#religious-accommodation

#religious-accommodation

A federal appeals court held that requiring teachers to use students' chosen names and pronouns does not violate a Christian substitute's First Amendment rights.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth barred service members with shaving waivers from attending his South Korea event and tightened waiver policies for medical and religious reasons.

Proposals to tighten military shaving and beard policies risk undermining religious accommodations and medical waivers, affecting Sikh and other service members who maintain uncut hair for faith or medical reasons.