Roger Wolfson on God: five premises and a conclusion
It should come as no surprise that Roger Wolfson’s views on God began with a conceptual departure from most organized religions themselves. Having read “the Source” by James Michener, he became keenly More...
Trump moves to cut more Obama era rules at HHS, ending religious discrimination regulations
On this Religious Freedom Day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a rule that implements President Trump’s executive order that removes current regulatory burdens on religious More...
Liberty Counsel leads appeals of Maryland’s counseling ban
Liberty Counsel has filed the Opening Brief asking the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the district judge’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction against More...
HHS adds adoption and foster care protections for faith based group from LGBT attacks, lawsuits
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will introduce a new federal rule that would allow faith-based adoption and foster care providers to receive federal money without compromising their sincerely More...
Judge strikes down Obama era ‘gender transition’ surgeries mandate for health care staff
A federal court in Texas struck down an Obama-era rule that forced doctors across the nation to perform “gender-transition surgeries” even if such procedures were against their medical judgment or religious More...
Arlene Flowers, gay wedding case headed to Supreme Court
Maybe the Supreme Court will finally decided this type of case: discrimination or freedom of conscience. The U.S. Supreme Court has received numerous friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the freedom of a Washington More...
Supreme Court may hear Aimee Stephens, transgender funeral home case
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases that will determine whether LGBTQ workers have federal protections against sex-based discrimination in the workplace in the wake of transgender firing More...
Judge strikes down Tampa’s counseling ban, government can’t regulate ‘healthcare treatment’
Yesterday federal Judge William F. Jung issued an order granting summary judgment to Liberty Counsel in its suit to invalidate the Tampa ordinance that prohibited licensed counselors from providing voluntary talk More...
Liberty Counsel appeals Christopher Doyle’s case, the Maryland counseling ban
Liberty Counsel has filed an appeal asking the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the district judge’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction against Maryland’s More...
Mustafa Rahimi arrested again for selling a Bible in an Iranian bookstore
Mustafa Rahimi, an ordinary shopkeeper and unassuming citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was recently arrested for an offense against the wellbeing of the country. His crime was the sale of a Bible from More...
Transgender, sexual orientation, freedom of conscience employment cases head to Supreme Court
Liberty Counsel filed two amicus briefs in support of employers in three Supreme Court cases regarding whether federal anti-discrimination laws should apply to “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” The More...
Judge rules Wisconsin cannot exclude transgender surgeries, hormone treatments from Medicaid coverage
A federal judge ruled Friday that Wisconsin cannot exclude so-called gender-reassignment treatments, including both surgery and hormones, from coverage under the Medicaid program, striking down a rule that’s been More...
Court rules Lehigh County seal with cross can stay, doesn’t violate the first amendment
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the official seal of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania can remain on government property, despite efforts from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) to have it More...
Grant Strobl, Jacob Chludzinski and ThinkRight Strategies sues Ann Arbor over free speech laws, political speech
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a political consulting firm and its owners filed suit against the city of Ann Arbor in federal court Monday. The lawsuit challenges a city law that forces Grant More...
SCOTUS rejects Oregon baker gay marriage case due to Jack Phillips ruling
In a victory for Sweet Cakes Bakery and Melissa and Aaron Klein, today the U.S. Supreme Court sent their case back to the Oregon Court of Appeals in light of the June 2018 decision in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. “Lesbian” More...
SCOTUS to hear Funeral home transgender case, determine if ‘sex’ can be redefined as ‘gender identity’
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a lower court decision that redefines the word “sex” in federal law to mean “gender identity.” Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Michigan More...
Connecticut: Caring Families ministries sues the city of Hartford for religious discrimination over ‘signage’ laws
Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to protect a life-affirming, faith-based pregnancy care center, which helps clients with concerns about pregnancy and motherhood, against More...
The Top 7 North American Countries With the Most Personal Freedom
Personal freedom comes with different definitions which even vary from one country to another. However, the most important points that personal freedom or civil liberty should cover and bestow upon all individuals More...
Liberty Counsel asks SCOTUS to hear case on the California banning of counseling for gays, transgenderism
Liberty Counsel filed a petition today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review Pickup v. Newsom, a case that upheld a ban by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which prohibits licensed counselors from providing More...
House Democrats pass bill to change Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include LGBT, transgenders, make them a ‘protected class’
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill that threatens the free exercise of religion and free speech. H.R. 5, known as the Equality Act, which broadly imposes the LGBT agenda and does not More...
