U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton set a hearing for July 19 to address claims by the owners of Hobby Lobby and the Mardel Christian bookstore chains that their religious beliefs are so deeply rooted ...

Hobby Lobby Inc. was given a temporary exemption ... emergency birth control methods or face steep fines. U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton issued the preliminary injunction for the Oklahoma City ...

Signs were posted at the front entrance of Hobby Lobby on Friday on Preston Road in Dallas. The craft stores were ordered closed by Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.(Ashley Landis / Staff ...

As the basis for his conclusion, the judge cited Hobby Lobby decisions by the Supreme Court and 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the Religious Freedom Restoration Act shields people from ...

Since the birth of our nation, religious liberty has laid the foundation for America to become the freest society in the history of mankind. This spirit of freedom began when the pilgrims fled to ...

Hobby Lobby on Monday that for-profit employers with ... companies to “opt out of any law (saving only tax laws) they judge incompatible with their sincerely held religious beliefs.” ...

Hobby Lobby, the national chain of craft stores ... enterprises can “opt out of any law (saving only tax laws) they judge incompatible with their sincerely held religious beliefs.” ...

Hobby Lobby is facing a multi-state backlash for keeping some of its stores open amid the spreading coronavirus, with a Texas official suggesting that the arts-and-craft retailer is endangering ...

A judge committed to granting a religious exemption to the law would be able to find a way to use the Hobby Lobby opinion to justify doing so, even without Ginsburg's dissent. Judges set against ...

U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton did not rule on the company’s request for an injunction but noted Hobby Lobby’s deadline for compliance. “This does raise a lot of new and different issues ...

FILE - In this May 22, 2013, customers enter and exit a Hobby Lobby store in Denver. A federal appeals court on Thursday, June 27, 2013 ruled that Hobby Lobby stores have a good case that the ...