'When health experts and public officials determine that large gatherings must be cancelled for the public good, we must follow their lead and apply these guidelines to secular and religious gatherings equally. The Constitution not only permits it, but demands it," said AU President and CEO Rachel Laser. "Such restrictions do not violate religious freedom; they ensure religious freedom is not misused in ways that risk people’s lives."

An Iowa man got angry because a local LGBTQ rights group had held a festival in town that included a storytime for children. In response, he checked out four LGBTQ-themed books from the Orange City Public Library and made a video of himself setting them on fire.

Last June, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved new directives for Catholic hospitals, declaring that in any affiliation, a Catholic facility must ensure that its administrators and employees will not 'manage, carry out, assist in carrying out, make its facilities available for, make referrals for, or benefit from the revenue generated by immoral procedures' - which typically include abortion, sterilization and all contraception except for natural family planning.