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New York Wedding Photographer Won’t Share Her Beliefs About Marriage Because Speaking Out Could Put Her in Jail
ORLANDO, Fla.—Emilee Carpenter, a Christian wedding photographer, had to turn to her lawyer when asked about her religious beliefs about marriage because New York law prevents her from speaking about those beliefs in conjunction with her business. “So New York’s law is actually so severe, I think I need to pass this over to my… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Maine School Board Asks Church What It Believes About Marriage, Abortion, Gender Before Denying Lease
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Maine church that outgrew its meeting space applied with the local school board to lease space at a high school for worship services, but the school board appeared to apply a religious test to the church and negotiations fell through. Now, the church is suing. "Public institutions that seek to… -
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House Oversight: Biden Family Got Over $10 Million From Foreign Entities While He Was VP
President Joe Biden’s family received more than $10 million from foreign entities—mostly while he was vice president, according to information released Wednesday. Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued a 36-page memo that made public a sampling of the thousands of pages of bank records regarding the Biden family and foreign entities. The… -
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Missouri County GOP Cites Bible in Resolution Endorsing Natural Marriage
Years after many declared the debate on same-sex marriage closed, a chapter of the Republican Party has passed a resolution defining marriage exclusively as the union of one man and one woman, based on nature and the testimony of Scripture. On April 24, the Republican Party of Jackson County, Missouri, passed the “Defense of Marriage”… -
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Hunter Biden Associates’ 80 White House Visits Evidence ‘Biden Family Enterprise Centered Around Joe Biden’
Hunter Biden’s business associates’ more than 80 visits to the White House is more evidence that Hunter Biden’s various business enterprises were all about President Joe Biden, House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer told The Daily Signal. Associates and business partners of the president’s son visited the White House while Biden was vice president,… -
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Conservatives Should Zero in on ‘Preserving Sanctity of Family,’ Newsweek’s Josh Hammer Says
OXON HILL, Md.—The conservative movement needs to focus on defending the family, preserving parents’ rights and protecting children, by going on the offensive against the woke Left, Newsweek Opinion Editor Josh Hammer told The Daily Signal at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, on Friday. Hammer said “the focal point of the new… -
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Rogue Prosecutor Steve Descano Drops Case Against Criminal Who Crashed Car Into Family’s Minivan
It was only a matter of time until reality caught up with rogue prosecutor Steve Descano, the commonwealth’s attorney in Fairfax County, Virginia, whose election was backed by liberal financier George Soros. We warned readers two years ago that Descano’s pro-criminal, anti-victim policies were going to destabilize the safety and security of Fairfax County,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Mark Houck’s Family, Children Relive Harrowing FBI Encounter in Daily Signal Tell-All Documentary
KINTNERSVILLE, Pa.—Mark Houck’s children were startled awake by a loud banging on their door. The older girls looked out the window, saw flashing lights, and ran out to the landing to see what was going on. The little boys sat up in their beds, sleepy and startled. Mark Houck Jr. rushed to the stair railing… -
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Red States Should Lead Way in Reforming Anti-Marriage Welfare Policies
When conservatives lament the many ways in which the U.S. welfare system discourages marriage and family formation, it’s usually large-scale federal welfare programs such as public housing or the Earned Income Tax Credit that come to mind. Most people probably would not think that state-based welfare programs also contribute to anti-marriage bias, but as our… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Police Officer Punished for Gay Marriage View Lawyers Up, Demands Apology
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL— A former police officer's lawyers are calling on a Georgia police department to make changes after it placed a rookie officer on administrative leave for using social media to express his views on marriage. “The City of Port Wentworth and the Port Wentworth Police Department should issue a public… -
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Cleared From DOJ Charges, Mark Houck and His Family Return to Abortion Clinic to Pray
Catholic father and pro-life activist Mark Houck, cleared of the Justice Department's charges against him, returned Thursday to pray at a Philadelphia Planned Parenthood. This time, he brought his whole family. "We went because this is what we do," Houck told The Daily Signal on Thursday morning. "It’s our mission to stand up for women,… -
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Rookie Georgia Police Officer Explains Why He Resigned After Pushback Over Views on Traditional Marriage
What are you willing to give up to stand by your religious convictions? That’s a question Jacob Kersey did not anticipate having to ask himself at the age of 19. Kersey was excited to be a new officer with the police department in Port Wentworth, Georgia, a town of about 12,000 near Savannah. He says everything… -
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Police Chief Who Placed Officer on Leave for Voicing Traditional Marriage Views Retires
Port Wentworth, Georgia, Police Chief Matt Libby announced his retirement Monday, less than a week after The Daily Signal reported that Police Officer Jacob Kersey had been placed on administrative leave after sharing his views on traditional marriage on Facebook. WTOC first broke the news of Libby’s retirement Monday afternoon, reporting that the police chief… -
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New Documentary Exposes Disney’s Pro-Sexualization, Anti-Nuclear Family Agenda
The magic of Disney is fading, according to the president of the Catholic League. Disney has adopted a woke “idea of diversity, which sounds innocuous on the face of it, [but] is really an agenda to divide people,” Bill Donohue says. “And that’s what they’re doing. They’re dividing people on the basis of family, on… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Georgia Police Officer Resigns After Being Put on Leave for Facebook Post on Traditional Marriage
A Georgia police officer has resigned after he was told by superiors that he could not share his personal religious views on social media. “If someone somewhere considers an opinion I have—that isn't a direct quotation from Scripture—to be offensive, then that would be a fireable offense,” Jacob Kersey, the former officer, told The Daily… -
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Study Shows Government’s Family Leave Mandates Have Thwarted Women’s Wage Gains
Men and women alike should be able to take time off from work for family and medical needs without the risk of losing their jobs. Unfortunately, when policymakers turn something that should be voluntarily offered by employers into a rigid legal mandate, unintended consequences ensue. In the case of family and medical leave laws in… -
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House Panel Probes Biden Family’s ‘Suspicious’ Finances, Twitter’s Suppression of Scandal
The House Oversight and Reform Committee has asked three former Twitter executives to answer questions about suppressing negative news of Hunter Biden before the 2020 election. The committee, now under Republican control, also seeks more information about financial transactions by President Joe Biden’s son as well as the president’s brother, Jim Biden. Oversight Chairman James… -
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Consuming Less, Paying More: One Spanish Family’s Story of Coping With Europe’s Energy Crisis
As winter’s colder temperatures set in in Europe, one family is sharing its story of coping with a crippling energy crisis in Spain. “We have two forms of energy to heat our home … . One is gas-powered and the other one is electric-powered,” Maria Teresa Novo told The Daily Signal in a phone interview…. -
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22 Movies Your Whole Family Can Enjoy This Christmas
Finding a movie my whole family enjoys is about as common as Patriots coach Bill Belichick cracking a smile under his gray hood. My family members' differing taste in movies is never clearer than at Christmastime, when my mom would be happy to watch only Hallmark movies and my brother-in-law insists the action thriller “Die… -
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Biden Signs Radical Respect for Marriage Act Into Law, Surrounded by LGBTQ Lawmakers and Drag Queens
President Joe Biden has signed the so-called Respect for Marriage Act into law, spurning warnings the act will impede religious freedom, and surrounded by LGBTQ activists, lawmakers, and drag queens. "Today is a good day," Biden said Tuesday as he signed the legislation. "A day America takes a vital step toward equality, for liberty and…