Merrick Garland’s record on religious freedom cases, including the contraception case now before the Supreme Court; The Supreme Court could become mostly liberal Jews and conservative Catholics; In ‘groundbreaking’ case, Franciscan friars charged with allowing abuse of at least 80 kids; The U.S. House just voted unanimously that the Islamic State commits ‘genocide.’ Now what?; Barber refuses to cut transgender Army veteran’s hair, citing religious views;   Religion headlines that matter   Kerry to issue statement on ISIS and genocide Congress imposed a March 17 deadline for the Obama administration to declare whether the Islamic State is committing genocide. By Michelle Boorstein  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Merrick Garland’s record on religious freedom cases, including the contraception case now before the Supreme Court In four cases that The Post identified, Garland sided twice against people who said they were victims of religious discrimination, and twice in favor. By Julie Zauzmer  •  Read more »   The Supreme Court could become mostly liberal Jews and conservative Catholics The religious makeup of the Supreme Court has been changing dramatically. By Michelle Boorstein  •  Read more »   In ‘groundbreaking’ case, Franciscan friars charged with allowing abuse of at least 80 kids The three friars are charged with covering up a friar who was accused of abusing children from the 1980s to 2010. By Julie Zauzmer  •  Read more »   The U.S. House just voted unanimously that the Islamic State commits ‘genocide.’ Now what? It's been more than a decade since Congress took up the topic of genocide. By Michelle Boorstein  •  Read more »   Barber refuses to cut transgender Army veteran’s hair, citing religious views Kendall Oliver identifies as mostly male and wears masculine clothing. But the barber declined to serve Oliver, saying he doesn't do women's haircuts. By Julie Zauzmer  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   News as it breaks Get immediate email when major national or political news breaks. You can also sign up for email alerts on: World News, Economy/Business, Technology, Health/Science/Environment, Entertainment or Sports at washingtonpost.com/newsletters. Sign Up »         Share Acts of Faith:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Acts of Faith. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071