A proposed Tennessee bill would strengthen “conscience rights,” allowing people qualified to officiate marriage ceremonies to refuse to perform same-sex unions, or any others to which they object. But on March 14, proponents of the bill hit a snag when it stalled. Members of the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted to delay further consideration of the…
Stalled: Tennessee Bill That Would Allow Officiants to Say ‘No’ to Performing Gay Wedding Ceremonies
Tennessee Bill Would Allow Officiants to Say ‘No’ to Performing Gay Marriages
A proposed Tennessee bill would strengthen “conscience rights,” allowing people qualified to officiate marriage ceremonies to refuse to perform same-sex unions, or any others to which they object. Lawmakers in the Tennessee House of Representatives already have passed House Bill 878. To become law, the legislation now must be approved by members of the state senate, and…
Bipartisan Senate Bill Aims to Punish Beijing for Forced Organ Harvesting
March 10, 2023
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate is aiming to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for forcibly harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. S.761, also dubbed the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act, would authorize the State Department to deny or revoke passports and visas to anyone involved in forced organ harvesting. It would…
West Virginia Passes Law Restricting ‘Substantial’ Government Intervention in Religious Freedoms
March 10, 2023
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Jim Justice, the Republican Governor of West Virginia, has signed into law a bill seeking to protect religious freedoms from unnecessary government interference. The “Equal Protection for Religion Act” was passed in the Republican-led Senate by a vote of 31-3 last week and signed into law by Justice on Thursday. The bill (pdf) prohibits the…
Christian Student Teachers at Center of Lawsuit Against Arizona School District
March 10, 2023
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An Arizona school board is facing a lawsuit after it severed a long-standing partnership with a Christian university that supplied student teachers over their religious beliefs. Conservative group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the lawsuit against Washington Elementary School District on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. For the past…
Legal Team for Christian Postal Worker Pushed out for Demanding Sunday Work Exemption Hopeful About Upcoming Case
March 5, 2023
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The legal team representing an evangelical Christian postal worker who quit the U.S. Postal Service after it refused to accommodate his wish not to work on the Sunday Sabbath is “optimistic” about the case the Supreme Court will hear next month. Over the opposition of the Biden administration, the court agreed on Jan. 13 to…
Congresswoman Calls on State Department to Help Free Florida Family’s Loved One Detained in China
March 1, 2023
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Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) is urging the State Department to do more to help a Florida family’s husband and father who has been detained in China for nearly two years for his faith. Zhou Deyong, a geological engineer, was arrested in a police sweep targeting Falun Gong practitioners and their family members in eastern…
Bill Combating Beijing’s Forced Organ Harvesting Advances to House Floor
February 28, 2023
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A bill aimed at combating the Chinese regime’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting has cleared the committee and is headed for a vote on the House floor. H.R. 1154, also known as the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023, passed unanimously through the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Feb. 28 and is now advancing to…
Hundreds Parade Down Brooklyn to Spotlight Beijing’s Attack on Faith
February 26, 2023
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NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.—Hundreds of Falun Gong adherents paraded down the streets of Brooklyn’s Chinatown area to highlight communist China’s abuses, including its actions targeting residents on U.S. soil. A week earlier, David Fang, a Falun Gong practitioner, was attacked by a pro-Beijing man at an information booth in New York’s Flushing. The assault left…
Brooklyn Parade Spotlights Beijing’s Attack on Faith on American Soil
February 26, 2023
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NEW YORK—Hundreds of Falun Gong adherents paraded down the streets of Brooklyn’s Chinatown area to highlight communist China’s abuses, including its actions targeting residents on U.S. soil. A week earlier, David Fang, a Falun Gong practitioner, was attacked by a pro-Beijing man at an information booth in New York’s Flushing neighborhood. The assault left minor…
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