On Sunday, Fox News host and former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee interviewed Josh Hawley about the status of Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius and the impact the case will have on our First Amendment rights. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com He also spoke to John Gizzi of NewsMax about the case, noting that he was “encouraged” by the justices’ questions, saying “There seemed to be a genuine concern and skepticism from a majority of the justices about the government’s claim … [Read more...]
Restraining order requested in legal battle with Nixon’s order on same-sex marriage, taxes
Jefferson City - Four Missouri taxpayers have filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in Cole County Circuit Court, seeking to stop state officials from violating the state constitution by requiring combined tax returns from certain same-sex couples, pursuant to an executive order issued by Gov. Jay Nixon last fall. The motion for a TRO is the next step in the legal process which started in January this year when the four plaintiffs filed a lawsuit naming the governor and … [Read more...]
Pro-Hobby Lobby side remains hopeful
WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court contemplated the right of business owners to exercise their religious beliefs in the face of a government decree upon their companies during oral arguments in a case that is expected to have a long-lasting impact. On Tuesday (March 25), the justices heard lawyers for the Obama administration and two corporations debate the constitutionality of the federal government's abortion/contraception mandate, which requires employers to provide … [Read more...]
Blunt on Hobby Lobby Case
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, member of First Baptist Church of Branson, speaks in support of religious freedom in Hobby Lobby case. WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Hobby Lobby v Sebelius, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) joined U.S. Senators Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), and Jim Inhofe (Okla.) in a colloquy on the U.S. Senate floor to highlight their continued fight to protect Americans’ religious freedoms, which are protected by the First … [Read more...]
AG will defend Missouri marriage laws
Joe Ortwerth/Missouri Family Policy Council JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has initiated the legal defense of Missouri’s marriage laws against a challenge filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Koster has instructed his staff to proceed with actions to defend Missouri’s constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of eight same-sex “couples” currently living in Missouri who … [Read more...]
A disaster in the desert: what the veto of Arizona 1062 means
Brandon McGinley/Pennsylvania Family Institute Arizona is populated largely by warty, crooked-fingered Christians who were waiting excitedly to eject LGBT people from their restaurants, flower shops, and laundromats until Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed Senate Bill (SB) 1062. This is the only conclusion one can draw from the hysterical claims peddled by LGBT activists, business leaders, and several prominent Republicans about the infamous religious liberty bill. If the bill were to have been … [Read more...]
Hobby Lobby Q&A with Attorney Joshua Hawley
Joshua Hawley, associate professor of law at the University of Missouri, will speak at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) annual Worldview Conference here, April 3, less than two weeks after he stands before the United States Supreme Court in a landmark case on religious liberty. Hawley serves on the legal team that will defend Hobby Lobby before the Supreme Court, March 25. The Green family – the Southern Baptist owners of Hobby Lobby – filed a lawsuit against the Department of … [Read more...]
Pro-life General Assembly owed much-deserved thanks
As the Missouri General Assembly approaches its spring break, no less than 28 bills have been introduced in an effort to protect the unborn and health of the mother. Missouri is among the top three states with the most abortion restrictions introduced this year, according to Elizabeth Nash, the state policy director for the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights and research group. Such activity bears witness to the prayer warriors and pro-life activists determined to make abortions rare … [Read more...]
An American allegory
"PLEASANTVILLE" (BP) -- Governor Brumble stands nervously at the press conference podium at the governor's mansion in Pleasantville, the capitol of Sunnyvale. "I want to welcome everyone here tonight," she begins, "because our state is always welcoming. "Welcome citizens and non-citizens. Welcome new business and old business. If someone says, 'Thank you,' in Sunnyvale, we always say, 'You're welcome.' That's just who we are. There is no higher priority in our state than making people … [Read more...]
Lawsuit against Nixon Explained
In the state of Missouri, the voters defined marriage as one man and one woman and legally placed it in the Missouri Constitution. In 2004 a million voters went to the polls and approved a Missouri Constitutional Amendment, by a whopping 71% to 29%, placing in the Constitution the definition of marriage as being one man to one woman. But in 2014, the Governor Jay Nixon of Missouri defied both these realities by his executive order. He announced that couples of the same-sex who were … [Read more...]
BREAKING: DHS Tells Romeike Family ‘You Can Stay’
PURCELLVILLE, Va./Christian Newswire/ -- The Department of Homeland Security verbally informed Home School Legal Defense Association that the Romeike family is being granted indefinite deferred action status. The Department told HSLDA that this meant the order of removal would not be acted on and that the Romeikes could stay. HSLDA Chairman Michael Farris was thrilled. "This is an incredible victory that I can only credit to Almighty God. I also want to thank those who spoke up on … [Read more...]
New gay marriage rules hamper states
Tom Strode/Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Justice Department’s new, wide-ranging policies supporting same-sex marriages even in states where such unions are illegal came as no shock, but will hamper states’ efforts to govern on the issue, says a Southern Baptist public policy expert. Attorney General Eric Holder’s Feb. 10 memorandum officially announcing the changes marked the latest in a series of actions by the Obama administration to extend federal benefits to people in … [Read more...]
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