Church and State
Understanding RFRA: Does Indiana’s New Law Allow Businesses to Discriminate?
By Jason Hines - This week, Governor Mike Pence held a press conference in order to clarify the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act th…
Human Rights
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Abortion / Contraception
Adventist Pro-Life Advocates Complete Filming 13-Part Series on Abortion
Steve Wohlberg, director and speaker of White Horse Media, has announced the completion of a 13-part series entitled, The Abortion Controver…
Religious Institutions
Idaho: Northwest Religious Liberty Association Calls for Conscience Exemption to Anti-Discrimination Legislation
This week, in four days of testimony, the Idaho House State Affairs Committee has been considering House Bill 2 (HB2), that would add anti-d…
Church and State
Supreme Court Plans to Make National Decision on Same-Sex Marriage – What it Means
By Jason Hines, PhD - The Court will answer two questions. First, ?does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage betwe…
Church and State
Supreme Court Considers First Amendment Ramifications of Church Sign Ordinance
On Monday, January 12, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the case of whether a local town ordinance violates the First Am…
Church and State
Hard-fought religious freedom something to celebrate this Thanksgiving
Households throughout the United States are celebrating a presidentially designated Thanksgiving Day. It provides us an opportunity to refle…
Abortion / Contraception
Unsettled and Inconsistent Law: Fetal Rights and Personhood
The legal status of the unborn child is not as clear as most people think. There are glaring inconsistencies in the way that the law is prac…
Abortion / Contraception
Seven California churches sue to keep from funding abortion
A campaign against the state of California mandating abortion coverage in insurance plans is intensifying. Several complaints have been file…
Constitution
Should ministers at for-profit wedding chapels be compelled to perform same-sex ceremonies?
Two ordained ministers, Donald and Evelyn Knapp, who operate a for-profit wedding chapel in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho were threatened with a misd…
Church and State
Opinion: Atheists, Conscience and God’s Name
An atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada recently wasn't allowed to re-enlist because he refused to sign an oath containing the…