Read the full remarks of the President’s 2018 State of the Union Address here. The President and First Lady’s Special Guests Read full bios for each of the President and First Lady’s guests here. Source: State of the Union

By John Zmirak  – stream.org – January 1, 2018 I dream that in 2018 we’ll see Justice Ginbsurg retire. And Pope Francis. And zero funding for Planned Parenthood, plus a pro-life president of Mexico. Last time I urged the reader to prayer with my list of the “big three” bad events I hope we don’t undergo in 2018. So it...

By: Rebecca Hagelin – townhall.com – January 3, 2018 “Religious persecution.” It’s a phrase that conjures up awful scenes of brutality and human rights violations in distant lands. Christians in many countries are routinely locked up, beaten or deprived of their livelihoods simply for attempting to practice their faith. Most of us can’t imagine what it’s like for the government...

By: firstliberty.org – December 28, 2017 As 2017 closes, America finds itself at a tipping point, with the stakes for religious freedom at an all-time high. Not only will the results affect the religious rights of millions of citizens in the present era, they are likely to have a long and lasting impact on the religious liberty of future generations....

By: firstliberty.org – December 28, 2017 Salem, Ore. – Today, the Oregon Court of Appeals issued its decision in the case of Aaron and Melissa Klein, former owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa who were represented by First Liberty Institute. The court ruled against the Kleins, upholding a decision by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) that resulted in...

by David French –  nationalreview.com – December 27, 2017 If I had to pick one of the most under-appreciated and under-reported stories of 2017, it would be that a post-Christian America is a more vicious America, and that the triumph of secularists is rendering America more polarized, not less. Remove from the public square biblical admonitions such as “love your...

  By: firstliberty.org – September 15, 2017 On September 7, 2017, attorneys with First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of their clients, Aaron and Melissa Klein. The amicus brief was filed in support of Jack Phillips, the petitioner in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which is expected to...

By: Allen West – allenbwest.americanewshub.com – December 4, 2017 King Henry VIII declared himself head of state and head of church, establishing the Church of England. Therefore, those who were not members of the Church of England were persecuted. And we must remember that King Henry wanted to accommodate his own personal behavior — divorce — so he created his...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – December 4, 2017 It’s astounding how many defenses of the state’s position in Masterpiece Cakeshopdepend on misrepresentation and misconceptions. Last week I wrote about the most common misrepresentation — that Jack Phillips discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation when he refused to design a custom cake for a same-sex-wedding celebration. After all, he...

By: George Will – nationalreview.com – December 2, 2017 The conversation about a cake lasted less than a minute but will long reverberate in constitutional law. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear 60 minutes of speech about when, if at all, making a cake counts as constitutionally protected speech and, if so, what the implications are for...