Civil Rights
U.S. State Department releases International Religious Freedom Report for 2011
The U.S. State Department has released the 2011 report on international religious freedom. While significant areas of concern are present, t…
Human Rights
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Intellectual Property
Two American Pastors Jailed in July
Last week two Christian pastors were jailed in the United States for violation of court orders involving two different types of property dis…
Employment Law
California Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012
On June 26, 2012 the California Senate Judiciary passed AB 1964, the Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012.
Abortion / Contraception
American Values: The Individual Mandate vs. Social Darwinism
Many conservatives have eviscerated Obamacare, arguing that it would “raise premiums, unconstitutionally force people to buy health care, ca…
Current Events
BOOK REVIEW: First Person Account Challenges Attitudes Leading to Rwanda Genocide
By Brent Buttler – BOOK: I’m Not Leaving (2011) AUTHOR: Carl Wilkens [dc]I[/dc]n his first person account of the 1994 Rwandan…
Action Needed
Senate to Take Up Condemned Iranian Pastor Youcef Resolution Next Week (American Center for Law and Justice)
The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has scheduled to take up the resolution supporting Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani next we…
Church and State
Principled Freedom: Religious Liberty Plays Musical Chairs
By Nicholas P. Miller – It is time to examine a position that provides a principled freedom, both religious and civil, the possibility…
Abortion / Contraception
Notre Dame v. Obama and the Compulsion of the Morally Unwilling
It was wholly unnecessary for President Obama to complete his admirable health care initiative by disregarding the doctrinal or institutiona…
Employment Law
UPDATE: California State Assembly Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act
On May 29, the California State Assembly passed the Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012 by a vote of 63-6. AB 1964 is now on its way to…
Free Speech
California Senate Approves Controversial Counseling Ban (Pacific Justice Institute)
The California Senate today voted in favor of a groundbreaking bill designed to prohibit counselors and therapists from telling young people…