Los Angeles church wages full-fledged battle against County, State; Wins Round 1 in Religious Freedom court case
By Michael Hernandez SUN VALLEY—Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church engaged in a full-fledged battle against the County and State has won Round 1 of a Religious Freedom court case on Friday (Aug. 14). The verdict from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Chalfant: “No attendance cap” and congregants can “worship Sunday indoors with […]
Congressman Urges AG Barr to Protect Religious Freedom Following Reports of Church Vandalism
BY JANITA KAN A Tennessee congressman on Wednesday urged the Justice Department (DOJ) to continue their efforts to protect religious freedom and combat religious discrimination after several churches in the United States reported vandalism and other damages in recent weeks. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) raised concerns over the spate of attacks in a one-page letter addressed to Attorney General William Barr, describing the reports […]
Supreme Court Protects Religious Freedom in Labor Law and Contraception Rulings
BY MATTHEW VADUM The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 this morning that the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause exempts religious organizations from employment discrimination lawsuits and from a requirement to provide contraceptive coverage to their employees. Both rulings are victories for the Trump administration. The high court issued 7-2 decisions in two separate sets of cases, Our Lady of Guadalupe […]
POLITICS | Sen. Hawley Tells Attorney General States Are Violating Religious Freedom, Calls for Civil Rights Investigation
BY MARK TAPSCOTT Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wants Attorney General William Barr to investigate alleged violations by state and local officials of religious worshipers’ First Amendment right to assemble while allowing demonstrators protesting George Floyd’s death to gather without regard to public health measures imposed to curb the CCP virus. “State officials have violated the free speech and free exercise rights […]
When Do We Say, “Enough”?
Pastor Lance Ralston, Calvary Chapel Oxnard ROMANS 13 IN THE DAYS OF COVID-19 Churches across the Country have wrestled with how to respond to stay-at-home ordinances issued from every level of civil government, from the Federal to State and local governments. While the majority have complied with the shut-down by moving from on-site […]
AB 2943 Gay conversion therapy bill dropped by California lawmaker
Unexpected Drop of California’s Conversion Therapy Bill By Bob Ditmer August 31, 2018 CA Assemblyman Evan Low, The author of a California bill to declare gay conversion therapy a fraudulent business practice has abandoned his effort for this year after a fierce outcry from the state’s religious community and unexpected dialogue and collaboration. California Christians are calling it […]
Justice Department issues policy memo declaring religious freedom is ‘paramount’ in US
WASHINGTON — A sweeping new statement by the Justice Department calls religious freedom a “fundamental right of paramount importance,” placing the Trump administration squarely on the side of religious conservatives in America’s culture wars. The statement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, with a long legal analysis by the department’s lawyers, is intended to be guidance […]
Major state playing devious trick with ‘religious freedom’
Democratic legislators in California hope to add their state to the list of those that have adopted religious freedom bills. However, unlike other bills intended to protect individual rights of conscience with regard to same-sex “marriage,” the bill effectively protects Islamic terrorists by barring law enforcement and immigration authorities from collecting information regarding religious beliefs, […]
American Uprising
. By Daniel Greenfield This wasn’t an election. It was a revolution. It’s midnight in America. The day before fifty million Americans got up and stood in front of the great iron wheel that had been grinding them down. They stood there even though the media told them it was useless. They took their stand […]
Finally, An Honest Debate About Gay Marriage
By Gregory J. Welborn The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments concerning same sex marriage. Proponents of gay marriage would have us believe that the only argument is essentially a civil rights issue and that the only logical and morally defensible decision is for The Court to strike down any and […]
