Tag: religious liberty

Capitol Report (Nov. 15): Trump Makes Special Announcement; Texas Governor Declares Invasion

A big announcement may be coming from former President Donald Trump Tuesday evening. NTD is on the ground at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. The governor of Texas on Tuesday declared an invasion at the southern border. What does that mean, and what actions are coming? A recount in the Arizona governor race could be…


Religious Liberty Once Again Under Attack by the Cultural Elites

Commentary PITTSBURGH—L. Hafer of the Pittsburgh Daily Post paid a visit way back on June 9, 1847, to Mercy Hospital, the Catholic hospital begun by the Sisters of Mercy, a religious congregation founded in Ireland. The hospital had just opened its doors four months earlier in a former concert hall smack in the middle of…


Separation of Church and State, or Separation of Church From State?

In Kennedy v. Bremerton School Board, the Supreme Court has ruled 6–3 that a high school football coach’s religious liberty was violated when the board fired him for praying at the 50-yard line after games as crowds dispersed. While opponents view the decision as favoring the “majority religion” in America, the Supreme Court seems to…


NY Judge Rules Jewish University Isn’t Religious, Must Recognize LGBT Student Club

A New York State judge has ruled that the Yeshiva University must approve the creation of an LGBT student group on its campus, even though the club goes against the Jewish institution’s guiding religious beliefs. Lynn Kotler, a judge in the New York County Supreme Court, ruled Tuesday that the Yeshiva University Pride Alliance must…


Capitol Report (June 9): GOP Accuses Dems of Jan 6 ‘Political Theatre’; Protests Continue at Justice Kavanaugh’s Home

After one year of investigations into the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, the House select committee has prepared a public hearing. Republicans are calling it a political stunt timed just before the midterm elections. Jan. 6 is back in the spotlight. Were the events that took place that day a threat to democracy or a political…


Virginia AG Sides With High School Teacher Fired for Rejecting Transgender Pronoun Demands

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has sided in a lawsuit with a high school French teacher who was fired for not using male pronouns for a female student. In a brief filed on May 24, Miyares said the public school district “transgresses Virginia’s longstanding constitutional protections” when it punished a teacher for “refusing to express…


COVID-19 and the Failure of America’s Major Religions

Commentary For two years, Americans have been partially or entirely deprived of fundamental freedoms—of assembly, speech, religious liberty, making a living, a child’s right to an education, access to early treatment for a potentially deadly virus, and more—for the first time in American history. That half of America, especially its elites, has either made peace…


Does a Seattle-Area Coach Have a Prayer in His Supreme Court Case?

Commentary CAMP HILL, Pennsylvania—With 48 seconds to go in a high school football matchup last fall between Cedar Cliff and Cocalico, the game came down to a shootout between the two central Pennsylvania rivals. To say that the intensity level was through the roof would be an understatement. Yet when the game ended, the two…


Michigan High School Student Sues School for Suspending Him for Talking About Christian Beliefs

A Plainwell, Michigan, high school junior has gone to federal court to fight for his right to talk about his religion. The case arose when student David Stout was suspended for three days for expressing his Christian beliefs and opinions in a private conversation with a like-minded student on school property and in private text…


Michigan High School Student Sues School for Suspending Him for Privately Talking About Christian Beliefs

A Plainwell, Michigan, high school junior has gone to federal court to fight for his right to talk about his religion. The case arose when Plainwell High School student David Stout was suspended for three days for expressing his Christian beliefs and opinions in a private conversation with a like-minded student on school property and…