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Oklahoma Legislators Take Aim at Gay Marriage

  Oklahoma legislators have introduced 4 bills concerning gay marriage and civil rights for homosexuals and transsexuals. Representative Sally Kern has introduced 3 bills: HB 1599, which is designated...

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Are Wealthy US Foundations Paying to Suppress Religious Freedom?

Are wealthy US foundations paying to suppress religious freedom? John Lomperis of the Institute for Religion and Democracy says that so far as the Ford Foundation and the Arcus Foundation are...

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Netanyahu Calls for Jews to Leave Europe, Migrate to Israel

Israeli  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has issued a call for the remaining European Jews to immigrate to Israel. European leaders have repudiated this call, urging unity instead. Europe’s Jews are...

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Teaching Hate: Anti-Semitism Soaring on US College Campuses

University Campuses have become hotbeds of anti-Israel propaganda. Anti-Semitism is rising along with this. From The Washington Free Beacon: Anti-Semitism on college campuses is growing, with more than...

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Church Turns to Congress for Relief from Attacks on Religious Freedom

The city of Washington, DC has passed two laws that directly attack religious freedom. The first is the ironically titled Human Rights Amendment of 2014. According to Catholic News Agency, … the Human...

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I Repent of My Macbook Pro

I didn’t know that the money I spent on my computer would fund an attack on my religious freedom. If I had known, I would have bought elsewhere. I’m a mac. Big time. I own a Macbook Pro, a Macbook Air...

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HHS Mandate Loses Another Round with the Supremes

The United States Supreme Court issued an order yesterday that will block the federal government from enforcing the HHS Mandate against a whole range of religious organizations. This follows similar...

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Christianity Declines Sharply in America. Here’s the One, Two Three of It.

Recent polls show a seven percent drop in the past eight years in the number of Americans who identify themselves as Christians. This is due to a number of influences. Here is a short list of things I...

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Breaking: Federal Court Forces Notre Dame to Follow HHS Mandate

The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the University of Notre Dame’s appeal against the HHS Mandate today. In a brazen disregard for the First Amendment, the Court argued that the “burden” on...

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Dems for Life Calls on Hillary to Open Up Democratic Party to Pro Life People

I know what you’re going to say, so let me say it for you. Fat chance. Democrats for Life of America has issued a press release calling for Hillary Clinton to bring back the big tent and open up the...

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Christians in the Muslim World: Egypt

This is a bit long, but I think it’s well worth watching.

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The Supremes Decision Enshrines Cultural Nihilism in the Constitution.

Today, the United States Supreme Court ended marriage as a stable legal institution in the United States of America. In flowery language that often sounds like it came from a Harlequin Romance, the...

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The Supreme Court’s War on Government Of, By and For the People

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.  Now we are engaged in a...

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United States Catholic Bishops’ Statement on Gay Marriage Decision.

This statement was issued by Archbishop Joseph E Kurtz of Louisville, KY. Archbishop Kurtz is president of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops. I am printing it in full, without editing....

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Oklahoma’s Supreme Court Orders 10 Commandments Plaque Removed from Capitol...

Oklahoma’s State Supreme Court has ordered the removal of a 10 Commandments monument that was commissioned statutorily by the Oklahoma legislature from state capitol grounds. Attorney General Scott...

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Celebrating the Fortnight for Freedom 2015

I’ve overlooked the Fortnight for Freedom this year because of the rush events ranging from Pope Francis’ encyclical to the Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage. Let’s take today this weekend to...

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10th Circuit Rules First Amendment Protections Don’t Apply to Little Sisters...

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Little Sisters of the Poor are not affiliated with a specific church and they are a non-profit, so the First Amendment doesn’t apply to them. Ditto...

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The Future of the Catholic Church is the Same as Its Past

Ok, so I’m the daughter of a mechanic, the granddaughter of a laborer who at one time dug ditches and was glad for the work on one side of my family, and a real-life horse-breaking, cattle-branding...

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Tyndale Publishers Awarded Permanent Injunction Against HHS Mandate

We won one. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has granted a permanent injunction against the United States government in the matter of its attempt to force Tyndale...

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Four Presidential Candidates Sign Pledge Promising to Defend Marriage

Four presidential candidates have signed the Presidential Pledge for Marriage that is being promoted by the National Organization for Marriage. The four signatories are Senator Ted Cruz, former Senator...

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