By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – February 26, 2020 The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals broke no new legal ground last week when it reversed its earlier decision ruling that a cross erected on a public park in Pensacola, Fla., had to go. But it carries the message that the so-called Lemon legal test that has long governed interpretations...

By: Lathan Watts – foxnews.com – February 16, 2019 Family Research Council President and Pastor Tony Perkins on how the President has stood up for those of faith despite his critics. President’s Day began as a day to celebrate and commemorate the life and unmatched character and achievements of George Washington, who was born Feb. 22, and later, Abraham Lincoln,...

By: Rod Boshart – thegazette.com – February 13, 2020 Individuals and businesses in Iowa would be granted broader legal protection to take actions guided by their religious beliefs under a bill approved Thursday by a Senate subcommittee. The bill was advanced to the full Senate Local Government Committee for consideration on a 2-1 vote, despite concerns voiced by businesses struggling to attract...

By: Lacey McNiel – firstliberty.org – February 10, 2020 Today, First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to protect the right of religious schools to decide who teaches their faith in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru. “The Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that the Constitution bars the government from...

By: Tobias Hoonhout – nationalreview.com – January 29, 2020 Attorney General William Barr warned New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan of “an organized, militant secular effort” to suppress religion in “the marketplace of ideas” in an interview Wednesday. “The problem today is not that religious people are trying to impose their views on non-religious people,” Barr told Dolan on his SiriusXM radio...

By: T. Jipping & S. Neville – stream.org –  January 16, 2020 We celebrate Thursday, Jan. 16, as Religious Freedom Day, the anniversary of the passage in 1786 of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Unfortunately, the percentage of Americans who have heard of the law, or the day that commemorates it, is shockingly small. Yet Thomas Jefferson, who authored...

By:  Steve West – world.wng.org – November 5, 2019 The Kentucky Supreme Court vindicated a Christian printer who didn’t want to print pro-LGBT messages, but the victory may prove hollow. The court dismissed an LGBT organization’s discrimination claims last Thursday but left significant free speech questions unanswered. Since 2012, Blaine Adamson, the owner of Lexington, Ky., print shop Hands On...

By: Caleb Parke – foxnews.com – October 28, 2019 China is cracking down on Christianity and other religions as part of a campaign by the country’s Communist Party to “eradicate” so-called “pornography and illegal publications,” according to a Chinese persecution watchdog. One branch of the Protestant Three-Self Church, located in the northeastern province of Liaoning, was fined the equivalent of $1,400 after South...

By: Lathan Watts – americanthinker.com – October 16, 2019 Democratic presidential debates provide an excellent opportunity for the aspiring leaders of the party to address and embrace religious freedom for all Americans. Religious freedom should be considered a positive fundamental American principle by both major political parties. At least one of the Democratic presidential hopefuls — Beto O’Rourke — has stated that churches who...

By: First Liberty Institute – globenewswire.com – May 6, 2019 irst Liberty Institute is appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of Jeremy and Kristy Morris after a judge overruled a jury verdict finding the Idaho man’s HOA discriminated against him based on his religion.  First Liberty is asking the Ninth Circuit to reinstate the jury’s...