JEFFERSON CITY – Even as one Missouri school district is tightening faculty religious expression after a costly lawsuit, students in the state now enjoy even stronger religious freedom protections. Governor Jay Nixon signed the bill known as the Missouri Student Religious Liberties Act July 2. It passed by extreme majorities of 131-16 in the House and 30-1 in the Senate. “Under the new law, school districts are prohibited from discriminating against a student on the basis of religious … [Read more...]
Truett’s religious liberty legacy celebrated
David Roach/Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP) – On the 70th anniversary of George W. Truett’s death, present and former pastors of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas – where Truett pastored for 47 years – said his most famous sermon on religious liberty has implications for the advance of secularism, the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision and GuideStone Financial Resources’ legal fight against the Obama administration’s abortion/contraceptive mandate. “I think I have probably read … [Read more...]
Seven non-profits win injunctions against HHS mandate after Hobby Lobby ruling
Kirsten Andersen/LifeSiteNews WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – In the wake of the June 30 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case, the high court and two federal appeals courts have granted temporary injunctions to seven non-profit organizations. Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne (Wyoming), Catholic Charities of Wyoming, St. Joseph’s Children’s Home, St. Anthony Tri-Parish Catholic School, and Wyoming Catholic College were granted … [Read more...]
Pro-gay pastor attends White House event
David Roach/Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP) – The Los Angeles-area Baptist pastor whose church split after he announced he no longer believes all homosexual acts are sinful was President Obama’s guest at the White House LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) Pride Month reception June 30. Danny Cortez, pastor of New Heart Community Church in La Mirada, Calif., attended the reception with his son Drew, who Cortez said in a Feb. 9 sermon is gay. At the reception, Obama … [Read more...]
Pastor’s shift on sexuality confronts SBC
David Roach/Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP) – A Los Angeles-area Southern Baptist church that some media reports said adopted a “third way” position regarding homosexuality in reality never voted to adopt any position on the issue and split into two groups in early June amid unresolvable deadlock, an elder at the church has told Baptist Press. A vice president with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee (EC) said EC staff members gathered information on New Heart … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Bill to overturn Hobby Lobby decision on abortifacients stalls in Senate
Ben Johnson/LifeNews WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bill introduced by Senate Democrats to erode the religious liberty of Americans who object to abortion-inducing drugs or contraception has stalled. The Democrat-controlled body voted 56-43 to pass the bill, which would require business owners to offer contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs to their employees with no co-pay, regardless of their religious views. However, the measure needed 60 votes to proceed, due to Senate … [Read more...]
New book: Is there hope for ‘God less America’?
JOY ALLMOND/Billy Graham Evan. Assoc. CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Franklin Graham once said, “I believe that a time is fast approaching – I think it will be in my lifetime – when the preaching of the gospel is referred to as hate speech.” And Todd Starnes couldn’t agree more. Starnes, the host of Fox News and Commentary, heard on radio stations nationwide, has joined the fight for religious freedom by reporting stories of the silenced Church. “I agree 1,000 percent with Franklin Graham,” … [Read more...]
Far more than a political issue
NASHVILLE – “This is as close as a Southern Baptist gets to dancing in the streets for joy.” That was how Russell Moore, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), described the news that Hobby Lobby had prevailed in its fight against a government mandate that the company pay for abortion-causing drugs. Moore spoke to the media during a press conference after the June 30 Supreme Court ruling. “A government that can pave over the … [Read more...]
After pressure, Google restricts porn in ads, apps
Kiley crossland/World News Service WASHINGTON (BP) – Google is cracking down on sexually graphic content with two recent policy changes, one implemented in March and one that started in June. The new rules take steps to eliminate explicit material in Google’s advertisements and apps. Google will no longer accept advertisements through Google AdWords that promote graphic depictions of sexual acts, according to an email the company sent to advertising accounts in early June. Morality in … [Read more...]
What does Hobby Lobby’s win mean?
Evan Lenow & Trey Dimsdale/Land Center In the highly anticipated decision of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the Supreme Court issued a victory to closely held for-profit corporations on the issue of religious liberty. While the decision was not as sweeping as some may have wanted—or as Justice Ginsburg claimed in her dissent—the Court’s decision upheld the idea that Americans need not check their right to religious liberty at the door when they enter the business world. At issue for the … [Read more...]
Mendacity, lawlessness in the marriage debate
One of the most troubling aspects to the same-sex marriage debate is the way much of the news media have deliberately misled the American people about different aspects of the issue. They tout polls and bloviate about the speed with which the American people are changing their minds in support of same-sex marriage. They state with faux certainty that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a same-sex marriage case next year (doubtful in reality) and that the court will allow same-sex marriage. How … [Read more...]
Governor vetoes 72-hour waiting bill, override likely
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed July 2 a bill that would extend the waiting period to get an abortion in Missouri from 24 to 72 hours. It now faces a likely veto override by the General Assembly in September. The bill passed the Missouri House 111-39 and the Senate 22-9. It takes two third to override a veto, a margin the bill would have if legislators’ votes remained the same. Pro-life legislators said the extended waiting period was appropriate given the magnitude of the … [Read more...]
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