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Archives for January 2018

#MeToo isn’t enough – act now to prevent and stop sexual abuse

January 31, 2018 by Michael Peabody

The #MeToo movement has opened the floodgates on sexual abuse allegations. Now it is up to churches, schools, and institutions to prevent it, and for parents to know the signs of sexual abuse to protect their children.

Filed Under: Action Needed, Religious Institutions

Pro se “RICO” case against CA mandatory vaccination law dismissed

January 30, 2018 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged that the State of California exceeded its powers when it passed a law removing all but medical exemptions to mandatory vaccination laws. In June 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 277 into law, removing the ability of parents to claim religious belief exemptions to otherwise […]

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: mandatory vaccination, pro se litigation

Dangerous Money: Gov’t money to churches has strings attached

January 26, 2018 by Ray McAllister

Politician is a puppet and a hand is pulling him by strings. DepositPhotos.com /

Would you choose to mount a sixteen-foot maraschino cherry on the roof of your church?  You probably wouldn’t, but would you consider doing so if it were part of a deal where your church would receive a large donation?  This situation may seem ridiculous, but many times government money offered to religious institutions has very troubling “strings” attached. 

Filed Under: Religious Institutions, Supreme Court Tagged With: canada, Canada Summer Jobs Program, Trinity Lutheran

PA Court flushes Amish free exercise claim after 8-year sewer battle

January 24, 2018 by Kelly Larios

An eight-year conflict has left a Pennsylvania family struggling to practice their faith against a sewage ordinance in Sugar Grove Township, Pennsylvania. Joseph and Barbara Yoder, an Old Order Amish family, have been ordered by local courts to install an electric pump in their outhouse, an action that directly contradicts their religious beliefs.

Filed Under: Current Events, Free Exercise, Legal Issues Tagged With: accommodation, Amish, religious freedom, religious liberty

Court orders parties to brief Establishment Clause issue in travel ban case

January 22, 2018 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Trump v. Hawaii (Docket No. 17-965) and directed the parties to prepare briefs and arguments on the issue of whether President Donald Trump’s travel ban, Proclamation No. 9645, also known as Executive Order 3 (EO-3), violates the Establishment Clause. 

Filed Under: Constitution, Immigration, Supreme Court

Proposed New York guidelines could permit public school districts to regulate private schools

January 21, 2018 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The state of New York is considering guidelines that could dramatically change the relationship between public and private schools.

Filed Under: Church and State, Education

10th Cir. reverses summary judgment in Title VII Sabbath accommodation case

January 19, 2018 by Michael Peabody

On January 17, 2018, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court improperly granted summary judgment against plaintiffs in a holy day observance case.

Filed Under: Employment Law Tagged With: Gardenburger, Kellogg, Morningstar Farms, religious accommodation, religious discrimination

The Turn at the Gate: What Jesus Knew about the Separation of Church and State

January 17, 2018 by Charles Mills

Damascus Gate - Jerusalem

Christians everywhere are driven by the same passion—to share God’s love with the world. But not all agree on how that’s best accomplished. Some insist that civil authorities should be involved—making it harder to run afoul of the Bible’s timeless principles. Others feel compelled to witness on their own. Perhaps it’s time to ask the age-old question: What would Jesus do? Good news. He answered that question two thousand years ago

Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: "In God We Trust", Jerusalem, religious liberty

When Not to Tell the Story: The Ethics of Announcing a Religious Conversion

January 17, 2018 by Ray McAllister

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Churches like nothing more than to have a wonderful and exciting conversion story to proclaim to the world.  What happens if proclaiming such a story puts lives in danger?  What happens when a person is put in danger against his will?  These questions have been at the center of a fascinating legal case, Doe v. First Presbyterian Church U.S.A. of Tulsa, (OK Sup. Ct., Dec. 19, 2017), involving a church that announced on the internet how one converted from Islam to Christianity.  

Filed Under: Ethics, Legal Issues

Supreme Court declines Establishment Clause challenge to Mississippi LGBT law

January 11, 2018 by Ed Dickerson

Supreme Court - DepositPhotos.com

On Monday, January 8, 2018, the United States Supreme Court declined to review both Barber v. Bryant and Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant, two suits filed against Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant contesting the state’s law (HB 1523) which allows public officials and businesses to deny services to LGBT people for religious reasons.

Filed Under: Constitution, Legal Issues

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Geneva, Switzerland - December 03, 2019: World Health Organization (WHO / OMS) Headquarters - DepositPhotos.com

Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ultimate control over America’s health care and its national sovereignty will be put up for a vote next week at a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA).  On May 22-28, 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly will convene at the United Nations […]

Statement on the Leak in Dobbs

The leak was intended to disrupt the processing of the decision and we are not going to dignify the leak or the unidentified leaker by analyzing it prematurely. As a constitutional republic we cannot go down that road without doing severe damage to the institution of the Supreme Court where there must be professional courtesy between the justices and their staffs.

Boston City Hall - photo from Supreme Court Opinion

Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. Boston (Dec’d 5/2/2022) that the city of Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to participate in a city flag raising program.

Active Liberty - a survey of Justice Stephen Breyer's religion clause jurisprudence - Supreme Court

Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions

A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.

Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars

In Canada, it is easier for the disabled who do not suffer terminal illness to get approval for assisted suicide than approval for affordable housing. The government has calculated the cost of providing healthcare versus providing assisted suicide.

Random Quote

Faith is either something that informs one at all times or it isn’t anything at all, really. When the Chinese government tells its citizens that they can worship in a certain building on a certain day, but once they leave that building they must bow to the secular orthodoxy of the state, you have a cynical lie at work. They’ve substituted a toothless “freedom of worship” for “freedom of religion”.

— Eric Metaxas

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