religion
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Federal judge declines to intervene as anti-vax CU doctor’s contract expires
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A federal judge has declined to block the University of Colorado’s medical campus from terminating a faculty member after she refused for nearly two years to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. “Dr. Jane Doe 3,” a rheumatologist at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, filed a motion on May 30 alleging she was two days away from…
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Judge refuses to halt Colorado ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy for children
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A federal judge has refused to block enforcement of a 2019 Colorado law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ children, rejecting several arguments from a licensed counselor in Colorado Springs who alleges the law violates her First Amendment rights as a professional and a Christian. Kaley Chiles requested a preliminary injunction against House Bill 19-1129, which…
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Denver city council takes stand against antisemitism
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In a rare instance of total unity, Denver City Council members Monday unanimously approved a proclamation condemning antisemitism. Members spoke passionately about the proclamation, decrying any form of hostility towards, or prejudice against, Jewish people. The measure was introduced by District 8 Councilman Chris Herndon. ‘Do no harm,’ Colorado chamber tells legislators ahead of 2023…
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Divided 10th Circuit upholds own ruling rejecting immunity for church in employment lawsuit
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In an unusual 6-4 decision, the federal appeals court based in Denver has refused to reconsider its ruling from earlier this year that found an Arvada church may be held legally liable for allegedly retaliating against one of its former employees. Originally decided in June by a three-judge panel, Faith Bible Chapel International and its religious…
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Challenges to vaccine policy at CU medical campus narrowed
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A federal judge has taken a sprawling lawsuit from 17 anonymous staff and students at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus and pared down the number of legal claims that may go forward challenging the school’s COVID-19 vaccination policy. U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore previously declined to block the medical campus’ vaccine…
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Colorado appeals to history, tradition in defending anti-discrimination law to SCOTUS
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Colorado is set to defend its anti-discrimination law before the nation’s highest court, filing a brief on Friday that pushes back against a Christian website designer’s refusal to provide her services for same-sex weddings. The U.S. Supreme Court in its upcoming term will hear the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which asks whether Colorado…
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Judge tosses suit by ‘high priestess’ of cannabis-focused church against Colorado Springs police
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A federal judge confirmed last month that neither Colorado Springs police nor the city itself was liable for any constitutional violation, tossing a lawsuit from the leader of a cannabis-focused ministry who was unhappy with officers’ presence on her property. Candace Sgaggio, the “high priestess” for Green Faith Ministry, claimed law enforcement personnel violated her…
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Appeals court upholds convictions for religious group’s killing of 2 girls
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Ashford Nathaniel Archer argued to the state’s second-highest court that there was insufficient evidence he committed child abuse resulting in death, stemming from his religious group’s 2017 killing of two girls in San Miguel County. The Court of Appeals disagreed last week, finding Archer was aware of the group’s overall decisions that led up to…
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Bishops to Catholic legislators who voted for abortion law: Taking communion is ‘sacrilige’
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Catholic legislators who voted for legislation to enshrine abortion rights and defy Catholic leaders’ request to not partake of the Eucharist commit a sacrilege and live in contradiction, behavior that, under church teachings, can only be remedied by repentance and absolution. But the Catholic leaders said the church won’t monitor whether the 10 Catholic members of…
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Abortion: A great religious divide that also unites faithful opponents and supporters
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When anyone seeks counsel regarding abortion from Rabbi Jay Sherwood, leader of Temple Shalom, Colorado Springs’ largest Jewish synagogue, he cites Jewish law, which, he maintains, subscribes to an undisputed rabbinical conclusion that life begins at birth, not at conception. Sherwood points to the Talmud, the main source of Jewish religious law and theology, referencing the unborn…
