Originally posted May 1, 2013 Updated below. If these fundamentalist Christian monsters of human degradation … and tyranny cannot broker or barter your acceptance of their putrid theology, then they crave for your universal silence in the face of their rapacious reign . . . Continue reading →
As Rush Limbaugh said a while back, in certain ways, Margaret Thatcher was an American. She understood what the founders understood. The understood the view of liberty (as freedom from constraint in civil life) held forth in the founding documents. It’s fascinating . . . Continue reading →
“The only thing I can think of is that they are trying to say they want the church out of here,” said Rev. Neil Zagala, who is the Secretary of the Ontario Filipino Fellowship. “Such a rent increase seems so out of . . . Continue reading →
But the real problem with the statement is its failure to grasp the inherently offensive nature of most religious belief. It belies the widely held belief that “good religion” must be utterly private, banal, and non-offensive. Read more
Neil Munro writes at the Daily Caller: “Education Department officials are threatening school principals with lawsuits if they fail to monitor and curb students’ lunchtime chat and evening Facebook time for expressing ideas and words that are deemed by Washington special-interest groups . . . Continue reading →
Last month we learned that the University of Kentucky denied an appointment to a qualified candidate on the basis that he might be an evangelical. Yesterday news emerged that the UK settled Gaskell’s religious discrimination suit with Gaskell for $125,000 (HT: Rhett . . . Continue reading →
One might not have expected this Department of Justice to be advocating on behalf of religious liberty and one might not look at this case as good news but arguably one might be wrong.
UPDATE 1 August 10 A federal court has dismissed a suit brought by an Eastern Michigan student who was dismissed from an academic program for refusing to counsel homosexuals.
J. D. Greear has the story of Sayed Mossa, who has been imprisoned and tortured because he is a Christian. He is scheduled to be murdered by the same Afghan government installed by the United States. JDG has action steps beginning with . . . Continue reading →
Newspapers and blogs around the world are lionizing a 14-year old boy, whose video is getting a lot of attention, for a speech he’s made defending a teacher for throwing two students out of class for making allegedly anti-homosexual comments. The national . . . Continue reading →
Late last month I posted a note about the case of a Christian who posted a want ad on a church’s bulletin board. Someone noticed that ad and complained to fair housing agency, who, in turn filed a complaint with the US . . . Continue reading →
A woman posted a note on her church bulletin board and now she’s facing charges from the Fair Housing center of West Michigan (Grand Rapids) (HT: Aquila Report).
CNN has the story (HT: RNS). The ban still must pass the French Senate before it becomes law. This is a complicated issue. On the one hand the burqa (full body covering) and the niqab (partial face covering) are religious and political . . . Continue reading →
Originally posted 22 June 2010. UPDATE 24 June 2010. The Thomas More Law Center is now representing those who were arrested (HT: Aquila Report)
Update: Rancho Cucamonga has dropped the action against the Bible Study. Original Post 27 Mar 2010 First it was San Diego, then Gilbert, AZ and now Rancho Cucamonga.