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FIRST-PERSON: Hope for the violence that plagues us

The last three days have reminded us, once again, of the frailty of human life in the face of the human capacity to inflict sudden, deadly violence upon other people.
Ethics

Sex-abuse survivors in Texas, Missouri protected from non-disclosure agreements

Texas and Missouri laws banning nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in sexual abuse settlements took effect over the Labor Day weekend.
Ethics

Christian baker asks SCOTUS to defend her right to uphold biblical values in work

California Christian baker Cathy Miller is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm her right to refuse to bake wedding cakes celebrating unions that violate the biblical definition of marriage.
Ethics

Churches, religious broadcasters prevail in lawsuit challenging Johnson Amendment

The Johnson Amendment, as it formerly restricted political comments from the pulpit, is null and void, according to a July 7th binding consent judgment.
Ethics

FIRST-PERSON: Liberty for all – a Baptist distinctive

As the echoes of Fourth of July fireworks fade and we turn our attention to the week ahead, Southern Baptists also will take a moment to celebrate a key freedom that Americans have long enjoyed and that Baptists have continually sought to defend.
Ethics

Religious liberty ‘the best blessing’ America has, Baptist immigrants say

For distributing the Bible and sharing the Gospel in the Soviet Union, Aleksei Kharlamov’s great-grandfather was sent to Siberia and never heard from again. His grandfather and father both were persecuted for being Baptist pastors. Growing up in post-Soviet Moscow, Kharlamov was called a cult member for being a Baptist. That family history enhances his love of America’s religious liberty.
Ethics

Supreme Court restores parents’ rights to opt children out of LGBTQ storybook time

The United States Supreme Court ruled Friday (June 27) that parents of public-school children in Montgomery County, Md., have a right to opt their kids out of classroom reading times with books the school board labels as “LGBTQ inclusive.”
Ethics

FIRST-PERSON: 10 years after Obergefell

Regardless of what our society affirms, marriage is not what our culture says it is. Marriage is not what lawmakers or judges say it is. Marriage is what God says it is in his revealed Word. Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime—for our good. As believers, we should contend for that truth to be reflected in our society’s laws. 
Ethics

In ‘landmark ruling,’ Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law banning gender transition treatment for minors

In a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday (June 18) that a Tennessee law banning gender transition medical treatments for minors is constitutional.
Ethics

Supreme Court instructs New York to uphold religious liberty

The Supreme Court has ordered New York courts to reconsider some of their previous decisions in light of the High Court’s ruling in the Wisconsin Catholic Charities case earlier this month.
Ethics

Supreme Court unanimously sides with Catholic Charities in religious liberty case

The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a Catholic benevolent ministry qualifies for a tax exemption granted to churches.
Missouri

HLGU asks U.S. Department of Education for protection from unconstitutional mandate 

Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU), affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) since 1857, has formally requested a religious accommodation from the U.S. Department of Education from a Biden-era regulation, 34 CFR §668.14. Without timely action by the Department, the university intends to file a lawsuit seeking relief to safeguard its religious freedoms.

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