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...

By: Attorney General William P. Barr – justice.gov – October 11, 2019 Remarks as prepared for delivery Thank you, Tom, for your kind introduction. Bill and Roger, it’s great to be with you. Thank you to the Notre Dame Law School and the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture for graciously extending an invitation to address you today. I’d also like...

By: Leonardo Blair – christianpost.com – October 11, 2019 Former Texas representative and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said Thursday that churches, charities and other religious institutions that oppose same-sex marriage should lose their tax exempt status. And if he becomes president, this is a policy that he will seek to quickly enforce by executive action, according to the LGBTQ plan on...

By: Todd Starnes – stream.org – September 19, 2019 In my new book, Culture Jihad: How to Stop the Left From Killing a Nation, I issued a call to action. I urged gun-toting, Bible-clinging patriots to be men and women of courage. Click here to get my book. And that’s exactly what a group of high school football fans did the other day at...

By: Jeremy Dys – firstthings.com – May 2019 Two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, conservative religious voters who supported him despite reports of his personal immorality appear to have been vindicated. Religious freedom has turned out to be, as candidate Trump promised, one of President Trump’s chief priorities. And he has prioritized it to good effect. Three months into his...

By: Fred Lucas – dailysignal.com – August 26, 2019 As a kid, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie recalls, he visited a VA hospital at Christmastime. “One of my fondest memories growing up, we used to sing Christmas carols at the VA hospital in Fayetteville, North Carolina,” Wilkie told The Daily Signal, sitting in a 10th-floor office at VA headquarters on Vermont Avenue...

By: Fred Lucas – dailysignal.com – August 29, 2019 Veterans gave Vice President Mike Pence a standing ovation on Wednesday when he told them about the Trump administration’s reversing of the bans on religious symbols in veterans hospitals, declaring flatly, “The Bible stays.” Pence was discussing specifically a New Hampshire lawsuit when he addressed the 101st American Legion National Convention in Indianapolis in...