Current Events
Government Official Jailed for the “Right” to Discriminate Against Citizens Based on Official’s Religion
Rowan County, Kentucky, is the flash point of a culture war that threatens to take us away from…
Current Events
Americans United Expresses Church-State Concerns on Eve of Papal Visit to U.S.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued an open letter to the mayors of Philadelphia, New…
International
What Does the Nuclear Deal With Iran Mean?
This morning, Democrats in the U.S. Senate announced that they have the 34 votes necessary to uphold the…
Church and State
If Theocracy was Good for Ancient Israel, Why Isn’t It Good for America?
(The following is taken from an appendix to the book Patriarchs and Prophets). “The question has been raised, and…
Abortion / Contraception
Shawn Boonstra on Elective Abortions
Planned Parenthood | VOP Blog http://vopblog.com/2015/07/28/planned-parenthood/ Excerpt: The abortion debate really boils down to one question: does a…
Economics
The Theology of the Tax Exemption
By Jason Hines, PhD, JD - Has Christianity in America become so materialistic that we conflate our freedom…
Current Events
News Briefs and Commentary – July 16, 2015
The United States, along with China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom has inked a nuclear agreement…
Church and State
Catholic Hospitals Appeal Federal Court Decision Saying They’re Not Catholic Enough
Longstanding, agency-approved exemption of religious hospitals from federal pension law had been overturned, threatening Dignity Health chain of…
Health
California Eliminates Religious Exemption to Mandatory Vaccination
In passing SB 277, the legislature appears to presume either that the religious exemption requests were pretextual and…
Church and State
Free Exercise After Obergefell: Warnings from the Dissent
Statements of Justices Roberts, Thomas, and Alito on free exercise of religion in light of the same-sex marriage…