Families sue W.Va. school district over Christian assembly (AP, 2/17/22)
"A group of parents and students are suing a West Virginia school district for allowing an evangelical preacher to hold a religious revival assembly during the school day earlier this month that some students were required to attend."

LGBTQ students say hopes dashed after feds drop BYU investigation (Salt Lake Tribune, 2/10/22)
"The Department of Education was looking into whether the private religious school was exempt from Title IX."

New Report on Christian Nationalism and the J6 Insurrection Shows Just ‘how dire the threat is” (Religion Dispatches, 2/15/22)
“America is a shared idea. And Christian nationalism refuses to share. It excludes non-Christians and the wrong kind of Christians, as this report shows…. This is the choice we face as a nation: Christian nationalism or America? We cannot have both.”

Potential Supreme Court nominee faces questions on religious rights case (The Washington Post, 2/29/22)
"Leondra Kruger argued 12 cases at the Supreme Court, representing the United States in both Republican and Democratic administrations, and one of them is receiving special scrutiny as President Joe Biden decides whether to nominate her to the bench."

Many faith leaders wary of religious exemptions for vaccine (AP, 2/12/22)
"By the thousands, Americans have been seeking religious exemptions in order to circumvent COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but generally they are doing so without the encouragement of major denominations and prominent religious leaders."

Commentary
(Everyone has an opinion...)

Christian nationalism drove Jan. 6: Now it's embraced the Big Lie, and wants to conquer America (Salon, 2/1/22)
"America has a choice between democracy and Christian nationalism, says author of new report: "We can't have both"

A Tennessee couple's struggle to adopt shows religious freedom is under siege in America (CNN, 2/15/22)
"No one should be denied the ability to provide a loving home for foster children because of their religious beliefs."

Separation of church and state? Let's get real — that's over. So what do we do now? (Salon, 2/12/22)
"Jefferson's "wall of separation" is history. There are other, better ways to fight the Christian right's onslaught"

Should governments shun work with religious groups that don’t serve Jews? (Jewish News Syndicate, 2/16/22)
"A Jewish couple seeks to overturn a Tennessee law that says a Christian adoption agency shouldn’t be forced to work with non-Christians. But if they win, that won’t be good for the Jews or religious freedom."

France is on a dangerous collision course with its Muslim population (CNN, 2/5/22)
"French lawmakers last month voted to ban women and girls from wearing hijab while playing sports -- showing the world once again that when it comes to further politicizing, targeting and policing European Muslim women, our clothing choices and bodies, France is in a league of its own."