SocietyCommentary
Thursday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a challenge to the Affordable Care Act requirement that employers offer their employees health… Read More
SocietyNews
>>> Update adds judge’s comments in televised interview. An Oregon judge is fighting an investigative panel’s accusation that by declining to perform same-sex weddings on… Read More
SocietyNews
The lawyer for Kim Davis blames Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear for his client’s protracted religious liberty fight that has played out nationally over the last… Read More
SocietyNews
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was released from jail Tuesday after being held in contempt of court for defying a judge’s order to issue marriage… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In an interview with CNN Tuesday night, The Heritage Foundation’s Ryan T. Anderson discussed the relationship between the religious liberty rights of Kim Davis, the… Read More
SocietyNews
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, an atheist group, has sent a report to public universities claiming that providing chaplains to their football teams is unconstitutional…. Read More
SocietyNews
A judge has ordered that Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis be released from jail on the condition that she does not try to prevent her… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Ryan Anderson, William E. Simon senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, appeared on CNN today to talk about the case of Kim Davis, the Kentucky… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Rowan County, Ky., is a lesson for America in how not to resolve social conflict. The local head clerk is sitting in jail, and a… Read More
SocietyNews
On Thursday, a Kentucky county clerk at the center of a national controversy was sent to jail. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that U.S. District Judge… Read More
SocietyNews
Many advocates of same-sex marriage are all for equal rights until it comes to the religious liberty rights of individuals and private business owners who… Read More
SocietyNews
The Independent Women’s Forum has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court in support of the Little Sisters of the Poor. The Little… Read More
SocietyNews
AUSTIN, Texas—Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the federal government has no business regulating the issue of marriage. “In the United States Constitution and the amendments… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In Denver, city council members are weighing whether Chick-fil-A will be allowed to open in the Denver International Airport. Denver council member Paul Lopez “called… Read More
SocietyNews
DES MOINES, Iowa—Several Americans who have faced threats to their religious liberty united for a rally last week. “These threats are not imagined. They’re not… Read More
SocietyNews
Jack Phillips knows he can’t do anything about those who call him a hater. He says he just loves to get up each day to… Read More
SocietyNews
The Oregon bakers who were ordered by the state to pay $135,000 for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding have designed and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Last month, the United States Army celebrated the 240th anniversary of the Army Chaplain Corps. Amidst the celebrations there was also concern: there seems to… Read More
SocietyNews
Family and friends of a Christian cake designer hope to help him with a fundraising campaign after a Colorado court ruled Thursday that he must… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Are people who publicly affirm that marriage is the union of one man and one woman unfit to be judges? The Ohio Supreme Court’s Board… Read More
SocietyNews
Lawyers for a county clerk in Kentucky who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples appealed a federal judge’s order that she do so, asking… Read More
SocietyNews
A Toledo judge who cited his religious faith in declining to perform same-sex marriages has agreed to follow an advisory body’s decision that he—and all… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A recently released poll shows significant public support for the protection of religious liberty—especially when special rights based on sexual orientation are being advanced at… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of gay marriage, a question arises: Should we protect the rights of Orthodox Jews, Roman Catholics,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In recent political memory, religious liberty was a value that brought together conservatives, libertarians and progressives. As recently as 1993, the federal Religious Freedom Restoration… Read More
LawCommentary
The Obama administration continues its persistent attack on the Little Sisters of the Poor following their challenge to the Obamacare abortion drug mandate. Earlier this… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Politico is reporting that the so-called “Equality Act” will be introduced today in Congress. The bill is the brainchild of the Human Rights Campaign—an influential,… Read More
SocietyNews
The Conservative Action Project has released a “Memo to the Movement” on the state of religious liberty in the United States. The project was founded… Read More
SocietyNews
A self-described gay baker named Jesse Bartholomew has come out in defense of Christian bakers who decline to bake cakes for same-sex weddings. In a… Read More
SocietyNews
Four in ten Americans support and an equal percentage disagree with the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage in June. Asked about the Supreme Court’s decision… Read More
