By Stephanie C., Esq., policy manager “Government shall not attempt to control the ideas a man has. . . . It shall let anybody talk in this country.” Former Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black Recently, I read a story about a doctor in the U.K. who was fired for continuing to use pronouns that identified
Did you realize that Jesus somehow sneaked into the U.S. Constitution? Do you know how many state Constitutions mention God? In his Stoplight® commentary, Stuart Shepard answers those questions – and builds a bookshelf. Thank you for sharing Stoplight with your friends. After you watch the video, you can read the Pew Research Center analysis.
by Stuart Shepard You won’t find this word in our nation’s founding document. You can search every Article, every Section. It’s a word that, given the historical context and how common it was in the late 1700s, you would expect to be in there. But it’s not. I was sitting in a packed classroom with
A federal district court has ruled that churches in Iowa are not “public accommodations.” That means they are not subject to government control. The ruling came in a case brought by Fort Des Moines Church of Christ after the Iowa Civil Rights Commission issued guidelines censoring church statements on biblical sexuality and forcing churches to
Gateways to Better Education helps public schools teach about the important contribution the Bible and Christianity make to the world. Eric Buehrer is the president and founder. School officials in Middleton, Wisconsin, are upset at a group of moms who are eating lunch with their high school children and their friends. Middleton High School allows
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed HB 1523, the Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act. The law means that the state cannot violate the conscience of business owners or individuals because of their views on marriage. Our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom wrote model legislation for the bill. Kellie Fiedorek, an attorney with ADF,
God’s Not Dead 2 takes on one of the most pressing issues of our time – religious freedom. In the sequel, a school teacher (played by Melissa Joan Hart), is challenged because she mentioned Jesus in answer to a student’s question. The story unfolds as she heads to court to defend her faith. Alliance Defending
New ordinance only allows the chaplains of the city police and fire departments to open the meetings with prayer. The Council had approved a moment of silence to replace the regular prayers after a Satanist from Tucson was scheduled to give an opening prayer in February. The new ordinance only allows the chaplains of the
The privacy and safety of women and children protected North Carolina lawmakers are protecting the privacy and safety of women and children. They unanimously passed a bill that would prevent men from entering women’s restrooms, locker rooms and showers. The governor has already signed it into law. This is good news for North Carolina families
“You can’t do that here!” A police officer stopped Joe, the guy with the flag, and his friends from handing out what they wanted to hand out where they wanted to hand it out. You’ll want to know what they wanted to share with their fellow students.
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