Archive for the 'Freedom of Speech' Category
Friday, February 22nd, 2019
We were concerned when California passed a law that would force Pro-Life pregnancy centers in the state to provide referrals to abortion clinics. It was an obvious restriction on free speech. Not only that, the new law would force many to violate their own religious convictions and liberty in the process. But the real concern […]
Filed under: California, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Lawsuits, Pro-Life, US Judicial
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Thursday, June 28th, 2018
The U.S.Supreme Court has made a number of rulings this season that supported the First Amendment. In this case free speech was the First Amendment issue cited as being violated by the State of California. From Christianity Today: The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to block a California law requiring pregnancy centers post referrals to state-funded […]
Filed under: Court Decisions, Freedom of Speech, SCOTUS
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Saturday, December 30th, 2017
Must public officials give up their religious liberty? In past generations this question would have seemed to be ridiculous in the face of the First Amendment but over and over again those serving in public office are now being challenged to conform to secular and atheist notions of ‘Church and State’ rules of conduct that […]
Filed under: Atheist Agenda, Christian Organizations, Christians, Church and State, Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Discrimination, Free Exercise of Religion, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Gay Agenda, Politically Correct, Politics & Religion, Progressive Agenda, Same-Sex Marriage, SCOTUS, Secularism, US Judicial, USA
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Thursday, September 7th, 2017
A judicial nominee was interrogated and attacked by Democrat Senators over her Catholic and Christian beliefs. The theme seemed to be – ‘Are you or have you ever been a Catholic’ who actually believes in the teaching of that faith? Here’s the story from from Todd Starnes on Townhall: Senate Democrats came dangerously close to […]
Filed under: Constitutional Rights, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Judicial Activism, Politically Correct, Politics, Progressive Agenda, US Government, US Judicial, USA
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017
DIVERSITY? NOT! All over America universities and colleges are calling for ‘diversity’ but that doesn’t seem to include conservatives and Christians. Here is just one example: The University of Central Florida’s (UCF) student government has recently appointed a new Diversity Chair, and its conservative students are less than thrilled. It’s not that Grayson Lanza is […]
Filed under: Discrimination, Freedom of Speech, Politically Correct, Toleration, USA
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Monday, July 24th, 2017
Dr. Richard Dawkins was scheduled to speak in Berkeley CA but his appearance was cancelled because he has dared to criticize Islam in the past. Here’s the story from The NY Times: A public radio station in Berkeley, Calif., said it canceled a live discussion and book signing with the evolutionary biologist and noted atheist […]
Filed under: Atheist Activists, Blasphemy Laws, Colleges & Universities, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Speech, Islamic Intolerance, Islamophobia, Politically Correct, Politics & Religion, Progressive Agenda
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Tuesday, May 16th, 2017
The Lexington Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission attempted to force a Christian printer to produce T-shirts for a gay pride event. The Christian businessman has now won his second appeal in court against the commission. Here’s the story from the FaithWire: A Kentucky appeals court has ruled that the government cannot force a Christian […]
Filed under: Christian Businesses, Constitutional Rights, Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Discrimination, Free Exercise of Religion, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Lawsuits, Religious Persecution, USA
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
According to the US Constitution, free speech is still protected in this country. Last week hundreds of students at Berkeley (U of CA) disagreed and rioted to block a scheduled visit by a conservative who they considered to be a purveyor of ‘offensive’ speech. Ironically, over 50 years ago students at the same institution initiated […]
Filed under: Constitutional Rights, Culture & Religion, Culture Wars, Education, Free Speech, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Politically Correct, Schools, Schools and Religion, US Judicial, USA
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
In July The Civil Rights Commission in Iowa declared that churches must comply with the state’s transgender bathroom laws regardless of the first amendment since they were ‘open to the public’ for worship services. Later, they backed away from that when a lawsuit followed. Now a Federal Court has ruled that churches in Iowa do […]
Filed under: Constitutional Rights, Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Discrimination, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Gay Agenda, Iowa, Lawsuits, LGBT, Transgender Rights
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Monday, October 10th, 2016
A report from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) Blamed an increase in hate speech and racist violence against Muslims in the UK on the press. The European Union bureaucrats demanded that the British government clamp down on freedom of the press and force the UK media to refrain from identifying terrorists as […]
Filed under: Europe, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Islamic Terrorism, Islamist Radicals, Jihad, MSM, UK
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