Washington D.C., Nov 30, 2018 / 16:00 pm
An order of religious sisters in Pennsylvania has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the drilling of a government-sanctioned gas pipeline through the religious order's property. The Adorers of the Blood of Christ claim the plan is a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
"These nuns have every right to tell the government and its corporate partners to stay off the convent's land and respect the nuns' right to exercise their religious beliefs about the sacredness of God's creation," John Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute, said in a statement Nov. 28. The institute has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the order.