Was one of us Jewish? The jeweler wanted to know. Was either of us leaving another religion to become Jewish? No, we were not. Well then, he was sorry but he would not give us that particular quotation. The point was non-negotiable. . . . Continue reading →
Religious Freedom Watch
A Gracious Explanation Of Christian Conviction In The Ashers Bakery Case
One Reason Why Religious Liberty Is In Jeopardy
Baker takes a job his faith says he can’t do, bad choice, like a Muslim taking a job to sell bacon. #equalrights @RScottClark @reg1776
— Chuck (@CherMemorabilia) April 9, 2015
The Real Danger Of Theocracy In America
Since evangelical re-engagement with social and cultural issues in the mid-1970s, symbolized by the 1976 election of a self-professed born-again, Southern Baptist (Democrat) from Georgia to the White House, in the wake of the Watergate scandal, against the background of the Moral . . . Continue reading →
(Lesbian) Talk Show Host Speaks Truth To (LGBT) Power
The Logic Of The New Orthodoxy On Same-Sex Marriage
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Comply With The New Orthodoxy Or Be Fined Out Of Existence. In America.
(Credit: KOIN TV)
The Organized Campaign To Demand Ideological Conformity
Barack Obama can run for office as an anti-gay-marriage candidate — which he did, more than once — and that is a ho-hum business, because nobody believed him to be sincere. Brendan Eich was driven out of the company he helped found . . . Continue reading →
Jefferson: Conscience Protected Against The Enterprises Of Civil Authority
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority. It has not left the religion of its citizens under the power of its public functionaries, . . . Continue reading →
Madison: Conscience May Not Be Coerced By The State
Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, “that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.” [Virginia Declaration . . . Continue reading →
Freedom To Act According To Conscience In America
“…this Congress intend no violence to their consciences”—Continental Congress (1775) Continue reading →
The LGBT Lobby Is Threatened By Grandma?
UPDATE (3 April, 2015) The legal conflict, including fines and assessments against her business and personal assets, continues.
Civil Liberty Is The Relative Absence Of Coercion
This is not Mississippi Burning; it’s just a conscientious decision not to engage in purely voluntary commerce in a free society. Continue reading →
Hiding Behind The Cross?
“No one in California will be able to hide their prejudice behind a cross, no one!” Continue reading →
Wealthy Foundations Seek To Suppress Religious Liberty
The Arcus Foundation’s website lists a 2014 grant of $100,000 to the American Civil Liberties Foundation supporting “communications strategies to convince conservative Americans that religious exemptions are ‘un-American.’” A two-year Arcus grant to the ACLU in 2013 gave $600,000 to support the . . . Continue reading →
American Civics 101: No Established Church
Warren Throckmorton, who teaches psychology at Grove City College, the fellow who blew the whistle on Mars Hill, has set his sights on David Barton of Wallbuilders fame. You may have seen Barton on late-night infomercials or on the web. He is known for . . . Continue reading →
Political Correctness Uses Social Vilification To Silence Dissent
PC compliance automatically invalidates non-PC views and reinforces the bad habit of condemning all who disagree. By shutting out all but one train of thought, political correctness attacks individuality and ends up pushing people into the oblivion of a collectivized and controllable . . . Continue reading →
Chaplain Punished For Mentioning His Faith
The Army has disciplined a military chaplain for making references to the Bible during a suicide-prevention seminar last month. …The chaplain, Capt. Joe Lawhorn, conducted the training session on suicide prevention Nov. 20 at the University of North Georgia. During the session, . . . Continue reading →
On What Political Correctness Really Is
“Political Correctness” is a euphemism for the silencing tactics of power elites who are pushing power-consolidating agendas. It works by isolating and marginalizing anybody who might get in the way of those agendas, through smears and threats and psychological manipulation. I think . . . Continue reading →
Caution Against Social Revolution Via The Judiciary
This is a case about change—and how best to handle it under the United States Constitution. From the vantage point of 2014, it would now seem, the question is not whether American law will allow gay couples to marry; it is when . . . Continue reading →