did not want to work Sundays to solidify protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations.

The Supreme Court is hearing the case Dec. 5 of a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, a dispute that's the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the highest court.

The Supreme Court on June 27 sided with a football coach from Washington state who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games.

The Supreme Court on June 17 unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples as foster parents. The justices said the city of Philadelphia wrongly limited its relationship with the group as a result of the agency's policy.

The Supreme Court is telling California that it can't enforce coronavirus-related restrictions that have limited home-based religious worship including Bible studies and prayer meetings.

The court’s action was a victory for the Diocese of Brooklyn and Orthodox Jewish synagogues that had sued to challenge state restrictions announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Oct. 6.

A case about the appropriate separation between church and state is taking center stage at the Supreme Court, which is hearing arguments by telephone for a second week because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Next week, the Supreme Court will hear the case of Kristen Biel in a disability discrimination lawsuit she filed against her former employer, St. James Catholic School in Torrance, California. Biel died last year at age 54 after a five-year battle with breast cancer.

The virus outbreak has put much of American life on hold, but the nation's culture wars seem immune from the pandemic.