The British Parliament exploited a political dispute in Northern Ireland to force the legalization of abortion and same-sex marriage in the region. Northern Ireland, a country of 1.9 million, is a “devolved region,”...
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Thomas Valentine
Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Religious Liberty of Calligraphers
This past Monday marked another important victory for religious liberty, this time coming via an Arizona Supreme Court ruling. The case dealt with many familiar issues: two Christian calligraphers, Joanna Duka and...
Leo Thuman
Minn. Videographers Get Big Win in Key Religious Liberty Case
This past Friday marked a significant victory for religious freedom. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down most of a U.S. District Court decision which threatened to force videographers to produce content that...
Maryland Drops School from State Voucher Program over Christian Beliefs
In the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2015 landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, it concerned some jurists that institutions favoring traditional marriage might receive heavy-handed treatment from the...
Joe Biden Joins the Movement for a False “Equality”
Earlier this month, Democratic front runner Joe Biden reportedly declared that when it comes to his run for the presidency, the “Equality Act would be his top legislative priority, an effort to enshrine LGBTQ...
Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg
Colorado Baker Secures Another Big Win for Religious Liberty
In a win for religious liberty, the state of Colorado has decided to drop its case against Christian baker Jack Phillips after years of legal hostility. Phillips is the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop and was the leading...
Kelvey Vander Hart
New Democrat Dogma: No “Decent” Person Can Oppose Same-Sex Marriage
Democrats are now openly saying that if you disagree with same-sex marriage, you’re no longer a decent person. Some on the Left have been saying that for a few years now, forgetting that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama...
Taylor Swift Turns Political — And Loses Her Novelty
I remember the good old days — and by that, I mean less than 10 years ago — when Taylor Swift burst onto the scene. She was a breath of fresh air — a wholesome star with compelling, honest lyrics who...
Ireland Rejects Its Catholicism with Vote for Abortion
Ireland is no longer a Catholic country. It’s an anti-Catholic country. How do we know? The Irish people have told us. Their overwhelming votes in favor of same-sex marriage (62 percent in 2015) and legalized abortion...
Pro-Life Democrat Survives Leftist Challenge in Illinois
Chicago-area Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), one of the last pro-life Democrats in Congress, staved off a fierce primary challenge from a ferociously pro-abortion candidate last night. Rep. Lipinski defeated Marie...
The Real Fix to School Shootings: Bring Back the Missing Fathers
This article began as a discussion of the effects of fatherlessness on our education system. But then, before the ideas had even taken shape, Nikolas Cruz walked into a school in Parkland, Fla., and killed 17 students...
Lisa Hudson
Will the Supreme Court’s Swing Vote Retire?
Last summer, rumors abounded that Associate Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy would retire, but nothing came of it. Those rumors were given new life as Politico released the audio of a speech made by Senator Dean...
Shane Vander Hart
Low Same-Sex Marriage Numbers Betray Truth of LGBT Movement
There has been an incredible push in recent years to propagate “gay marriage” as a civil right. Arguments severed from nature and reason have multiplied as what is really a moral problem has been reduced to a political...
How Will Kennedy Rule? 3 Important Clues from Yesterday’s Wedding Cake Case
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. This case has enormous religious liberty implications nationwide. You may remember that Jack Phillips...
Adoption Becomes the Latest Battleground in Religious Liberty Debate
Kimberly Leonard, writing for the Washington Examiner, describes the clash between religious liberty and LGBT rights as it expands to include the issue of adoption. The issue is emotional and increasingly difficult to...
Mississippi’s Move to Protect the Family Should Be Lauded, Not Attacked
Mississippi has been in the news lately thanks to HB 1523, the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act.” By enacting this sane law, the state has taken a heroic stance on morality that holds...
A Win for Freedom: USDA Issues New Guidance to Protect First Amendment Rights
This article is part of a series focusing on Lens of Liberty, a project of the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation. In a Liberty Minute entitled “Less Free,” Helen Krieble discusses the results of a poll which show that most...
Terry Schilling
Will Christian Baker’s Supreme Court Case Decide Future of First Amendment?
It strikes one as an episode of the Twilight Zone to think that in the present moral climate, as The Washington Post reports, the Department of Justice would argue in defense of a Christian baker’s right to not bake a...
On Religious Freedom, the Media Serves Up More Fake News
Donald Trump is often mocked for his mantra “fake news,” not because he is wrong but because the two-syllable sound-bite is inarticulate and leaves itself wide open for pedantic criticism. Clever ideologues can easily...
