A federal appeals court has ruled that a private Catholic high school in Indiana had the right to not continue employing two different guidance counselors who had entered into marriages that conflicted with the school’s religious principles. On Thursday, a three-judge panel on the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled (pdf) unanimously that the…
Appeals Court Rules Catholic Private School Allowed to Fire Counselor Over Her Same-Sex Marriage
Democratic Senator Calls for Addressing ‘Masculinity Crisis’ Among Men
A Democratic senator is talking about a crisis he sees in men these days, saying when addressing the issue, we can’t ignore that there are biological differences between men and women. What’s the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling on religious liberty in relation to LGBT ideology? Matt Sharp, senior counsel with the Alliance defending freedom, joins us…
Rhode Island School District Blocks Christian Club from Holding After-School Meetings
The Providence Public School District (PPSD) is being sued in federal court for refusing to allow a Christian club to hold after-school meetings on school property. According to the complaint, for two years the district has ignored multiple applications from the plaintiff, the Child Evangelism Fellowship of Rhode Island, to allow a local chapter of…
Freedom of Religion On the Chopping Block
Commentary Intolerant secularism is on the march. In a blatant campaign of cultural imperialism, secularists and their leftist allies aim to shrivel the “free exercise” of religion to mere “freedom of worship.” Freedom of religion and worship aren’t the same concepts. Indeed, free exercise was ably described by the late Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy…
Unvaccinated Kidney and Heart Patients Denied Transplants Get Day in Court with Michigan Hospital
A Michigan judge will soon decide if 73-year-old Ross Barranco can be denied a donated kidney because he won’t take the COVID-19 vaccine. “I just don’t see the logic of it,” stated Barranco in an interview with The Epoch Times. “Everybody knows an organ transplant procedure requires the nearly complete suppression of a recipient’s immune…
Pope Benedict XVI and Human Freedom
Commentary The resignation of the Pope in 2013 was a decision that completely shocked the world, partially because for a traditionalist like Benedict XVI, it seemed like a highly untraditional thing to do. But as head of the Holy Office in the last years of the previous pontificate, Cardinal Ratzinger watched with deep pain as…
HHS Proposes New Federal Rule Limiting Health Workers’ Religious, Conscience Rights
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials are proposing new federal regulations they claim will better protect the religion and conscience rights of individuals seeking or providing health care services. The proposed regulation—the Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes—was posted in the Federal Register on Dec. 29 for a 60-day…
How Do We Get Our Nation Back on Track?
Commentary Some thoughts about our country as Christmas and the new year approach. In his Farewell Address to the nation in 1796, America’s departing first president, George Washington, observed: “It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring to popular government.” And what is the basis upon which we define morality? Washington…
Parish Sues to Protect Religious Liberty and to Preempt Penalties for Its Gender Identity Policies
A clash of rights has provoked St. Joseph’s Catholic Church of St. Johns, Michigan, to pick a legal fight with the state. In a complaint filed with the United States District Court of Western Michigan on Dec. 5, the parish asserts that in light of the redefining of the phrase “biological sex” in the state’s…
Senate Moves Closer to Passing ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ That Critics Say Threatens Religious Freedom
Senate Democrats—aided by 12 Republicans—took a giant step on Nov. 28 toward the final passage of the “Respect for Marriage Act” that many civil liberties experts say will seriously damage Americans’ freedom of religious practice and expression. The 61 to 35 vote came on a cloture motion to limit debate on the Senate floor to…
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