JEFFERSON CITY -- The U.S. Supreme Court June 30 voted 5-4 to uphold the right of business people to practice their faith at work in what is the most important victory for religious liberty in decades. The case, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, concerned Obama Administration rules that would have forced business owners to fund abortion-inducing drugs. The Green family, who own Hobby Lobby, object to abortion on religious grounds and filed suit to defend their constitutional right not to be forced … [Read more...]
Blunt Pleads for Ibrahim, Abedini
Sen. Roy Blunt (R., Mo.) on the Senate floor Wednesday urged the U.S. to protect the rights of religious minorities throughout the world. Blunt specifically called for the release of Meriam Ibrahim and Pastor Saeed Abedini, who are both jailed for their religious beliefs. Speaking about Ibrahim, Blunt stated, “I think asylum in the United States for her U.S. citizen husband, children, and her would be an appropriate thing. And the danger they feel they face by someone who’s willing to … [Read more...]
Huckabee in Israel, visits family of kidnapped girls
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has traveled to Israel and his first stop was to visit with the family of one of the three Israeli teenagers abducted nearly two weeks ago by Hamas terrorists. The teens, one an American citizen, were kidnapped as they walked home from their religious high school on Israel’s West Bank. Huckabee, a former president of the Arkansas Baptist Convention and now a Fox News Channel personality, is pondering a run for president in 2016 and is known for his strong … [Read more...]
‘10 Commandments Judge’ defends Constitution
JOPLIN – “The Ten Commandments Judge,” Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court Roy Moore, spoke in defense of allowing God in the public square several times across southwest Missouri, including June 1 at Harmony Heights Baptist Church here. Moore is best known for his refusal to remove a monument of The Ten Commandments from the Alabama Supreme Court grounds, saying it was the foundation of American law and rejecting critics’ claims it violated the first amendment of the U.S. … [Read more...]
Homosexual group targets 3 Southern states
(WNS) – The nation’s largest gay rights advocacy group is putting down roots in the South. Last week, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced it will spend $8.5 million over the next three years to set up permanent offices and staff in Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi. HRC’s goal is to expand social and legal protections in those states for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) residents. HRC says the program, called Project One America, is targeting Alabama, Arkansas, and … [Read more...]
State judges grant ‘divorces’ to two same-sex couples
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri circuit court judges have granted “divorces” in at least two cases involving female couples who were “married” in other states that, unlike Missouri, recognize same-sex “marriages.” The controversial rulings signal a new line of attack by same-sex marriage advocates against the Missouri Constitution which was amended by voters in 2004 by a 71-29 percent margin defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Same-sex marriage proponents’ inability to convince … [Read more...]
With God’s help, no limits to what we can achieve
MAY 20, 1927, at 7:52am, one of the greatest feats in aviation began as 25-year-old Charles A. Lindbergh left Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, in his silver monoplane named The Spirit of St. Louis.Thirty-three and a half hours later he landed in Paris, completing the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.Lindbergh was decorated by the president of France, the King of England and President Calvin Coolidge.The son of a Congressman, Charles Lindbergh was a test pilot for a St. … [Read more...]
Religious Liberty Law
Tom Strode/Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP) – The White House and Congress need to make specific changes to combat persecution 15 years after enacting legislation to promote religious liberty globally, a federal watchdog says in its annual report. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) called Wednesday (April 30) for the Obama administration to improve its implementation of the 1998 law designed to protect the rights of people of faith worldwide. In its 2014 report … [Read more...]
Most Americans: Keep ‘Under God’ in Pledge
Bob Smietana/LifeWay Christian Resources NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In 1954, the United States Congress added the words “under God” to the country’s Pledge of Allegiance. Sixty years later, most Americans would like to keep it that way, despite ongoing legal challenges to the pledge. A lawsuit filed against a New Jersey school district on March 28 contends that reciting the phrase “under God” in the pledge sends a message that nonbelievers are bad citizens and creates a hostile environment for … [Read more...]
KC school district ends ban on religious speech
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A Kansas school district has revised its speech policy after Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a student prohibited from posting or handing out fliers promoting a student-led “See You at the Pole” prayer event. Because Unified School District No. 204 revised its policy to remove the ban on distributing religious materials, ADF attorneys voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit April 29, having achieved the original goal of ensuring that the … [Read more...]
Mohler open to meeting with gay author
David roach/Baptist Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) — Through an exchange on Twitter, R. Albert Mohler Jr. has expressed his willingness to meet with author Matthew Vines, whose new book God and the Gay Christian argues that Scripture permits monogamous homosexual relationships. Four Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professors who contributed with Mohler to an e-book critiquing Vines also apparently have shared their interest on Twitter in meeting with him. Mohler, president of Southern … [Read more...]
‘Subjective discrimination’ fuels religious freedom bills
David Roach/Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP) – Concern that anti-discrimination laws infringe on religious liberty is among factors that have prompted more than a dozen states to consider religious freedom bills to protect Christians’ right to speak against homosexuality. Currently, 18 states have passed versions of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a bill signed by President Clinton in 1993 that prohibits government infringement of religious liberty unless the state shows a … [Read more...]
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