Church and State
The Romans 13 Crisis- A pastor looks at the authoritarian use of Scripture
To be fair, perhaps Jeff Sessions did not mean to act against years of religious liberty and separation…
Constitution
U.S. House Committee Votes to Strengthen Military Chaplains’ Liberty of Conscience
The U.S. House Armed Services Committee has adopted Congressman Todd Akin's (R-Missouri) amendment to the National Defense Authorization…
Free Exercise
Lemuel V. Sapian releases new book on America’s religious freedom divide
Very few things can be as divisive as religion. In free America, we are guaranteed freedom of religion.…
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…
Civil Rights
Sikh Group Develops App to Report Airport Profiling (CNN)
EXCERPT: Airline travelers who feel they’ve been harassed at airport check-ins by screeners now have a speedier outlet…
Politics
What does the Trump win mean for religious liberty?
Donald Trump's transition team is making plans to occupy the White House. What does this mean for religious…
Discrimination
Supreme Court declines to hear Sabbath accommodation case
The Supreme court has decided against hearing a workplace accommodation case involving a Seventh-day Adventist, but hints that…
Free Exercise
History in the Baking: Latest Wedding Cake Decision Appealed to Supreme Court
First Liberty has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review an Oregon Court of Appeals decision that upheld…
Church and State
EXCERPTS: Douglas Laycock on dangers of protecting liberty ‘only for ourselves’ (Baptist Joint Committee)
From: http://bjconline.org/news/news/0209laycock.htm Douglas Laycock is the Yale Kamisar Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law…
Church and State
Is Christian “Just War” Just Like Jihad? (Patheos)
EXCERPT: Christian and Islamic views of warfare are closer than we have been led to believe. When it…