The church is under attack in California. The California State Legislature passed a measure ordering Pastors and religious leaders to support homosexuality and stop preaching against it. In part of the resolution, the church along with conservative religious leaders and counselors were blamed for the high suicide rates among those who identify as LGBT. From […]
Officials trying to shut down a home Bible studies are becoming far too common occurrences in America considering that freedom of religion and speech is still guaranteed in the Constitution. When we read about government authorities trying to shut down home fellowships we try to post about it and send out an alarm to the […]
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 […]
A California judge has ruled in favor of a baker who was sued by the state for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding. Here’s the story from the Blaze: Kern County Judge David Lampe ruled that the state could not force Cathy Miller, owner of Tastries Bakery, to bake a cake that […]
Recently, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean tweeted that: “Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment.” Constitutional lawyer Emily Zanotti took exception to Dean in an interview. From The Blaze: For Friday’s episode of “Pure Opelka,” host Mike Opelka invited constitutional lawyer Emily Zanotti to discuss how very wrong […]
The majority of Americans are now in favor of limiting Religious freedom. 61% say that they oppose allowing businesses refuse service for religious reasons. This would include Christian owned bakers, caterers, florists, and printers who do not want to be involved in same sex marriages or LGBT events. Here’s the data from PRRI Research: New […]
For several years now LGBT and gay activists have proclaimed that ‘religious liberty’ and ‘freedom of religion’ were just code words for intolerance and discrimination. Now a representative of the US government is saying the same thing. From the Washington Times: The chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said that “religious freedom” and […]
The Civil Rights Commission of at least one state (Iowa) seems to be declaring that churches must comply with the state’s transgender bathroom laws regardless of the first amendment since they are ‘open to the public.’ Here’s the story from Todd Starnes of Fox News: Is a church a place of public accommodation and if […]
Atheist activists are suing Congress for the right to give an opening prayer they don’t even believe in? Here’s the story from the Blaze: Atheist activists are suing Congress, with the Freedom From Religion Foundation filing a lawsuit on Thursday over the claim that one of the secular group’s co-presidents was banned from giving an […]
There is a new trend in America started by those who oppose the second amendment and gun ownership. The idea is to tax the 2nd amendment out of practical existence. One American jurisdiction recently passed a $1,000 tax on the purchase of a gun and some cities like Seattle, Washington have already added an additional […]
