This article is part of a series focusing on Lens of Liberty, a project of the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation.[...]
According to an overreaching board of trustees, evangelical students at Princeton University should hide their religious affiliation because it stereotypes them as Republicans. The board recently announced their decision that the students must scrap the word “Evangelical” in their student club’s title. Therefore, what has been known for eight decades, since its founding in 1937, as the “Princeton Evangelical Fellowship” must now be called the “Princeton Christian Fellowship.”[...]
The Boy Scouts of America announced on Wednesday that they have changed their organization’s male-only policy to now include female membership in the scouts. Starting in 2018, the Cub Scouts -- an organization traditionally reserved for young boys and affiliate of the Boy Scouts -- will be open to girls, with a program for older females expected to be rolled out in 2019. As of now, this change will affect the overall organization but will not alter the single-sex nature of scout troops, the smallest and most intimate groups in the Boy Scouts. This shift also is not the first major one made by the group this year. In January, the Boy Scouts announced they would be accepting transgender individuals into their ranks as well.[...]
Let me be completely clear: if Harvey Weinstein is guilty of the sexual harassment, assault, and rape claims currently making headlines, he is a pig, a predator, and a criminal. His dirty little secrets should -- if everything plays out the way it appears to be playing out -- guarantee him some time in an orange jumpsuit. Also, this piece is in no way an attempt to blame the victims who were subjected to Weinstein’s licentious, destructive behavior.[...]
Since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) -- a treaty envisioned by Ronald Reagan and later implemented by Bill Clinton -- trade between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico has increased from $290 billion in 1993 to $1.1 trillion today.[...]
There is mixed news on the battle against efforts to impose the latest progressive fad of social emotional learning (SEL) on our children.[...]
Congressman Tim Murphy (R-PA) has resigned from the House of Representatives after the recent revelation that he encouraged a woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair to get an abortion.
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Today, the Trump administration announced it would be taking three important, new steps to better protect life and religious liberty:[...]
The U.S. House passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act by a vote of 237 to 187 on Tuesday afternoon. The bill if passed into law would ban abortions after 20 weeks except to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape and incest.[...]
Bill O’Reilly was once the king of cable news. Now he’s out, and his replacement -- Tucker Carlson -- is better than O’Reilly ever was.[...]