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July 2023

July 05, 2023

Luther on Compelled Speech

Not being allowed to say what you believe is a violation of your freedom of...

April 2023

April 28, 2023

A List of Bureaucratic Assaults on Religious Liberty

What does the federal bureaucracy have against religious liberty? A list of proposed regulations at...

April 28, 2023

DISCUSSION: Getting the Sabbath Day Off?

Should the laws against religious discrimination prevent employers from being able to terminate employees who...

March 2023

March 16, 2023

Good Secularism vs. Bad Secularism

One kind of secularism takes no position on religion to make a place for religious...

February 2023

February 13, 2023

FBI Targeting “Radical Traditional” Christians?

A leaked FBI document reporting on "Radical Traditional Catholics" indicates that the agency is defining...

February 06, 2023

Outlawing Silent Prayer

The next frontier in violating religious freedom: outlawing not just prayer but silent prayer. Already,...

September 2022

September 16, 2022

Supreme Court’s New Standards for Religious Liberty

You may have heard that the Supreme Court sided with the football coach who lost...

September 13, 2022

Lessons on Illiberalism from the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

August 24 was the 450th anniversary of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, in which as...

August 2022

August 15, 2022

National Conservatism and Religion

The document "National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles" seems to suggest an establishment of Christianity...

May 2022

May 16, 2022

“Politics Is Not Supposed to Be Spiritually Fulfilling”

The various critiques of liberal (i.e., freedom-based) democracy that we have been hearing from both...

April 2022

April 27, 2022

Finnish Prosecutors Appeal the Christians’ “Innocent” Verdict

The Finnish Christians charged with hate crime for teaching what the Bible says about homosexuality...

March 2022

March 30, 2022

Finnish Christians Found Not-Guilty in Hate Crime Trial

The Finnish Christians who were put on trial for teaching what the Bible says about...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

“The Free Exercise of Religion”

The Constitution forbids the government from prohibiting the "free exercise of religion." That refers to...

August 2021

August 27, 2021

When the Government Told Churches What Language to Speak

One example of governments using the force of law to regulate the internal practices of...

June 2021

June 01, 2021

The pastor who leads a church body in fellowship with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod...

May 2021

May 19, 2021

Celebrating the Burning of Heretics

I'm interested in Christian art, and I just became aware of a remarkable--and twisted--example. "The...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Making Taxpayers Pay for Abortions?

The looming pro-life issue is whether or not Democrats will push through the elimination of...

March 2021

March 12, 2021

The Equality Act Takes Away Religious Exemptions

The Equality Act, which just passed the House and goes to the Senate, extends the...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

The Crises in the West and in Islam

The new spate of Islamic terrorism in France, due to more Charlie Hebdo cartoons, demonstrates...

September 2020

September 15, 2020

Luther on Why Belief May Not Be Coerced

In a time when the church freely used coercion and punishment to enforce its teachings,...

July 2020

July 06, 2020

Why a “Conservative” Supreme Court Will Issue Liberal Rulings

Conservative legal theory will mean that a conservative court will sometimes make liberal rulings. A...

April 2020

April 13, 2020

When Corporate Worship Is Taken Away

The coronavirus restrictions on corporate worship may be necessary to fight the coronavirus epidemic, but...

October 2019

October 15, 2019

No Tax Exemption for Churches Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage?

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke says that churches that oppose same-sex marriage should lose their...

September 2019

September 06, 2019

Religious Liberty, Freedom of Speech, and the Right to Not Make Videos

Anti-discrimination laws applied to same-sex marriage and other LGBT issues often conflict with the Constitution's...

July 2019

July 31, 2019

How Civil Rights Law Protects Religious Employees

Some corporations are requiring all employees to sign "equality pledges," affirming their agreement with the...

June 2019

June 24, 2019

What to Make of the Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Cross

The Peace Cross in Bladensburg, Maryland, is a 40-foot cross erected by local residents and...

February 2019

February 06, 2019

How to Punish Christians Despite the First Amendment

The Freedom of Religion is enshrined in the United States Constitution, the fundamental law of...

December 2018

December 05, 2018

The Babylonian Trick

The estimable Hans Fiene, the pastor behind Lutheran Satire, puts a name to a particular and...

November 2018

November 27, 2018

Is It Discrimination for Christian Groups to Require Christian Leaders?

One of the current attacks on religious liberty is the practice of university administrators to...

October 2018

October 24, 2018

Christian Firefighter Wins His Case Too

In 2015, the mayor of Atlanta fired the city's much-decorated fire chief Kelvin Cochran. Why? ...