President Trump signed an executive order “promoting free speech and religious liberty” on Thursday. The final version of the order addresses two issues. First, it instructs the Internal Revenue Service to “not take any adverse action against any individual, house of worship, or other religious organization” that endorse or oppose candidates from the pulpit, which is currently outlawed by a...

For the first time ever, the United States was included in the International Christian Concern’s annual “Hall of Shame Report.” In the 2016 edition, released last week, the U.S. appeared in the “New and Noteworthy” category. “The persecution in these countries is not anywhere near the same level of persecution as those in the rest of the list,” the report explains, “but...

Source: These 6 Battlefields in 2017 Could Determine Religious Freedom’s Future | First Liberty Powerful institutions are manipulating the law to secularize America and make people of faith into second-class citizens. But in 2017, attorneys defending religious freedom have an opportunity to change that secular future. Perhaps the most promising opportunity lies in six areas of legal conflict—six “battlefields”—within the...

Honesty is a wonderful thing. Last week, during an interview with Terry Gross, New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet made a welcome confession: I want to make sure that we are much more creative about beats out in the country so that we understand that anger and disconnectedness that people feel. And I think I use religion as an...

Could moving a giant cross or cutting off its arms resolve a 1st Amendment case? RICHMOND — The fate of a 40-foot-tall cross that dominates a busy Maryland intersection provoked impassioned debate in a federal courtroom Wednesday, at one point including a question about whether cutting off the arms of the cross might resolve the legal issues. Two appeals court...

On November 8, America came within a hairsbreadth of electing as its president a serious persecutor of the church. And Christian citizens still have plenty to worry about. Our enemies have made that perfectly clear, in the latest ginned-up media attack on Chip and Joanna Gaines, the loveable hosts of HGTV’s Fixer Upper. Imagine if five years ago I had...

November 30, 2016 | TruthPR.com | — HGTV’s Chip and Joanna Gaines have captured the hearts of fans all across America. A-matter-of-fact, according to recent ratings over 3 million viewers has made “Fixer Upper” one of the top rated programs on cable. Why? Because the duo shares a refreshing admiration for one another and the home seekers they serve. The...

This video tells the story of a woman in Kansas who was ordered by the police to stop praying in her own home. Unless we defend it now, religious freedom in America could be lost forever. There is no organization that delivers as much in-depth information on the threats to religious liberty to as many people as Point of View....

A lower court prohibited a Marine from taping up a Bible verse in her own workspace. Americans serving in the military lost some of their rights earlier this month when the military’s highest court ruled that a Marine has no rights under an important religious freedom law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Because this military court has exclusive jurisdiction...

3 Reasons Why Hostility to Religion Harms Every American First Liberty Hostility to religion in America is escalating. This damages: Ordinary citizens who live normal lives according to their faith and conscience. The bedrock on which stand vital American institutions such as government, education, the military, business, houses of worship, and charity. Our other constitutional rights, including freedom of speech,...