Church and State
US House votes to defund IRS investigations of church political endorsements
[dc]Y[/dc]esterday, by a margin of 211 to 198, the U.S. House of Representatives quietly voted to defund IRS investigations of church…
Legal Issues
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Church and State
Trump judicial nominee Barrett faces religious tests from left and right
At the committee hearing, Democrat Sen. Feinstein questioned her Catholic beliefs on abortion and Republican Sen. Cruz questioned her on the…
Constitution
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…
Church and State
Dominionism and the Rise of Alt-Christianity
Dominionism has many variations, but simply stated it is the belief that Christians can and must have political, social, and religious domin…
Church and State
4,000+ faith leaders ask Congress to keep Johnson Amendment
Over 4,000 faith leaders from all 50 states have signed onto a letter asking Congress to keep the Johnson Amendment as part of the tax code…
Church and State
States prohibiting all non-public school funding may escape Trinity Lutheran impact
States that have constitutional provisions that prohibit public aid to all private schools, regardless of whether or not they are religiousl…
Church and State
Supreme Court asks lower courts to apply Trinity reasoning to school voucher cases
Supreme Court sends voucher cases back to the lower courts "for further consideration in light of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc.,…
Supreme Court
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 religi…
Church and State
Supreme Court: State must include church in public funding scheme
The Supreme Court decision in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer changes 200 years of Establishment Clause precedent and puts churches at risk…
Legal Issues
Op-Ed: Castile verdict is a nightmare come to life
By Jason Hines – I’m sitting here without a plan. I do not even have a rough outline of where these thoughts will go. If I have a…
