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May 2018

May 23, 2018

A Bill to Amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Leading Democrats in the Senate have introduced a bill that would amend the Religious Freedom...

May 17, 2018

Defending Child-Killing in the Name of Cultural Relativism

In the jungles of Brazil, some tribes kill children who are disabled, who were born...

May 15, 2018

How the Commandments Define Civil Society (and What This Means for Abortion)

The always-interesting Peter Leithart, a fellow Patheos blogger, discusses Systematic Theology, II: The Works of God (2001)...

May 14, 2018

The Vocation of a Spy

Normally, the leadership of important government agencies like the CIA goes to politicians, campaign allies,...

May 08, 2018

How a Genealogy Site Caught the Golden State Killer

The Golden State Killer raped more than 50 women and murdered 12 of them. This...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

Pastors’ Housing Allowance Exemption Update

As we have blogged, the housing allowance tax exemption for ministers of religion has been...

April 24, 2018

Do Academic Freedom and Tenure Apply to Conservative Professors?

Professor John McAdams was a tenured political science professor at Marquette University, a Jesuit institution...

April 23, 2018

California to Ban Books? Or Just Christian Speech?

The California State Assembly has passed a bill that would outlaw "the sale or lease...

April 23, 2018

Free Health Care, Free College, Legal Pot, & Reparations for Slavery

A high-level meeting of big donors, Democratic party officials, and politicians came up with three...

April 19, 2018

Two Years in Prison for “Acting on His Religion”

A Mennonite pastor has just been released after spending two years in prison--the full term...

April 16, 2018

Backpage Knew It Was Trafficking Children for Sex

The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, which passed with an overwhelming bi-partisan majority, was signed into...

April 03, 2018

Law Makes Websites Liable for Sex Trafficking

Congress has passed a law holding websites criminally liable if they are used for sex...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

Repealing the Second Amendment

The young anti-school shooting crusaders are discrediting the NRA and influencing public opinion to support...

March 26, 2018

Trump Signs Republican Spending Bill–Planned Parenthood Gets $500 million

Back in February, with great effort, Congress passed a budget agreement, but the details and...

March 22, 2018

Judge Rules Against Trump’s Argument for Presidential Immunity

President Trump has been fending off lawsuits from three women accusing him of mistreating them...

March 21, 2018

The Supreme Court Arguments in Pro-Life Clinic Case

In the Supreme Court case we blogged about regarding the California law forcing pro-life clinics...

March 20, 2018

Supremes Hear Case on Forcing Pro-Life Clinics to Promote Abortion

Today the Supreme Court will hear the case regarding California's law that forces pro-life clinics,...

March 15, 2018

Shutting Down Faith-Based Adoption Agencies

Traditionally, Christian and other religious organizations have taken the lead in arranging adoptions. But new...

March 08, 2018

The Biggest Religious Liberty Issue: Eagle Feathers

Three years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby that the government could...

March 07, 2018

Surrogacy for Money

After getting married, the next step for most couples is having children. Now that we have...

March 01, 2018

Trump vs. NRA

President Trump defied the National Rifle Association and opponents of gun control, urging Republican congressmen...

February 2018

February 23, 2018

Court Rules in Favor of Another Judge Who Won’t Do Gay Weddings

We have been following the case of Judge Ruth Neely, a Wyoming magistrate who lost...

February 21, 2018

Might the Russians Have Flipped the Election to Trump?

The indictment filed by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller against 13 Russians and a Kremlin-connected organization...

February 19, 2018

Mueller Indicts 13 Russians for Interfering with the Election

Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has issued indictments against 13 Russians and 3 Russian organizations for...

February 15, 2018

Cultural Pressure vs. Religious Liberty

The main threat to religious liberty today is not the government. Rather, it is the...

February 14, 2018

A Serious Call to Ban Pornography

Some of you may remember that in our predictions for 2018, I said that the...

February 08, 2018

The Olympics & the Disenchantment of Sports

The Winter Olympics start today. Are you all fired up about that? No? The entire...

February 05, 2018

Get the Memo: Democrats Support Police & Republicans Support Civil Liberties

The memo from the House Intelligence Committee on the FBI's use of the discredited Steele...

February 02, 2018

The End of Anonymous Access to Pornography?

The pendulum is swinging against sexual permissiveness, as the reaction against sexual abuse and sexual...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

Trump’s Immigration Reform

President Trump has released his new proposal for immigration reform. Right now, one side attacks it...