Health
The Pandemic, Vaccination, and the Crisis of Adventist Identity
By Dr. Nicholas P. Miller - Adventists have always valued freedom of conscience. But we also value promoting…
History
Tonga – Mandatory Sunday Rest Laws and the International Date Line
How Seventh-day Adventists thrive amongst the most restrictive Sunday laws in the world.
Church and State
A Concept in Common: Are Sunday Blue Laws Making a Comeback?
While existing blue laws that specifically prohibit things like Sunday hunting may be disappearing, there is a movement…
COVID-19
Explainer: Supreme Court’s OSHA and HHS Vaccine Mandate Decisions
Both the OSHA and HHS vaccine mandates provided for religious accommodation which would be enforced through the Religious…
COVID-19
Biden OSHA vaccine mandate raises constitutional concerns
On Saturday, November 6, the 5th Circuit suspended enforcement of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. The Biden administration…
Church and State
Court refuses to block Maine mandate that allows medical but not religious exemptions
The United States Supreme Court refused to issue a preliminary injunction to temporarily block a Maine rule requiring…
COVID-19
On the Vaccine and Religious Liberty
We have received more contacts from readers about the COVID-19 vaccine than any other since we went…
14th Amendment
Court to consider tax funding of religious schools, pre-viability abortion ban, and clergy activity at executions
This term, the Supreme Court will be revisiting the issue of whether states must fund religious schools, whether…
Abortion / Contraception
COVID-19 and Texas – Of Vaccines, Abortion, Privacy and Bodily Autonomy
Two major stories about what power the government has to control what happens inside a person’s body are…
Free Speech
Why the “Shouting Fire in a Crowded Theater” trope should be retired
How the Supreme Court abandoned the "shouting fire in a crowded theater" trope and what it means in…