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November 2014

November 21, 2014

The Marriage Pledge?

Some ministers are signing a "marriage pledge" promising not to sign state marriage licenses as...

November 18, 2014

Immigration amnesty by executive order

President Obama, having been unable to get his way in Congress and now faced with...

November 18, 2014

Two ways towards Net Neutrality

President Obama has embraced the principle of "net neutrality," meaning that internet providers shouldn't charge...

November 17, 2014

Why pastors’ housing allowance is tax-exempt

As we reported, an appeals court upheld the practice of pastors not having to pay...

November 17, 2014

The Obamacare confession

When I heard about the Obama operative who said that the passage of Obamacare was...

November 14, 2014

Pastors’ housing allowance upheld

Pastors have traditionally been allowed to take a large percentage of their salary as a...

November 10, 2014

Our latest war is now illegal

The War Powers Act allows presidents to launch hostilities at their discretion, but they must...

November 06, 2014

The first New Class president

Sociologist Peter Berger discusses the Houston mayor subpoening sermons (which have been cancelled, by the...

November 04, 2014

Pastors defying the IRS by politicking from the pulpit

More and more pastors are endorsing particular candidates from the pulpit, purposefully defying the IRS...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

A 19th Century doctor who may have saved your life

Abortion, far from being a modern medical procedure, was rampant in the past, including in...

October 27, 2014

Non-citizens who vote illegally

Those who worry about illegal voting are often dismissed with the claim that this hardly...

October 22, 2014

Must wedding chapel ministers perform gay weddings?

A wedding chapel is not a church, though ordained ministers often preside at the marriages. ...

October 21, 2014

Standing with the Houston Five

Rev. Dr. Scott Murray is the 4th Vice President of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod...

October 16, 2014

Houston subpoenas sermons

Annise Parker, the openly gay mayor of Houston, is cracking down on churches that are...

October 07, 2014

The Bootlegger/Baptist theory of regulation

Gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson wants to outlaw online gambling, which threatens his casino industry. So...

October 07, 2014

The Supreme Court won’t rule on gay marriage

The Supreme Court has refused to hear gay marriage cases. That means that the lower...

October 01, 2014

The problem with public official prayers

We believe in freedom of religion, something that is becoming more and more important to...

October 01, 2014

Germany considering doing away with incest laws

The German Ethics Council, an official government agency, is recommending that the law against incest...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Watching porn on taxpayer time

A senior Environmental Protection Agency official has been caught spending as much as six hours...

September 23, 2014

Cell phones the police can’t tap into

You can set up a passcode to protect the information on your cell phone. But...

September 22, 2014

Congress approves war with ISIL with little debate

Congress signed off on President Obama's plan for an air war against the Islamic State,...

September 18, 2014

Air Force will now allow atheist oaths

We blogged about the atheist airman who was not allowed to re-enlist unless he could...

September 16, 2014

Religious liberty for atheists, too

Enlisting or re-enlisting in a military service requires taking an oath, ending in the words...

September 08, 2014

Obama delays amnesty until after the elections

President Obama had said that since Congress won't pass immigration reform, he will push it...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

Federal judge throws out ban on polygamy

A federal judge in Utah has ruled that the state's law banning polygamy is unconstitutional. ...

August 27, 2014

The administrative state

Mollie Hemingway at the Federalist just rips to shreds the Obamacare contraceptive mandate. In the...

August 25, 2014

The revised contraceptive mandate

In response to the Supreme Court decision that the Obamacare contraception mandate can violate the...

August 19, 2014

Thoughts on Ferguson shooting

We've blogged about the militarization of the police (here and here), but what about the...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Stoned federalism

The United States Constitution sets up a system of federalism, a union of states, each...

July 28, 2014

Where’s the opposition to legalized marijuana?

Our nation's capital is gearing up to join Colorado and Washington state in legalizing marijuana. ...