States Rights, Slavery, the 14th Amendment and Religious Liberty
Have you ever wondered what legal mechanism existed that permitted the legalization of slavery in the United States after the Bill of Rights was…
Chronological & Subject Repository
Category: Human Rights
August 2017
Waving a Flag or Waving Hate? 3 Pastors and a Pastor’s Wife Tackle Confederate Symbols
I saw it as soon as we walked out of the store from our back-to-school shopping; a big red pickup with a big Confederate…
Charlottesville: Racism in the Mainstream
By Jason Hines, Ph.D., J.D. [dc]I[/dc] am slightly ashamed and embarrassed that it takes incidents like what happened in Charlottesville yesterday to drive…
June 2017
Supreme Court to review right of private parties to deny services to same-sex couples
The Supreme Court will hear a wedding services case involving a bakery owner who refused to provide a cake for a same-sex wedding for…
Court may hear same-sex wedding cake religious exception case
There are several reasons why the Supreme Court may decide to hear this case when it declined to hear previous religious exception cases.
May 2017
Geologist sues National Park Service for religious discrimination in refusing research request
A Christian geologist sued the National Park Service (NPS) for denying a permit to collect and study rocks which could support a creationist hypothesis.
Kentucky Appeals Court upholds free speech rights of Christian printer in narrow opinion
In a narrowly drafted opinion, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled that the government could not compel a Christian printer to promote messages…
Trump order essentially affirms Johnson Amendment
Last Thursday, President Donald Trump marked the National Day of Prayer with an executive order that at most expressed the administration's desire that the…
October 2016
Iowa church drops transgender restroom lawsuit
[dc]L[/dc]ast week the Fort Des Moines Church of Christ voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit against the state and the city of Des Moines over language…
Defense budget bill would roll back Obama’s 2014 anti-discrimination order
President Obama threatens to veto defense budget bill if language permitting discrimination on basis of religion or sexual orientation remains.