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On bathrooms, discrimination, and Baptists seeking office

Walgreens corporate leaders recently distributed a memo stating men may now use women’s restrooms and vice versa.

Pro-life centers continue fight for life despite opposition

Pregnancy resource centers continue serving vulnerable women and unborn children in the face of ongoing, adversarial campaigns by abortion rights advocates.

Internet Freedom Watch shines light on censorship

National Religious Broadcasters is drawing attention to online censorship of Christian and conservative speech by companies such as Facebook, Google and Apple by launching Internet Freedom Watch.

Sen. Lankford, ERLC’s Moore amplify Baptist view of church-state separation

Lankford and Moore wrote, “the church should not rule over the state, and the state cannot rule over the church. Religion is too important to be a government program or a political pageant.”

Ancient DNA said to support Bible’s Babel account

Ancient human genetic material harvested in Alaska has been cited by two creation researchers as corroborating evidence of Scripture's claim humans migrated en masse from the Tower of Babel.

Government probe renews calls to defund abortion

Pro-life advocates hope a new U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Planned Parenthood (PPFA) marks a turning point for the nation’s largest abortion provider.

California again approves abortion pill reversal class

The California Board of Registered Nursing has given a green light – for the third time – to a class teaching nurses how to reverse drug-induced abortions.

DOM Chuck Hoskins announces candidacy

Chuck Hoskins describes himself as vehemently pro-life, stating, “Missouri should continue to be a place where we value life. I would support a ‘heartbeat bill, preventing abortion once an infant’s heart starts beating.”

Christian bakers lose in Oregon appeals court

Christian wedding vendors who decline to provide services for same-sex ceremonies have suffered another legal setback.

Supreme Court justices engage the wedding wars

The Masterpiece Cakeshop case was billed as one of the most important religious liberty cases of our time, but none of us expected to witness one of the most intense courtroom dramas of our lifetime.

World’s worst religious freedom violators evaluated

The Trump administration's first designation of the world's worst violators of religious freedom received the same evaluation as the last list under President Obama - good but not good enough.

Court rules for fire chief in religious liberty case

A U.S. District Court judge ruled on Dec. 20 that city of Atlanta rules used to fire former Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran were unconstitutional

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