Inspiration
Preventing (and Solving) the Polarization Problem
By Brent Buttler - I hate to say it, but sometimes the church can have striking similarities with the current U.S. Congress. Thankfully, the…
2016
71 articles
Free Speech
Why the United States should not give up control of the Internet naming system
Congress has two more days to act to save free speech, but in a year when the Internet has been the biggest thorn in the side of both partie…
Constitution
U.S. Civil Rights Commission report gives free exercise of religion second-tier status
In a stunning report, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Chairman Martin Castro attacked the Religious Freedom Restoration Act at both the stat…
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Advocacy Highlighted at Northwest Religious Liberty Association Anniversary Banquet
On August 16, 2016, the Northwest Religious Liberty Association (NRLA) celebrated its 25th anniversary by highlighting key legislative achie…
Employment Law
“Ministerial exception” preempts discrimination lawsuit brought by injured church school teacher
On August 15, 2016, a Federal Court in Maryland upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a 56-year-old injured music teacher at a Sevent…
Discrimination
Newly Amended SB 1146 Passes California Assembly
Yesterday the California Assembly passed SB 1146 (48 to 28 with 7 abstaining), sending the amended higher education anti-discrimination bill…
Legislation
SB 1146 Amended to Focus on Title IX Exempt Institutions
The California legislature updated SB 1146 yesterday to focus on Title IX-exempt institutions. SB 1146 now includes disclosure and reporting…
Church and State
America in Bible Prophecy
By Bill Cork - It will be our fear, the fear we see around us today, that will be our undoing.
Legislation
CALIFORNIA: Full assembly will likely vote on SB 1146 before August 31
The California Assembly will likely vote on a controversial bill designed to pressure religious colleges and universities to abandon faith-b…
International
Living in a World with Increasing Violent Insanity
During my junior and senior years in college, I worked the night shift at a large Massachusetts state mental institution to pay my college e…
