ReligiousLiberty.TV Archives
- General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Files Lawsuit to Defend Hiring Practices
- Why Free Speech is Key to Religious Liberty
- Justices Decline Abortion Law Case, Spotlighting Federal-State Conflict
- Faith & Fairness: Michigan’s Battle Over School Funding and Equal Protection – Hile v Michigan
- PODCAST: Supreme Court Rulings Explained: Religious Freedom, Free Speech & More
- Academic Review: Separation of Church and Business: A Look at Corporate Disestablishment
- Indiana Federal Court Holds Teaching of Evolution Does Not Violate Establishment Clause
- Religious Parents Appeal to Supreme Court Over Opt-Out Rights on Gender and Sexuality Education
- 9th Circuit Upholds Religious Exemption to Title IX in LGBTQ+ Discrimination Case
- The Story of America’s Motto: “In God We Trust”
- The End of Chevron: Supreme Court Shifts Power Back to Courts, Congress and the People
- Justice for the Unborn: The Court Decision That Forced California to Rewrite Its Murder Laws
- Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Discusses the Human Toll of Government Overregulation at Reagan Library Presentation
- Reforming the Bench: Noble Intentions, Constitutional Quandaries
- Ohio Enacts Law Expanding Religious Accommodations in Public Schools
- Liberté, Égalité, Laïcité: Secular France’s Struggle with Religious Freedom
- The Intersection of Art and Religion: Paris Olympics 2024’s Controversial Performance Analyzed
- Religious Freedom or Christian Privilege? The Controversy Surrounding Project 2025
- The Allure and Peril of Prophetic Tunnel Vision
- When Legal Strategies Go Awry: Gordon College’s Misuse of RFRA and Its Implications
- Project 2025’s Sunday-Saturday Challenge: Should Adventists Be Concerned?
- The Perilous Power of Political Rhetoric
- Michigan’s Vintage Solution to Religious Accommodation: Using a Ford Model T to Ensure Amish Road Safety
- Belgian Court Fines Government-Paid Catholic Leaders for Gender Discrimination
- Arizona Governor Vetoes Detransition Coverage Bill
- Courts in Kansas and Florida Challenge Biden Title IX Interpretation
- The United States and the Promotion of Religious Freedom: A Fourth of July Reflection
- Balancing Faith and Public Health: The Ninth Circuit’s Ruling in Bacon v. Woodward on Vaccine Mandates and Religious Exemptions
- No Clear Verdict: Supreme Court Sidesteps Social Media Censorship Battle
- The Impact of Overusing the Term “Extremist” and How it Hampers Meaningful Conversations
- The Challenge of Non-Religious Moral Beliefs in the Workplace
- Mandated Display of Ten Commandments: Does It Miss the Gospel’s Heart?
- Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law: A Closer Look
- The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Legacy in Advocating for Religious Freedom
- The Red Scare: Why Communist Countries Banned Religion
- A Festive Fight: 9th Circuit Rules on HOA’s Christmas Conflict
- A Comparison of Free Speech Rights in Canada and the United States
- Sixth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Biden Administration Expansion of Title IX
- Navigating the Johnson Amendment: Impacts on Non-Profit Advocacy
- Supreme Court Affirms Doctors’ Conscience Protections in Unanimous Decision
- Rising Anti-Semitism on Campus: A Disturbing Echo of Kristallnacht and October 7
- Court Dismisses Religious Curriculum Case in California Charter Schools
- To Flag or Not to Flag: The Debate Over National Flags in Christian Churches
- California Churches’ Legal Battle Over COVID-19 Restrictions: A Recap and Update for 2024
- Analysis: Appeals Court Halts Religious Liberty Training for Southwest Airlines Lawyers
- Project 2025: The Heritage Foundation’s Blueprint for a Conservative America
- Ocean Grove’s Beach Battle: A Church’s Tradition vs. Beach Access Law
- Iowa Governor Signs Landmark Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- European Sunday Alliance Issues Manifesto for Work-Free Sunday
- Jewish Students File Lawsuit Against UCLA Over Alleged Antisemitism and Campus Exclusion
- West Virginia Governor Signs Intelligent Design Education Bill Into Law
- Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Methodist Church’s Property Rights Amid Disaffiliation Dispute
- Parents Sue Maryland Schools Over LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum
- Michigan Appeals Court Upholds Convictions of Abortion Protesters for Resisting Arrest and Trespassing
- Vermont Families Sue State Over Foster-Care Policies, Citing Religious Discrimination
- Louisiana Bill Mandating Ten Commandments in Public Schools: Controversy and Implications
- Navigating the Lawfare Landscape: A Call for Christian Peacemakers in the 2024 Elections
- Guns, Banks, and the Beast: Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Latest Ruling
- Supreme Court Unanimous: Government Officials Cannot Leverage their Positions to Suppress Dissent
- The Fragility of the Constitution: A Warning Against Taking It for Granted
- California Lifeguard Sues Over Pride Flag Mandate: A Case of Religious Discrimination?
- Pending Supreme Court Decision Could Redefine Free Speech Online
- Why We Must Stand Against Anti-Semitism in Our Time
- Supreme Court clarifies threshold for employment discrimination harm under Title VII
- Indiana Court Weighs Rights of Transgender Students Against Teacher’s Religious Beliefs
- Uneven Approach to Law is Threat to Survival of America’s Cities
- Australia v. Elon Musk: Free Speech and an Abundance of Arrogance
- Making Sense of the Chaos: Are We Living in Postnormal Times?
- 8th Circuit – EEOC Argues Against Religious Discrimination Claim of Terminated Metalworker
- Pepperdine Caruso Law Hosts 2024 Nootbaar Fellows Workshop and Conference on “Charting the Future of Church and State”
- Pepperdine to Host Religion and Law Conference Feb 8 and 9
- Adventist Church publishes Small Group Bible Study Guides on Religious Liberty
- Pepperdine Caruso School of Law receives gift from Founders’ First Freedom for Law and Religion Fellows Program and Conference
- The Popularity and Pitfalls of Christian Nationalism
- Stephen Allred addresses Christian Nationalism in new Review article
- High School Students Take on Capitol Hill in Summer Intensive Sponsored by Founders’ First Freedom
- Supreme Court Rules First Amendment Protects Wedding Website Designer’s Freedom of Speech
- BREAKING: Supreme Court Ruling in Groff v. Dejoy Clarifies Religious Accommodation Requirements under Title VII
- Maine Catholic School Challenges State Anti-Discrimination Requirements for Funding
- Live Hope
- Pork Farm Supreme Court Decision May Allow State Legislatures to Regulate Moral Behavior In Other States
- Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Accommodating Religious Practices in the Workplace: Groff v. DeJoy Case Update
- Learn About US Government and Liberty of Conscience in the Nation’s Capitol: New Course for Adventist High School Students Gives College Credit
- Founders’ First Freedom files Amicus Brief in US Supreme Court in Support of Workplace Religious Freedom
- U.S. District Court Dismisses Hunter v. US Dept of Education Lawsuit
- Colorado Court: Baker Must Provide “Non-Expressive” Cake to Transgender Customer
- Supreme Court to Hear Christian Postal Employee Religious Discrimination Claim – Groff v. DeJoy
- Analysis of AB 2098 and Its Potential to Suppress Free Speech of Medical Professionals in California
- Idaho Supreme Court Denies Petition to Recognize Fundamental Right to Abortion
- Exploring the Potential Risks of CBDC – Privacy, Freedom and Economy Impacts
- “Exploring the Alarming Rise in Canadian Assisted Suicide Deaths: Is it Here to Stay?”
- Has America Ever Been a “Christian Nation”?
- Roger Williams and the Prophetic Blueprint for Religious Liberty
- The Countercultural Idea of a Christian University
- Jesus Declared Corrupt Moneychangers Bankrupt
- California Judge Rules that Christian Bakery Owner Can Refuse to Make Cakes that Violate Beliefs
- Indiana Court Upholds Ruling Taking Transgender Child Away from Parents Who Refused on Religious Grounds to Use Preferred Pronouns
- Federal Court: Pennsylvania Parents of First Graders Can Sue School District for Violating Parental Rights
- An Urgent Message to the World, Church, American Academia, and Christian Colleges
- Academic Freedom in Context
- Alex Jones, PayPal, and Freedom of Speech – An Explainer
- History in the Baking: Latest Wedding Cake Decision Appealed to Supreme Court
- Yeshiva University vs. YU Pride Alliance
- Postal Worker Asks Supreme Court to Hear Workplace Religious Accommodation Case
- A Christian Response to Moral Chaos
- Supreme Court to Decide Whether a State Can Compel Artists to Create Art Against Their Will (303 Creative v. Elenis)
- Texas court’s refusal to get involved in church dispute underscores the need for Alternative Dispute Resolution
- DOJ sues city for discrimination on behalf of Adventist
- No more Lemon tree – Supreme Court weakens Establishment Clause protections
- Prayer as Political Football – Post-Game Analysis of Kennedy v. Bremerton
- Supreme Court Jeopardizes Unenumerated Rights to Block Abortion
- Why Maine’s religious schools are likely to decline state funding
- Count the Cost: The Hidden Dangers of Government Funding of Religious Education
- Court says Maine Must Pay for Religious Schools: A Trojan Horse for the Culture Wars?
- Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week
- Statement on the Leak in Dobbs
- Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall
- Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions
- Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars
- Biden admin announces “Disinformation Governance Board”
- Supreme Court hears argument in football coach post-game prayer case
- CA bill would make it illegal to investigate deaths of newborns
- What it Means if Roe v. Wade is Overturned
- Satanic Temple Sues Company that Refused “Abortion Ritual” Billboard
- Biden anticipated to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
- Supreme Court to Decide: Can states force artists to speak contrary to their faith?
- Russian occupation will harm religious freedom in Ukraine
- The Pandemic, Vaccination, and the Crisis of Adventist Identity
- Tonga – Mandatory Sunday Rest Laws and the International Date Line
- A Concept in Common: Are Sunday Blue Laws Making a Comeback?
- Explainer: Supreme Court’s OSHA and HHS Vaccine Mandate Decisions
- Biden OSHA vaccine mandate raises constitutional concerns
- Court refuses to block Maine mandate that allows medical but not religious exemptions
- On the Vaccine and Religious Liberty
- Court to consider tax funding of religious schools, pre-viability abortion ban, and clergy activity at executions
- COVID-19 and Texas – Of Vaccines, Abortion, Privacy and Bodily Autonomy
- Why the “Shouting Fire in a Crowded Theater” trope should be retired
- Biden administration and Klobuchar bill to restrict freedom of speech online
- High Court hands Catholic Social Services narrowly drafted victory
- California agrees to stop enforcing restrictions on churches and to pay church attorney fees
- California lifts location and attendance limits on churches following Supreme Court ruling
- US Supreme Court overturns California restrictions on in-home Bible studies
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear Workplace Religious Accommodation Cases
- 9th Circuit Refuses to Block California’s In-home Bible Study Restrictions
- LGBTQ+ Students Sue to Eliminate Title IX Religious Exemption
- Supreme Court: Calif. restrictions on indoor church meetings unconstitutional
- Free Speech and Social Media Censorship: An Analysis
- Court unanimously finds RFRA plaintiffs can sue FBI agents for money damages
- Why the Supreme Court Should Hear the Dalberiste Workplace Religious Accommodation Case
- Dr. C. Norman Farley passes to his rest
- LA County recognizes churches are constitutionally exempt from stay-at-home order
- Los Angeles County lifts restrictions on Grace Community Church
- Court blocks New York Governor’s COVID Restrictions on Religious Congregations
- Goulard: Churches are Absolutely Essential
- FLORIDA: School that gets gov’t money scrutinized for firing teacher based on sexual orientation
- Supreme Court not likely to make individual FBI agents pay for allegedly violating Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- Satanic Temple claims abortion is a religious ritual protected by the Free Exercise clause
- Church deserves trial on constitutionality of shutdown order rules judge
- “I dissent!” A Survey of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Religion Clause Jurisprudence
- Wohlberg: Churches Should Not Surrender Right to Assemble
- LA County fails bid to shut down church and must prove why free exercise rights should be infringed
- Why Churches are Fighting Shutdown Orders
- Two Southern California Judges Refuse to Shut Down Churches This Weekend
- Ventura County Sues to Stop Church from Meeting Indoors
- Founders’ First Freedom urges Supreme Court to Restore Title VII Workplace Religious Accommodation Standard
- Court rules agency can decide if employers must provide contraceptive coverage
- Supreme Court: Religious schools immune from teachers’ discrimination claims
- Did the Supreme Court open the door to regulation of religious schools?
- Soros-backed bid to eliminate anti-prostitution pledge loses at SCOTUS
- Court strikes down Louisiana law that abortion doctors must have admitting privileges at local hospital
- Federal Court rules church can be excluded from California city downtown area
- COVID-19 aid package that does not exclude churches passes with bipartisan support
- The Critical Role of Accurate Billing in Podiatry and Its Impact on Patient Care
- Should churches “stay-at-home”? Martin Luther offers guidance
- Op-Ed: How parents can navigate the culture of COVID-19 fear
- Op-Ed: People need to help each other during COVID-19 crisis
- Supreme Court considers standing and medical necessity of admitting privileges in Louisiana abortion case
- Supreme Court finds Puerto Rico court lacked jurisdiction to seize Catholic assets to pay school pension obligations
- Supreme Court agrees to hear Philadelphia faith-based adoption agency case
- Supreme Court declines to hear Sabbath accommodation case
- Judge dismisses pension funding case against religious hospital chain
- Could a Supreme Court ruling requiring states to give religious schools voucher money kill voucher programs?
- Dept. of Education Releases Guidance on Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Schools
- “So help me God” and the jury – 11th Circuit rules juror who claimed “divine revelation” properly dismissed
- The Debate over Euthanasia: An Analysis of its Potential Dangers
- Supreme Court to decide whether church school teachers are barred from suing for discrimination
- Texas judge sues for right to refuse to perform same-sex weddings
- Supreme Court declines to hear case involving 1925 baptism
- Methodist denomination files suit alleging SMU covertly severed relationship with church
- Solicitor General recommends that Supreme Court hear Sabbath accommodation case
- Bill introduced today seeks to find balance between religious freedom and LBGT rights
- Indiana court rules Christian groups lack standing to challenge state RFRA
- Lemuel V. Sapian releases new book on America’s religious freedom divide
- Supreme Court to decide whether RFRA permits monetary damages against federal employees
- Ryan Snow’s new book explores how Congress passed the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act and why it matters
- Federal Court: Trump’s “Conscience Act” exceeds authority but does not violate the Establishment Clause
- Kentucky Court: Hands On Originals case dismissed – LGBTQ+ rights organization lacks standing
- Analysis: Could churches lose their tax-exempt status if they refuse to recognize same-sex marriage?
- BREAKING: Adventist Church approves pro-life position on abortion
- Primer on U.S. Abortion Law: Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Louisiana abortion restriction
- Tennessee sheriff sued for allegedly forcing a woman to be baptized during traffic stop
- California Court: Transgender person can sue Catholic hospital for discrimination for initially denying transition surgery
- Amidst growing criticism Adventist Church is revisiting abortion position
- Arizona: High court finds card makers can refuse same-sex wedding invite requests
- Catholic / Adventist hospital fires doctor who sued for right to provide suicide drugs
- Opinion: Atheists’ board invocations help religious freedom
- Court to decide whether Title VII protects LGBT employees
- Legal and Legislative Update
- Supreme Court to hear challenge to Montana’s no-aid-to-religion law
- BREAKING: Supreme Court says WWI Cross can stand due to age
- FFRF decides not to appeal 7th Circuit opinion upholding parsonage allowance
- Why the Free Exercise Clause needs to be strengthened
- High Court reverses Oregon finding against bakers and sends case back to lower court for further review
- Supreme Court rules that Title VII EEOC filing requirements are mandatory but not jurisdictional
- In Congress, Federal Equality Act as drafted faces feminist opposition
- Podcast highlights religious liberty and social justice through Adventist lens
- Vatican calls for religious freedom amidst competing strains of secularism and fundamentalism
- Another cake case gives Court opportunity to resolve free exercise confusion
- New York Court Upholds Emergency Mandatory Vaccination
- Supreme Court Requests Solicitor General’s Opinion on Sabbath Accommodation Case
- Historic Churches, WWI Crosses, and Constitutional Confusion at Supreme Court
- Founders’ First Freedom Announces Essay Contest Winners
- Supreme Court: The 8th Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is incorporated against the states via the 14th Amendment
- Parties objecting to regulatory decision must follow administrative process
- High Court decision on Muslim clergy at execution challenges rule of law
- Justices hint interest in revisiting Title VII religious accommodation while declining to hear football coach prayer case
- Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom of 1786 reminds us of the mutual benefits of church-state separation
- 9th Cir: Catholic School Teacher Fired for Requesting Time for Cancer Treatment May Pursue ADA Discrimination Claim
- Telling the Truth About Santa Claus is “Blasphemy” in America
- Minnesota Congresswoman’s Proposal to Allow Religious Headwear Deserves Support
- Supreme Court to decide whether Excessive Fines Clause applies to states
- Idaho Jury Finds HOA Discriminated Against Religion in Christmas House Case
- Supreme Court Agrees to Hear WWI Memorial Cross Case
- Grace v. Works: Alabama 10 Commandments referendum is theologically confusing
- Clergy Housing Tax Exemption Case Heard by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- Founders’ First Freedom Files “Friend of the Court” Brief Asking Court to Hear Religious Accommodation Case
- Turning Back the Clock: The Plot to Dismantle the Establishment Clause
- California lawmaker withdraws bill that would criminalize religion-based “gay conversion therapy”
- November Election a “Referendum on Your Religion” Trump warns Evangelical leaders
- Love: The Driving Force of Freedom
- John McCain: “No Freedom without Freedom of Religion”
- Constitutional rights of religious students on public college campuses outlined in new document
- CA Bill legalizing encouraging terminally ill to commit physician-assisted suicide passes Assembly
- Cake Wars Round II – Colorado baker files lawsuit to stop cake trolls
- US Senate strikes Johnson Amendment repeal from spending bill
- Kavanaugh on the Religion Clauses
- US Justice Department announces task force to protect free exercise of religion
- A quick look at Justice Kennedy’s Religion Clause jurisprudence
- The Romans 13 Crisis- A pastor looks at the authoritarian use of Scripture
- Supreme Court rules against state-mandated speech
- Misunderstood Authority: Why Christians should reject govt’s use of Romans 13
- Supreme Court: Religious animus irrelevant in Trump travel ban case
- They Came to Serve: Protestant Missionaries, Education, and Social Justice
- Who really won the wedding cake case?
- Florist asks Supreme Court for remand in wake of cake decision
- Breaking: Court issues 7-2 decision in cake case finding bias in tribunal decision
- Parties gearing up for 7th Circuit challenge to clergy housing tax exemption
- Ten years after CA Prop 8, has same-sex marriage affected churches?
- Weaponized Intercession: The Dangers of Using Prayer to Win at Politics
- In six states, religious day care centers avoid regulation at peril of children
- Student religious liberty essay contest to focus on universal human rights
- School worksheet promoted anti-Muslim discrimination says state dept of ed
- Moves by both sides make citizen journalism an endangered species
- Rohingya refugees from Myanmar tell stories of genocide
- Court hears argument on whether pro-life centers must provide abortion information
- Lautenberg Act, Created to Give Religious Immigrants a Fast Pass, in Jeopardy
- Should the church take sides in military conflict?
- Trump administration forms office to protect doctors’ religious beliefs
- Supreme Court hears public sector union compulsory speech case
- Why pastors must train to address abuse situations
- Analysis: CA judge rules pending trial, baker can refuse same-sex wedding cakes
- The real definition of religious liberty
- WA Court finds fired firefighter’s religious free speech rights were violated
- #MeToo isn’t enough – act now to prevent and stop sexual abuse
- Pro se “RICO” case against CA mandatory vaccination law dismissed
- Dangerous Money: Gov’t money to churches has strings attached
- PA Court flushes Amish free exercise claim after 8-year sewer battle
- Court orders parties to brief Establishment Clause issue in travel ban case
- Proposed New York guidelines could permit public school districts to regulate private schools
- 10th Cir. reverses summary judgment in Title VII Sabbath accommodation case
- The Turn at the Gate: What Jesus Knew about the Separation of Church and State
- When Not to Tell the Story: The Ethics of Announcing a Religious Conversion
- Supreme Court declines Establishment Clause challenge to Mississippi LGBT law
- FEMA’s reversal of no-aid policy for churches raises Constitutional concerns
- The Top 5 Religious Liberty Stories of 2017
- Why Congress dropped the Johnson Amendment repeal from tax reform
- Is Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration a Prophecy Fulfilled?
- Johnson Amendment remains in Senate version of tax bill
- Potential Outcomes in Supreme Court Wedding Cake Case
- Pregnancy center case is Supreme Court’s third forced-speech case this term
- Canada’s high court to decide whether courts can hear church membership cases
- Eric Youngberg: Luther Was Willing to Pay Ultimate Price for His Beliefs
- C. Norman Farley: Luther and the Grassroots of Freedom
- Barry Bussey: Martin Luther – Christianity’s most dangerous man
- Steve Wohlberg: The Work of the Reformation Continues
- Bruce Cameron: Luther, Life, and Law
- Scott Fales: Luther’s Transformation of the West
- Edwin Reynolds: Luther’s Impact on the World
- Robert Moon: The Martin Luther Experience
- CA governor vetoes religious employee reproductive privacy bill
- Senate confirms Gingrich as ambassador to Vatican
- New Law – California will not participate in any federal religious registry
- MacIsaac: This Reformation Day, I Still Protest!
- Tax-exemption of clergy housing violates Establishment Clause rules Federal judge
- Advocate Realities: Tips and Principles
- Federal Judge rules Pennsylvania county seal violates Establishment Clause
- Supreme Court may hear California pregnancy center free speech cases
- EEOC files suit against physician who mandated daily religious meetings
- ReligiousLiberty.TV is now part of non-profit Founders First Freedom
- US House votes to defund IRS investigations of church political endorsements
- Trump judicial nominee Barrett faces religious tests from left and right
- Life as One Piece: The Legacy of Dr. Charles Teel
- States Rights, Slavery, the 14th Amendment and Religious Liberty
- Supreme Court may consolidate same-sex wedding cake and flower cases
- Dominionism and the Rise of Alt-Christianity
- 4,000+ faith leaders ask Congress to keep Johnson Amendment
- Waving a Flag or Waving Hate? 3 Pastors and a Pastor’s Wife Tackle Confederate Symbols
- Charlottesville: Racism in the Mainstream
- States prohibiting all non-public school funding may escape Trinity Lutheran impact
- Guest Article: Lessons from My Childhood
- When God is Not on Your Side: Exploring Spiritual Narcissism
- Supreme Court asks lower courts to apply Trinity reasoning to school voucher cases
- Supreme Court to review right of private parties to deny services to same-sex couples
- Supreme Court: State must include church in public funding scheme
- Op-Ed: Castile verdict is a nightmare come to life
- Blessed are the Peacemakers: Why Adventist Clergy Stay Away from Partisan Politics
- Court may hear same-sex wedding cake religious exception case
- Court: Religious hospitals not subject to Federal pension protections
- Texas church subpoena bill appropriately limited in scope
- Geologist sues National Park Service for religious discrimination in refusing research request
- Kentucky Appeals Court upholds free speech rights of Christian printer in narrow opinion
- Trump order essentially affirms Johnson Amendment
- Newsbriefs: 7th Circuit Applies Title VII to Sexual Orientation
- Supreme Court schedules oral arguments in Trinity Lutheran case
- Op-Ed: Church in Recession – Is This Your End?
- Interview: Producer of Oscar-nominated “Hacksaw Ridge” has lived with the story most of his life
- Washington court finds no free exercise right to ignore antidiscrimination law
- CALENDAR: Holly Hollman to speak at La Sierra University on April 25, 2017
- Op-Ed: How Abolishing the Johnson Amendment Would Harm Religious Liberty
- Local churches urged to create policies on electioneering with Johnson Amendment under threat
- Writing competition asks law students to write model Supreme Court opinion in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley
- A Pastor’s Guide to Being Political on the Internet
- Supreme Court to decide if religious hospital pensions are subject to ERISA
- What does the Trump win mean for religious liberty?
- Georgia drops subpoena request for laypastor’s sermons and Bible
- ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ calls Adventists to revisit commitment to non-violence
- Iowa church drops transgender restroom lawsuit
- Defense budget bill would roll back Obama’s 2014 anti-discrimination order
- Evangelicals’ witness suffers due to political maneuvering
- Christians called to higher standard of truthfulness
- California Governor Brown signs SB1146 into law
- Airline made reasonable decision when accommodating monks
- Preventing (and Solving) the Polarization Problem
- Why the United States should not give up control of the Internet naming system
- U.S. Civil Rights Commission report gives free exercise of religion second-tier status
- Civil Rights Advocacy Highlighted at Northwest Religious Liberty Association Anniversary Banquet
- “Ministerial exception” preempts discrimination lawsuit brought by injured church school teacher
- Newly Amended SB 1146 Passes California Assembly
- SB 1146 Amended to Focus on Title IX Exempt Institutions
- America in Bible Prophecy
- CALIFORNIA: Full assembly will likely vote on SB 1146 before August 31
- Living in a World with Increasing Violent Insanity
- Vetting the Veeps: Pence and Kaine on Religious Liberty
- Trump promises to repeal ban on church campaigning in GOP acceptance speech
- Key California Assembly Committee scheduled to hear SB 1146
- Op-Ed: Do Your Homework
- Church sues Iowa for hypothetical gender “law”
- Why a candidate’s support for the free exercise clause matters
- Lionsgate releases first official “Hacksaw Ridge” poster
- Analysis: Amended version of SB 1146 passes CA Assembly Judiciary
- Five legal issues raised by California SB 1146
- Court avoids free exercise minefield of Washington pharmacy case
- California Bill Would Punish Religious Colleges That Discriminate Because of Faith
- “I’m on your side,” Trump tells fawning evangelicals
- Evaluating Clinton’s claim to “reasonable regulation” of Constitutional rights
- How will a Brexit impact religious freedom in Britain?
- EU not a greater guarantor of religious liberty than UK
- Religious liberty implications of Brexit
- Bill Would Limit Scope of Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- Ideological Diversity Endangered on Modern College Campuses
- “I Was a Stranger” – Adventists to Observe World Refugee Day on June 18
- Federal bill introduced to prohibit religion-based denial of immigration
- Court rules Title VII parties can recover fees on procedural wins
- Religious Property Dispute- Katy Perry v. the Nuns v. a Restaurateur v. the Archdiocese
- Venezuela – Tracking the disintegration of a socialist utopia
- The “right to go” – James Standish proposes solution to bathroom wars
- Supreme Court tells parties in contraceptive mandate cases to figure it out
- In the Court: Church claim for state funding could open door to regulation
- Declaring the United States a “Christian Nation” does not make it one
- California legislation seeks to prevent LGBT discrimination in higher education
- “The most important undertaking” – Hillary Clinton on Religious Liberty
- Trump’s troubling evasion of basic religious liberty questions
- Kentucky legislature removes names of county clerks from marriage licenses
- Moot: Federal judge dismisses ACLU suit to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortion services
- Mississippi legislature passes law to weaponize churches
- THE ARTS: Allegiance: A Tale for Today
- Dr. C. Norman Farley joins ReligiousLiberty.TV Advisory Panel
- Rwandan pastor models extreme forgiveness by serving those who killed his family
- Abortion doctor testifies to Senate – “The difference was whether the baby was wanted or unwanted”
- Message of Christ offers hope amidst month’s violence and persecution
- Legal Analysis: Zubik petitioners may have pushed argument too far
- Supreme Court hears oral arguments in key contraception mandate case
- Seeking Peaceful Solutions When Accommodating You Doesn’t Accommodate Me
- Why Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland deserves serious consideration
- California to Implement Assisted Suicide on June 9
- Editorial: Why Trump and his gambling addiction Is Terrifically Bad for America
- Abortionists deny the humanity of the preborn
- Four Chaplains – The Path of Understanding, Compassion, and Self-Sacrifice
- Unaffordable Luxury: A Brief Summary of Justice Scalia’s Free Exercise and Establishment Clause Legacy
- Of Faith and Focus: The battle that matters most is in the heart, not in politics
- Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” Enters Post-Production: Release Target in Time for Oscar?
- Adventist in Kazakhstan sentenced to serve two years in labor camp for profession of faith
- Supreme Court to Decide Whether Taxpayers Must Pay for Church Playground Upgrade
- Oregon Bakers’ $135,000 Fine Held in Escrow Pending Appeal
- Religious Liberty Advocate John Stevens Has Died
- Davis Appeals to 6th Circuit
- New Supreme Court Case Could Stretch RFRA to Breaking Point
- Angry Red Cups and This Year’s “War on Christmas”
- Supremacy Clause Prevents States from Ignoring Supreme Court Decisions
- Adventist Church Releases World Religious Liberty Report
- Mel Gibson’s new film to shine spotlight on Adventist history of conscientious objection
- Why California’s New “Death with Dignity” Law Will Make Suicide Common and Expected
- The Immigration Crisis and the Rule of Law
- Pope’s Speech at U.N. coincides with launch of United Nations’ “new universal Agenda” for humanity
- Yom Kippur, the Scapegoat Ritual, and the Politics of Blame
- Pope Francis Calls for Common Good in Speech to Congress – Full Text
- Why the 14th Amendment and Federal Courts are Essential to Protecting Religious Liberty
- Attack on Independent Judiciary Likely to Intensify Following Davis’ Release
- Opinion: The Spiritual Dimension to the County Clerk’s Refusal to License Same-Sex Marriages
- Government Official Jailed for the “Right” to Discriminate Against Citizens Based on Official’s Religion
- Americans United Expresses Church-State Concerns on Eve of Papal Visit to U.S.
- What Does the Nuclear Deal With Iran Mean?
- If Theocracy was Good for Ancient Israel, Why Isn’t It Good for America?
- Shawn Boonstra on Elective Abortions
- The Theology of the Tax Exemption
- News Briefs and Commentary – July 16, 2015
- Catholic Hospitals Appeal Federal Court Decision Saying They’re Not Catholic Enough
- California Eliminates Religious Exemption to Mandatory Vaccination
- Free Exercise After Obergefell: Warnings from the Dissent
- BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Supreme Court Finds National Right to Same-Sex Marriage
- When Legislation Fails, Gov Jindal Orders ‘Protection of Conscience’
- Supreme Court Rules Sign Ordinance Adversely Affecting Church Fails Strict Scrutiny
- Bill Would Ban Gov’t Discrimination Based on Religious Views of Marriage
- BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Decision a Victory for Religious Accommodation
- Assisted Suicide Legislation Would Leave Elderly, Disabled, and Depressed Vulnerable
- What Allen West Really Got Wrong About ‘Not Steve’
- Supreme Court’s Decision in Obergefell Could Have Far-Reaching Implications
- California Court Rules For-Profit Christian School May Require Teachers’ Faith Statements
- Court Rules Adventist Entitled to Unemployment Benefits After Being Terminated for Absences
- Christianity’s Misguided Battle with Atheism and Secularism
- Gibson Filming Project Based on War Hero Who Refused to Carry Weapon
- Understanding RFRA: Is Religious Freedom the New Bigotry?
- Understanding RFRA: Does Indiana’s New Law Allow Businesses to Discriminate?
- Understanding RFRA: A History – From an Adventist Mill Worker to Hobby Lobby
- Why the EU Should Not Re-Integrate Sunday into the Working Time Directive
- Rabbi Saperstein Sworn in as Ambassador for Religious Freedom
- Adventist Pro-Life Advocates Complete Filming 13-Part Series on Abortion
- Federal Health Care Conscience Rights Act Introduced
- Opinion: Playing Political Football with the President’s Faith
- Unintended Consequences? California Bill Would Eliminate Religious Belief Exemption to Vaccines
- South Dakota to U.S. Supreme Court: Overturn Roe v. Wade
- Illinois Governor Issues Order Banning Compulsory Public Sector Union Fees
- Keep About Your Work
- Washington Bill Simplifies Accommodation for Religious Objectors to Labor Union Dues
- Idaho: Northwest Religious Liberty Association Calls for Conscience Exemption to Anti-Discrimination Legislation
- U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Right of Prisoner to Wear Beard
- Supreme Court Plans to Make National Decision on Same-Sex Marriage – What it Means
- Supreme Court Considers First Amendment Ramifications of Church Sign Ordinance
- Opinion: A Different Perspective on the Year 2014
- EDITORIAL: To Preserve Faith, Keep Church and State Separate
- 7th Circuit Rules Challengers to Ministerial Housing Exemption Lacked Standing
- Hard-fought religious freedom something to celebrate this Thanksgiving
- Religious Freedom Advocate Lee Boothby Dies
- Breaking News: Facing National Pressure, Houston Mayor Drops Subpoenas of Pastors
- Unsettled and Inconsistent Law: Fetal Rights and Personhood
- Adventist Pastor In Ukraine Released from Detention (ANN)
- Seven California churches sue to keep from funding abortion
- Should ministers at for-profit wedding chapels be compelled to perform same-sex ceremonies?
- Many Reasons to Celebrate Constitution
- Opinion: Atheists, Conscience and God’s Name
- Opinion: Will the Quest for Cost Containment Under the Affordable Care Act Lead to Death Panels?
- Adventist Pastor Abducted During Communion Service in Eastern Ukraine
- California Governor Brown Vetoes Mandatory Kindergarten
- Liberty Institute Files EEOC Charge of Discrimination on Behalf of Dr. Eric Walsh
- Healthy Habits
- Habits of Women Who Are Always in Shape
- Prisoner’s Beard Appeal to be Heard by Supreme Court on Oct. 7
- Guide to healthy eating
- Eat a variety of healthy foods each day
- Standing to Sue at Issue In 7th Cir. Hearing on Ministerial Housing Allowance
- Religious Liberty in China: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- RUSSIA: “We still cry when we remember the burned books” (Forum 18)
- Trend-Watch: Is a second Hobby Lobby Case in the works?
- ASI 2014: Dr. Eric Walsh on Persecution and the Refiner’s Fire
- Rabbi David Sapperstein Nominated as State Department Religious Freedom Ambassador (ANN)
- Opinion: Persecuted in America?
- Opinion on the Hobby Lobby Decision: More Equal Than Others
- Supreme Court Rules Closely-Held Corporations Have Religious Rights
- U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Right to Pro-Life Political Speech
- Sudanese Christian Woman Detained at Airport after Release from Prison
- Is Your Window Open? – Dr. Eric Walsh Speaks About His Recent Experience
- Prince Charles Writes on Plight of Christians in the Middle East
- Opinion on Court Decision: Prayer at public meetings may be lawful but not expedient
- Rediscovering Agape: Why the Reformation is Not Over
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Public Prayers Before Town Council Meetings Are Permissible
- 7th Cir. to Decide Whether Ministerial Housing Exemption is Constitutional
- Why Did the U.S. Supreme Court Decide Not to Hear the New Mexico Photographer’s Appeal?
- After 6-Year Fight, California County Drops Bid to Turn Church Into Bar
- U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear New Mexico Photographer Case
- Opinion: Don’t Use Religious Liberty to Discriminate
- Hobby Lobby Case: How Will the Court Decide?
- Pope Invited to Address Congress by Boehner and Pelosi
- Fear Used to Promote Ugandan Anti-Gay Law
- North Korean Leader Reportedly Orders Death of 33 Christians
- Explainer: What is Happening in Ukraine?
- Reflections on Teaching as a Christian in Public School
- Arizona Governor Vetoes SB 1062
- Arizona SB 1062 is a Bad Idea and Should Be Vetoed!
- ADL Posthumously Honors Dutch Hero John Henry Weidner for Saving Hundreds from the Holocaust
- On Being a Pro-life Atheist
- Liberty Twice Removed
- Idaho Bill HB 426 Would Create Religious Right to Discriminate
- Standing Firm For Faith While Seeking Mutually Acceptable Solutions – Is it Possible to Peacefully Resolve the Religious Wars in America’s Marketplace?
- Will Lawyers In Canada Soon Face A Religious Test? The Hypersensitive Response Over Canada’s First Openly Christian Law School
- Pew Research Reports Six-Year Peak in Religious Hostilities
- Arguments scheduled on whether RFRA allows employers to limit contraceptive coverage
- Reviewing 2013 – The Year in Religious Liberty
- Guest Opinion: Endless exemptions for faith? Hobby Lobby case not a simple one
- One-third of Americans reject evolution, poll shows (Reuters)
- Obama administration should promote international religious freedom | Washington Times Communities
- Congress strengthens religious freedom for the military | Dec. 26, 2013
- Michael Gerson: Free speech requires tolerance | Cjonline.com Mobile
- Flagged Bill: HJR 1 – Joint Resolution on Religious Liberty, Rep. Anderegg | Utah Political Capitol
- The Hands of Jesus – Elective Abortions in Adventist Hospitals (Sermon Transcript)
- Oregon Pastor Calls for End to Elective Abortions in Adventist Hospitals
- OPINION – Mandate Debate: Why I Cannot Support Hobby Lobby’s “Religious Freedom” Claim
- Fewer children aborted, more children in need: how pro-lifers should respond
- The New Benjamin Still Trusts in God
- Why The Supreme Court Ruling On Legislative Prayer Won’t Affect All Christians
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God – What the Anthem of the Reformation Means to Me
- Marriage Proceedings: Making Sense of the Same-Sex Marriage Cases (Liberty Magazine)
- Aftershock: The Historical and Religious Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials (Liberty Magazine)
- Washington Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Whether State Law Requires Religious Accommodation
- Same-Sex Marriage Advocates File Lawsuits Challenging Utah and Michigan Laws
- U.S. President Discusses Imprisoned Pastor with Iranian President
- EEOC Files Suit On Behalf of Employee Who Objects to Biometric ID
- OPINION: Does Religion Make Civilization Possible?
- Religious Liberty News Briefs
- The Christian’s Involvement in Human Governments and the Politics of War
- Quebec Government Takes Aim at Religious Expression of Public Workers
- How Would An Attack on Syria Affect the Religious Liberty of the Syrian People?
- “Examining the Government’s Record on Implementing the International Religious Freedom Act” – US House of Representatives
- Ultimate Values: A Method for Resolving Cases that Force a Choice between Discrimination and Religious Liberty
- Into the Minefield: US Supreme Court to Consider Legislative Prayer in October
- Court Is ‘One of Most Activist,’ Ginsburg Says, Vowing to Stay – NYTimes.com
- “The Price of Citizenship”? New Mexico Supreme Court rules Christian must photograph same-sex ceremony
- Egypt: Mob burns Adventist Church in Assiut (ANN)
- (VIDEO) Greg Hamilton: “We The People” and Christ’s Counter-Revolution
- The Wisdom of Solomon? The Seventh-day Adventist General Conference Abortion Decision 1970-1971
- In the Middle: God Is Still Writing Our Stories
- A Call for Peace in the Fight Over Same-Sex Marriage
- Pakistan: Adventist Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Blasphemy (ANN)
- International Report: Human Rights at Risk in Australian Internment Camp
- The Firebrand: The Dangers of Speaking Truth to Power (Liberty Magazine)
- Serious Commitment to Faith is Par for the Course for 2013 UC Davis Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee
- Down Syndrome Births Drop in U.S. as More Women Abort – ABC News
- What Changed? Will the Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Cases Affect You?
- No upside for babies – NIH should withdraw funding for research on cannabis use during pregnancy
- Two Supreme Court Decisions Narrow Scope of Employers’ Title VII Liability
- Down the Rabbit Hole: What’s Really at Stake With Domestic Surveillance? (Huffington Post)
- Grow Together: Lessons from the Wheat and Tares
- Prayers, Parks, and Monuments: Litigation Over Religious Symbols in America
- A Concentrated Blaze of Truth to Shine Against Darkness
- State Department Reports on Serious Freedom Abuses Abroad (CenterForLiberty.org)
- The Church is the University. The University is the Church.
- Christians Equipped to Work for Liberty of Conscience for All
- God Has Enough Grace for Everybody
- UPDATED: Drawing a Line Against Infanticide: Why the Trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell Matters
- Religious freedom under global threat, Canadian ambassador says (ANN)
- In Romania, Adventists launch ‘Freedom Caravan’ to defend religious liberty (ANN)
- God’s Love Remains Despite Tragedy Fatigue
- Dr. Ben Carson asks pro-lifers to speak up and oppose abortion mentality
- Liberty in Milton’s Paradise Lost (Liberty Magazine)
- States Rights and the Religion Clauses: Examining the North Carolina Resolution
- Guns, Teachers, and Religious Freedom: What kind of conversation should we be having?
- Stanford Law Program Promotes Religious Accommodation
- ROMANIA: Hamilton Promotes Importance of Legislation to Protect Religious Freedom
- Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Defense of Marriage Act: Is Federal Government in the Marriage Business?
- Outcome Unpredictable but Prop 8 Supporters Had Tough Day in S. Court
- ANALYSIS: Supremes Hear California Marriage Case – Prop 8 Advocate Argues It’s All About Procreation
- (UPDATE) Kentucky Governor Vetoes Religious Freedom Bill; Legislature Overturns Veto
- Three Attorneys Discuss Religious Liberty, Same-sex Marriage Laws and the Supreme Court
- Kentucky Legislature Passes Religious Freedom Restoration Measure
- In Pakistan, mob burns homes in anti-Christian violence (ANN)
- Hungary: Constitution Changes Warrant EU Action (Human Rights Watch)
- Love Your Enemies – Except Those Slimy Politicians?
- Legislative Round-Up 2013
- Opinion: Social Justice – Popular Piety or Modern Mania?
- Lawrence Geraty – Diversity: Friend or Foe? (Video Presentation)
- Atheists Face Severe Discrimination in Several Countries, says Report to UN
- Praise in Midst of Torture: Letter from Pastor Imprisoned in Iran
- Five Requirements of a Knight of Faith
- Accrediting Body Threatens Spiritual Mission of La Sierra University (*UPDATED*)
- How Much Do We Really Care?
- Opinion: Now Is The Time to Pass Sensible Gun Policy Reforms
- Sinners Transformed by Grace: Pope’s Resignation Amidst Scandal a Sign of Hope
- Jason Hines: I Admire Ben Carson, But . . . That Speech!
- Christianity Stands Apart from Warfare (A.T. Jones)
- Fashionable Murder – Advent Review and Sabbath Herald – (1867)
- Baptist Joint Committee Announces Religious Liberty Essay Contest – Due March 1, 2013!
- La Sierra University Responds to Edward Allred Center Story
- Catholic Bishops Promise to Investigate Hospital’s Legal Argument That Fetuses Are Not Human
- Religious Liberty: Windows of Vulnerability?—Bert Beach
- A Matter of Honor – Christian University Honors MD Who Invented Assembly Line Abortion
- John Kerry Calls for Release of American Pastor Imprisoned in Iran
- Preferential Treatment, Persecution, or Loss of Privilege?
- 113th Congress Most Religiously Diverse Ever — and Why It Matters (Huffington Post)
- US Supreme Court to hear Arguments on DOMA and Prop 8 on March 26
- Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom Established Separation of Church and State
- Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2013 Introduced in U.S. Senate
- Top Religious Liberty Stories of 2012
- A Critique of Employment Division v. Smith (1990)
- Black Friday and Blue Laws: Renewed Calls for Uniform Rest Days
- December 18, 2012 – PBS to Premiere First Freedom: The Right for Religious Liberty
- Federal Judge: Christian Owned For-Profit Company Must Comply with HHS Mandate
- The Results: Voters Decide on Same-Sex Marriage, Marijuana, gambling and religious freedom
- A Dwight Nelson Sermon on Politics: American Confusion
- Jackson Sun Interviews Two Religious Leaders Engaged in Trademark Dispute
- “The Coming Storm” – David Asscherick, Part 1
- “The Coming Storm” – David Asscherick, Part 2
- Adventists: Florida Amendment 8 Harmful Not Helpful to Religious Freedom
- Florida Amendment 8: A Trojan Horse That Could Regulate Churches’ Free Speech
- Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Selected to Serve as Idaho State Senate Chaplain
- Loving Our Neighbors at the Ballot Box (Adventist Review)
- Oxford University Introduces Journal of Law and Religion
- Pew Forum Reports “Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion”
- God is Not a Torturer: Debunking the Doctrine of Eternal Torment
- Trailer: Hell and Mr. Fudge
- Inspiration: If Aristotle Was Right, What Can Make Us Happy?
- Adventist Pastor in Togo Imprisoned on Dubious Charges (ANN)
- Selfish Freedom: The Overreach of the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act
- Vatican Walks A Fine Line On Trying To Combat Blasphemy In UN (RNS Excerpt)
- Celebrating California’s New Religious Freedom Law (Washington Post)
- Inside Interfaith Iran (Liberty Magazine)
- A Document in Common: Leaders Reflect on the 225th Anniversary of the US Constitution
- Definition of “Religious Liberty” Taking Center Stage This Election Cycle
- Putin’s God Squad (The Daily Beast)
- BREAKING NEWS: Iran Pastor Nadarkhani Released from Prison
- California Governor to sign workplace religious dress and grooming bill
- GOP Platform Includes War on Religion Claim (BJC)
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on International Religious Freedom (Carnegie Endowment)
- Why Liberty of Conscience Is the Most Important Issue in 2012
- Kmiec: Is Paul Ryan Romney’s New Religion Problem? (Huffington Post)
- Judge Allows Muslims to Use Murfreesboro Mosque (NYTimes.com)
- Publisher Pulls David Barton’s Controversial Thomas Jefferson Book, Citing Loss Of Confidence. (NPR)
- Hawaii Judge Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban (Honolulu Civil Beat)
- U.S. State Department releases International Religious Freedom Report for 2011
- LDS, evangelicals share political aims and ‘restorationism’ | Deseret News Mobile
- LDS, evangelicals share political aims and ‘restorationism’ | Deseret News Mobile
- EXCERPT: Jan Paulsen on the Church and Military Combat
- Two American Pastors Jailed in July
- Is it Really Persecution? Phoenix Enforcement of Safety and Zoning Ordinances
- Mitt Romney, the Iowa Caucus, and the Mormon Extermination Order of 1838 (Liberty Magazine)
- “Do We Not Bleed?” Religion In Shakespeare’s Merchant Of Venice (Liberty Magazine)
- A Faithful Nation (Liberty Magazine)
- California Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012
- American Values: The Individual Mandate vs. Social Darwinism
- BOOK REVIEW: First Person Account Challenges Attitudes Leading to Rwanda Genocide
- Senate to Take Up Condemned Iranian Pastor Youcef Resolution Next Week (American Center for Law and Justice)
- Principled Freedom: Religious Liberty Plays Musical Chairs
- Notre Dame v. Obama and the Compulsion of the Morally Unwilling
- Of Freedom and Squeaky Wheels
- The Comfortable Curtain of Christianity: Reflections on the Maturation of Faith
- Death of Snake Handling Preacher Shines Light on Lethal Appalachian Tradition (CNN)
- UPDATE: California State Assembly Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- California Senate Approves Controversial Counseling Ban (Pacific Justice Institute)
- 3,000 Lynched In Tanzania For ‘Witchcraft’ In Past Six Years – The Huffington Post
- Give Bigotry No Sanction: George Washington Letter To Synagogue to Be Displayed
- U.S. House Committee Votes to Strengthen Military Chaplains’ Liberty of Conscience
- 2nd Circuit Rules Town Should Encourage Diverse Groups to Pray at Town Meetings
- Inspiration: Dr. Ben Carson’s Speech at Emory
- Ninth Circuit to Determine Whether “Spiritualist” Charter Schools Get Tax Dollars
- Romney’s 12/6/2007 Speech on Religion and the Presidency
- We Separate Church and State for a Reason – Romney’s Perspective on Religion and the Presidency
- Burden of Proof: Why Most American Evangelicals Reject Long-Earth Evolution
- Letter from Pastor Youcef Thanks Supporters and Urges Prayer | Iran, American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ
- Ronald Reagan on Preserving the Sacred Fire of Human Liberty
- Robbing God: The Essence of a Church-State Union
- Editor’s Southern Hometown Repeals Blue Law Prohibiting Alcohol Sale on Sunday
- Giving An Account: William Wilberforce and the Abolition of the Slave Trade
- Smelling an Old Man’s Feet: Reflections on Footwashing, the Ordinance of Humility
- Sikh Group Develops App to Report Airport Profiling (CNN)
- Tom McClintock – CISPA Cyber-security Bill – A Truly Orwellian Measure
- Pepperdine Conference Addresses The Claims of Law and Religion
- Key California Committee Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- June is National Torture Awareness Month
- Taking Alarm: The Importance of the International Religious Liberty Association
- Interfaith Moral Action on Climate to Meet April 24 in Washington, DC
- Proposed Missouri gun law expanding concealed carry to churches violates religious liberty, say clergy
- Why Do Gingrich and Obama Agree on the Supreme Court?
- Grace Notes: American Grace: How Religion Divides And United Us (Liberty Magazine)
- Five Lessons on Loving Your Enemies
- Timeline: Obama Administration Actions Affecting U.S. Religious Freedom | Christianity Today
- Is Santorum Right? How to Revive American Protestantism (and Why It is So Important)
- Hands Off! Religious Liberty Furor Over Birth Control (Liberty Magazine)
- Beren Academy boys hoops coach Chris Cole still hopeful TAPPS reschedules state semifinal to accommodate Sabbath | Dallas Morning News
- Dangerous Redefinition: Candidates Recast Role of Religion in American Life
- Santorum’s Martyr Complex (SLATE)
- No Compromise: The Story of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
- Film Review: The Harm of “The Help”
- Iran Court Convicts Christian Pastor Convert To Death | Fox News
- Op-Ed: What is a Christian Nation?
- President Obama’s Health Care Mandate vs. Religious Liberty? Join the Discussion
- The High Cost of China’s One-Child Policy
- RLTV Podcast: The Rock v. The Gates and the Role of the Remnant
- Watch “Bonhoeffer Speaks Out Against Hitler”
- War on the Weak: Eugenics in America
- Supreme Court was right to side with Mennonites | The Des Moines Register
- Musical Interlude: “No Compromise” By Peter Furler
- HSLDA | Swedish Pol to Social Services Minister: Take Homeschooled Kids!
- The U.S. Supreme Court made the Right Decision When It Upheld the Ministerial Exception
- Campaigning for Candidates from the Pulpit is a Bad Idea
- In Nigeria, escalating religious conflict impacts Adventist Church (ANN)
- Ruling on Ministers: What the Supreme Court said & didn’t say | Oregon Faith Report
- GOP to Consider Accommodating Saturday Sabbath Observers in Nevada Primaries
- Update: Iranian Pastor Nadarkhani Continues to Refuse to Renounce Christian Beliefs
- Modern Torture Techniques Emerged from Inquisition reports “The Atlantic”
- 10th Circuit Rules Oklahoma Amendment Barring Islamic Law was Unnecessary and Discriminatory
- Has Obama Waged a War on Religion? (NPR)
- Conversation with Justice Ginsburg – C-SPAN
- Cumberland Times News : Start telling the truth about ‘school prayer’
- BILL TRACKER: Congress Votes to Reauthorize US Commission on International Religious Freedom
- Adventist church leaders meet with Hungarian ambassador on looming deregistration of churches
- New York City ‘Workplace Religious Freedom Act’ Clarifies Religious Accommodation Requirements for Employers
- Should Congress Continue to Fund the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom?
- Trial Court Upholds Most of Canada’s Anti-Polygamy Law (Religion Clause blog)
- Vatican again urges radical reform of global marketplace – The Irish Times
- John F. Kennedy’s Speech Affirming Separation of Church and State
- ANALYSIS: Bishops Claim Religious Liberty Under Assault
- U.S. Senator Lieberman Describes Sabbath Observance in New Book
- Film Review: “One Nation Under God” (2011): Misinterpreted facts and frightening conclusions
- The Story of a Life by Lincoln Steed (Liberty Magazine)
- Article18: Afghanistan — The Land that Freedom Forgot; A Profile on Religious Persecution in One of the World’s Most Depressing Nations (Liberty Magazine)
- New York Attorney General Launches Religious Rights Initiative to Enforce Anti-discrimination Laws
- Fifth Circuit approves prisoner’s religious right to receive publication
- Why Do They Hate Us?
- The Problem I Have With Conspiracy Theories
- Mercer University: Religious Liberty in the Constitution
- Eric Foner on the separation of church and state at America’s founding
- Vatican Radio – Full Text: Note on financial reform from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
- CNS STORY: Vatican document calls for global authority to regulate markets
- Vatican calls for global authority on economy – Reuters
- No, Ninth Circuit, the Relevant Law in C.F. v. Capistrano Unified School District Was Indeed “Clearly Established” – Evolution News & Views
- America the chosen nation – LA Times.com Opinion
- SHOCKING – Uncovering the business of child sacrifice in Uganda (BBC Africa)
- Vacation Ready: The Best Summer Dresses to Pack for Your Getaway
- Iran Supreme Court returns pastor’s case to lower court (ArabNews.com)
- San Francisco Court Protects Religious Freedoms of Christian Homeless Shelter, Christian News
- Germany, EU demand Iran to free pastor Nadarkhani | MF Monitor
- Religious leaders line up in support of Supreme Court case – The Courier-Journal
- Iran Upholds Christian Pastor’s Apostasy Conviction: Execution as Early as Wednesday | American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ
- Paradoxical Christian? I’m a Bible-believing Christian Who Passionately Supports Church State Separation
- Article18: Germany — Pope Benedict XVI Addresses Legislators; Chancellor Merkel Calls for Global Religious Tolerance
- Rick Perry and the perils of sectarian religion in 2012 – Figuring Faith – The Washington Post
- State department cites religious freedom violations (Associated Baptist Press)
- OC Couple Threatened With $500-Per-Meeting Fines For Home Bible Study « CBS Los Angeles
- Two-story Cross has Neighbors Fuming (LA Daily News)
- North Dakota Catholic Conference says ‘Sunday law’ Benefits All People (EWTN News)
- Apple Bids Adieu to ‘Jew or not Jew?’ iPhone App in France (CNN)
- Gov. Jerry Brown Should Veto Poorly Conceived Childcare Bill (LA Times)
- Capitol Alert: Bill letting child-care providers unionize heads to Jerry Brown
- New Book Explores Common Origins and Experiences of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
- Article18: Poland — Citizens March in Bialystok to Protest Antisemitism; Death Metal Singer Not-Guilty After Trashing Bible on Stage
- Is Christian “Just War” Just Like Jihad? (Patheos)
- Theology a Hot Issue in 2012 GOP Campaign (AP)
- Fear, Incorporated: Who’s Paying for all that Islamophobic Paranoia (FP)
- California AB 889 Could Be End of Private Babysitting Services
- Karel Nowak: A Legacy of Religious Liberty (Spectrum Magazine)
- Article18: Kosovo — Muslim Headscarf Ban Upheld for Schools, Christians Required to be Buried in Islamic Graveyards
- New Pew Research Center Survey Finds Moderate Attitudes Among Muslim Americans (Pew Forum)
- Article18: Pakistan — Christian Flood Victims in Punjab Face Land Discrimination in Disaster Aftermath
- New York City Council Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act (Sikhsayaset.net)
- Herbert E. Douglass – Red Alert: Hurtling Into Eternity (Book Excerpt)
- Religious Liberty in French Romantic Poetry: Gérard de Nerval’s Verse Lends Space for Other Religions
- Understanding World Religions Promo
- Understanding Islam Conference – Ganoune Diop – InFocus Interview
- Adventist Church Selects New UN Liaison
- Refuge Camp in Africa “The Most Desperate Place on Earth” (CNN)
- Feds Find Young Children Working Strawberry Farms – ABC News
- Religious Groups Object to Covering Birth Control (Fox News)
- Pennsylvania Debates Whether To Hunt On Sundays (Huffington Post)
- Alabama Immigration Law Questioned by Catholic Archbishop
- The Church as a Bride of Caesar (National Review)
- Article18: Norway — Personal Reflections on the Origin of a Tragedy
- Italy Edges Closer to ‘Burqa Ban’ Law (AJE)
- A Madman and His Manifesto (NYT)
- Discernibly Proactive: History of Adventist Involvement in Public Policy
- Rep. Schakowsky talks about the Importance of Protecting Religious Minorities Abroad (C-SPAN)
- Circumcision Ban: Violating Religious Freedom? (Odyssey Networks)
- Slavery and the Civil War – How the North and South were to Blame (Adventist Review)
- Buying Power: Human Trafficking and the Local Marketplace
- Southern Mexico’s religious liberty forum spotlights local challenges to freedom of belief
- Following Norway attack, Adventist religious liberty director urges caution in use of ‘fundamentalist’ label
- Atheist Group Wants to Stop World Trade Center Cross (CNN)
- Suit Seeks To Invalidate New York Same-Sex Marriage Law For Procedural Irregularities (Religion Clause)
- Article18: Uzbekistan — Recent Incidents of Violence Against Christians Alarm Religious Minorities
- State and Federal Legislators Introduce Bill to Outlaw Local Criminalization of Circumcision
- Hermain Cain Opposes Murfreesboro Mosque Project (DNJ)
- Five-Day Work Idea May End Up in Trash Bin (Israel National News)
- Israel Looking Into Making Sunday Day of Rest (Bloomberg)
- Speak Now – A Response to the European Sunday Alliance
- Adventist Church Issues “Statement on freedom of speech and defamation of religion”
- Liberty Magazine: Would An Official Sunday “Day Of Rest” Alienate Believers Who Observe A Different Day Of Worship?
- Article18: Cuba — Three Protestant Pastors Interrogated; Roman Catholic Church in Havana Helps Free 126 Prisoners of Conscience
- Count the Cost – The Hidden Dangers of School Vouchers
- Louisiana House Approves Ten Commandments Monument at Capitol (Reuters)
- Cosmic Conflict & the Future (of America)
- Thailand Calls for Ban on Religious Tattoos for Tourists (CNN)
- Appeals Court Lifts Ban on Texas Graduation Prayer (AP)
- Article18: Saudi Arabia — Prominent Saudi Cleric Hopes Women Who Violate Driving Ban Incur Wrath of God and Die
- Church for Single Mormons Comes with Pressure to Marry (Washington Post)
- Religious Liberty on North Dakota Ballot (Devils Lake Journal)
- Proposal to Ban Circumcision Draws Strong Criticism (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
- Article18: Mexico — Confirmed Presence of Major Islamic Terrorist Group Near U.S. Border; Former Killer Preaches to Violent Gangsters
- Judge Rules Against Plaintiffs Claiming Murfreesboro Mosque Violated Their Rights (The Republic)
- Tennesee Senate Approves Bill to Ban Teaching of Homosexuality in Schools (Boston Globe)
- Article18: Laos — Four Christian Women Raped and Executed by Laotian Military Along Vietnam Border
- Church, State, and the Postal Service: The Contentious History of Sunday Mail Delivery
- OPINION: The Good Old Days? Not Quite
- A Muslim American Reflects on Osama Bin Laden’s Death (Washington Post)
- Hundreds of Christians, Muslims clash in Cairo (AP)
- Muslim Leaders Say U.S. Pilot Refused to Fly With Them Onboard (FOX News)
- Article18: India — Christian Pastor Bludgeoned in Front of His Children; Government Blames “Predatory” Evangelistic Efforts
- Chinese Authorities Block Easter Service in Beijing (CNN)
- San Francisco Mulls Circumcision Ban (CBS News)
- Article18: Afghanistan — Quran Burning Protest Leaves Dozens Dead; Freed Christian Convert Flees Country
- Rev. Leo A. Walsh “Lost In Translation: Divergent Notions of Religious Liberty in Post Soviet Russia”
- “Something Very Distinctive About Religious Freedom”: Martha Minow
- Charity: How Our Tax Laws Affect Charitable Activities, Religious Institutions, and Free Speech
- Virginia Board Votes Against Proposed Same-Sex Adoption Rules (Washington Post)
- Lifting The Veil: Muslim Women Explain Their Choice (NPR)
- Article18: France — Controversial Veil Ban for Muslim Women Continues to Divide Nation
- Obama’s Olive Branch Doctrine (PART II) Interfaith Tolerance & the Reshaping of U.S. Foreign Policy
- Chinese police detain members of unregistered church (LA Times)
- Article18: Egypt — 29 Christians Dead After Attacks on Egyptian Churches; Terrorist Violence Concerns Population of Changing Nation
- Bus advertising campaign tackles Islamophobia (BBC)
- National : Church/State concerns kill House “Bible Bill”; Seventh-day Adventists respond
- The Oath Dilemma — Special Contribution to RLTV
- Polygamy law doesn’t breach religious freedom guarantee, lawyer argues – Vancouver Sun
- Article18: Thailand Part 2 — Special Interview with Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Thailand Volunteer Bob Young
- European Court OKs display of crucifixes in Italian classrooms – Adventist News Network
- Adventist Review : 09RNS: Adventist Churches Among Those Burned in Ethiopia
- Coalition Works To Protect Religious Employees
- Justice Department sues on behalf of Muslim teacher, triggering debate – The Washington Post
- Lawyer says right to religious liberty protects Amish sect’s refusal to use safety triangles on buggies | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com
- Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty – Supreme Court to Hear Religious Hiring Case
- Spencer Chiimbwe—Adventist Peacemaker (Spectrum)
- Article18: China — Personal Observations of Liberty and Reflections on Life in Beijing, China
- EDITORIAL: Hero without a gun – Washington Times
- Obama’s Olive Branch Doctrine: Religion & the Path of Democratic Reform in the Arab-Muslim World (PART I)
- Conversation is the True Work of Peacemaking – Huffington Post
- Religious Liberty Dinner – April 5, 2011
- Article18: Thailand Part 1 — Dissenters Arrested for Insulting the Monarchy; Malay Insurgents Continue Terror Campaign in South
- Obama Administration Changes Its Approach to the Defense of Marriage Act
- Advanced Citizenship: The Cost of Free Speech in America
- New book addresses Conscientious Objection in today’s military
- The End of the Community Action Program?
- Ten Commandments’ return to Va. school district depends on legal battle’s outcome
- Health plan
- Europe’s Bishops Urge Defence of Religious Freedom
- VIDEO: President Obama on Church and State
- Secularism isn’t the same everywhere: Three models in Europe highlight various church-state relations (ANN)
- Analysis: Obama Administration Declines to Defend Part of the Defense of Marriage Act
- Article18: Thailand Preview
- Article18: Indonesia — Ahmadis Viciously Killed While Police Watch; Courts to Sentence Muslim Cleric to Life in Prison on Terrorism Charges
- Putting a Smile on Human Dignity
- PE.com : YUCAIPA: ‘In God We Trust’ to be displayed
- Investigation led ex-KGB agent to Christianity | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com
- Article18: Canada — Sikhs Upset After Quebec National Assembly Bans Religious Daggers; Controversy Reignites Multiculturalism Debate
- Russia’s Medvedev calls for Egypt to respect religious rights (ChannelNewsAsia)
- Step forward for church-state relations in Azerbaijan
- Article18: Eritrea — Threatened by North African Protests, Government Believed to Be Torturing Thousands of Christian Prisoners
- Human Rights Watch to Pakistan: Drop Blasphemy Charges Against Teenager (HWR)
- Religious Undertones in Egyptian Protests? – (Liberty Magazine Round Table)
- Giles County, VA. To Rehang 10C Plaques in Public Schools
- The Health-Religion Connection by Joshua Crouch
- Article18: Wales – Special Interview with the President of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission in Wales
- Judge upholds ban on guns in places of worship (Atlanta-Journal Constitution)
- Article18: Pakistan — Fallout from Governor’s Assassination Disrupts Efforts to Eliminate Discriminatory Blasphemy Laws
- Pope says European sex education an ‘attack’ on religious freedom (AFP)
- Citing persecutions abroad, Obama declares ‘Religious Freedom Day’ (Examiner)
- Article18: Sudan — Referendum Could Split Nation in Two; Potentially Good News for Millions of Sudanese Christians and Muslims
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- Tennesee governor signs Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law
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- Oregon law is too strict on teachers’ religious garb (Oregonian)
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- UN Human Rights Council approves proposal for limits on religious speech
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- VIDEO: California Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Prop 8
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- Religious Persecution on the Horn of Africa (American Spectator)
- Emotion, misunderstanding mark religion-in-school cases (The Tennessean)
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- $65.5 TRILLION in U.S. Federal obligations exceed the gross domestic product of the entire world (WorldNetDaily)
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- Embracing Exclusivity: How civic religion at inauguration abridges religious freedom
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- On Cardinal Stafford’s Speech: Are the Church and the State on an Unavoidable Collision Course?
- Burma launches new crackdown on religious groups
- Human Rights Nightmare: Indian mafia gangs are deliberately crippling children for profit (DailyMail.co.uk)
- Illinois law requiring moment of silence in public schools ruled unconstitutional
- Judge Bork predicts ‘terrible conflict’ will endanger U.S. Catholics’ religious freedom (CNA)
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- Celebrate Religious Freedom Day on January 16
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- VIDEO: Religious Freedom Worldwide Worsens (Voice of America)
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- NEWS BRIEFS: Global Privacy, Free Speech Issues
- NEWS / OPINION: Law Professor Denied Communion Because He Supports Obama
- VIDEO: Could Gay Marriage Erode Non-Profit Tax-Exempt Status?
- Government, Religion, and a Mythical Past
- Learning from the Past
- Significant Differences Emerging Between McCain and Obama in Prospective Judicial Nominees (NY Times)
- Belarus: ‘We are reclaiming our history as a land of religious freedom’ (ChristianToday.com)
- Does Constitution apply to enemy combatant on U.S. soil? (AP)
- Barack Obama’s judicial nominees (Baltimore Sun)
- McCain to make religious freedom a key foreign policy issue (AFP)
- McCain Says He Would Put Conservatives on Supreme Court (Washington Post)
- Armageddon is not an Exit Strategy (Israel e News)
- Atheist Claims Harassment in the Military (AP)
- Polygamy: Where religious liberty ends (Salt Lake Tribune)
- America facing food rationing? (NY Sun)
- Testimony of Gregory Hamilton in support of the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act (SB 786)
- Testimony of Michael Peabody in favor of the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act (SB 786)
- Talking Points SB 786 – Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- Economic interdependency quiets voices against Chinese human rights abuses
- Film Review – “Expelled” – Darwin’s Kool-Aid (CFP)
- Wall of silence broken at Minnesota’s Muslim public school
- The New Blue Laws – Slate.com
- Worker wins $6.5 million in reverse religious discrimination suit
- McCain shies away from religion talk – Politico.com
- Obama’s Faith-Based Outreach Hit By Wright Controversy
- British researchers create human-animal hybrid embryo amid political row
- Supreme Court to consider Ten Commandments vs. ‘Seven Aphorisms’
- Dexter Avenue and the Battle for the Bill of Rights
- Youth Ministry and the Church
- Thought and Crime
- Gear Up Kids! It’s Time for the Annual War on Christmas
- Patriotism, Piety, and the Perfect Storm
- Regenerating the Heart
- American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips
- Toward a Medieval Model
- The Unitary Executive – At the Zenith of His Powers
- The Flushing Remonstrance
- In Human Hands
- Definitions Matter
- Student Clubs and Rights
- “Two Visions of America” – Rabbi Sherwin Wine
- James Madison on Religious Freedom
- The Lure of School Vouchers