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,...

West Virginia has passed a law against the abortion of unborn children old enough to feel pain, and abortion groups are not litigating. Source: Abortion of Pain-Capable Children: Laws against Go Unopposed | National Review Online

Bi-vocational pastors be warned – what you say from the pulpit on Sunday could get you fired from your public sector job on Monday. Dr. Eric Walsh, a renowned public health expert who also serves as a lay minister, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Public Health alleging he was terminated for delivering sermons on issues...