Is Forcing Private Schools To Mask Up A Veiled Threat To Religious Liberty?
EDITORIAL Joshua Bowman What was the point of Virginia’s Aug. 13 public health emergency declaration on masks in schools if, as Gov. Ralph Northam asserted a week earlier, school districts were already required by existing law to follow federal guidelines requiring masks for children as little as two years old? Unfortunately the Virginia health commissioner […]
Priest sues California Governor for Violating Religious Rights with State Shutdown
Thomas More Society Filing Decries Newsom’s Seemingly Endless “State of Emergency” BAKERSFIELD—One Catholic priest has had enough of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s seemingly endless “State of Emergency” and the constitutional violations incurred with the resultant lockdown. Attorneys from the Thomas More Society have filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court against Newsom and 19 other […]
Pandemic Restrictions on Worship Spark Civil Disobedience
BY MATTHEW VADUM News Analysis Constitutional tensions between the authority of governments to use coercive powers to protect public health and the right of Americans to freely engage in religious worship have come to the fore in recent months as the quarantines, curfews, and stay-at-home orders amid the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19 have dragged […]
President Trump: Our Founders understood that “rights do not come from government; they come from God”
By Michael Hernandez NEW YORK—“The United States is founded on the principle that our rights do not come from government; they come from God,” said President Trump at the United Nations headquarters in a historic speech on religious freedom and global persecution against believers as the 74th session of the General Assembly. “This immortal […]
This Is The Most Important Religious Liberty Decision Since Masterpiece Cakeshop
KEVIN DALEY SUPREME COURT CORRESPONDENT . A federal appeals court has ruled for the first time that religious believers can invoke the First Amendment when declining to participate in same-sex weddings. The case involves a Christian couple named Carl and Angel Larsen, who operate a media production company. The Larsens want to expand their […]
BLACKWELL: It’s Morning Again For Religious Freedom In America
Ken Blackwell | Former Ohio Secretary of State The past two weeks have seen good news for Americans who care about their religious liberty, as strong statements came from the Supreme Court and the state of Colorado in defense of the First Amendment’s guarantees of religious expression. First came oral arguments at the Supreme Court […]
Trump: “Win back the White House and drain the swamp in Washington, D.C.”
By Michael Hernandez VIRGINIA BEACH, VA—“In 17 days we’re going to win the great Commonwealth of Virginia and win back the White House,” said Donald Trump at a Saturday, 10-22-16 outdoor rally held at the Regent University campus. “My greatest privilege, is the time I have spent with the evangelical community and people of faith. […]
What Conservatives Did to Pull Off Religious Liberty Win in California
California conservatives won a surprise victory this week, cialis changing a state assembly bill that would have curtailed the freedom of private religious colleges. “We literally were able to see tens of thousands of people mobilize to make calls and to write their legislators, treat and to participate in the political process, prostate ” William […]
