From playgrounds to wedding cakes to something called the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act,” religious freedom has been winning lately in the courts. Stuart Shepard asks Ashley Shaw, Kansas Family Voice’s new legal expert, to explain the nuances of these court actions and how they impact Christians across America.
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves says Mississippi’s religious freedom act is unconstitutional. Christians must give up some of their freedoms to accommodate others. Bruce Hausknecht of Focus on the Family tells us that will have a negative impact on our First Amendment rights as Christians.
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,
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