Posts Tagged ‘religious freedom’
Diversity and Tolerance — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, A leading headline this week had to do with Julea Ward, a student expelled from Eastern Michigan University’s graduate student counseling program because she held to her Christian belief that homosexuality was not moral. I guess this falls into the lefts all encompassing “diversity and tolerance” unless that diversity and [...]
Tennessee’s First Constitution: Religion Clauses
American Minute with Bill Federer Tennessee's Constitutional Convention composed its State Constitution in 1796. The U.S. Congress accepted it and President George Washington signed the bill admitting Tennessee as the 16th State on June 1, 1796. Tennessee's Constitution stated in Article XI, Section III: "All men have a natural and [...]
N.Y. Public Schools May Observe Muslim Holidays
Liberty Alerts, Corruption Chronicles Muslim religious holidays will be officially observed by the largest public school district in the United States under a bill pending in the New York State Legislature. A similar proposal was overwhelmingly approved by the New York City Council last year but got nixed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. That [...]
Trouble Right Here in River City — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Somebody must have put in another pool table, look at all the trouble we’re in now. Heck, it’s gotten so’s a body can’t offer up a proper prayer or teach school without raisin’ up a ruckus. That Music Man feller’ passing through warned us about having a pool table; should’ve listened to him. Look what’s [...]
Socialist Threat: A Continuation of the War in Heaven — Ezra Taft Benson
Prophet Statesmen, Ezra Taft Benson Today, there is a great threat to freedom. The Church is prospering and growing, but all over the world the light of freedom is being diminished. A great struggle for the minds of men is now being waged. At issue is whether or not man's basic inalienable rights of life, liberty, property, and pursuit of [...]
Defending National Day of Prayer
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law & Justice We are once again in federal court defending the constitutionality of the National Day of Prayer. This time representing members of Congress in a critically important amicus brief to be filed in a federal appeals court. As you know, a federal district court in Wisconsin recently ruled in [...]
Politics, and the Prohibition of Plural Marriage — American Minute
American Minute with Bill Federer A decade prior to the Civil War there were two major political parties in the United States: Democrats, favoring freedom of choice to own slaves; and Whigs, wanting a big tent party. In Ripon, Wisconsin, anti-slavery activists met on February 28, 1854, then held their first State Convention in Jackson, [...]
Florida School Tries to Ban Bibles on Religious Freedom Day
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Fort Myers, FL – Today Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit to overturn a recent ban on distributing Bibles on the public school campuses of Collier County, Florida. For years, the school board allowed World Changers to distribute free Bibles to interested students during off-school hours on Religious Freedom Day, [...]
ACLJ Disappointed in Supreme Court Decision that Damages Constitutional Rights of Religious Organizations
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice (Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, said today it is "extremely disappointed" in the Supreme Court's decision involving the constitutional rights of religious organizations. In a 5-4 decision, the high court upheld a [...]
Martinez Ruling: Ninth Circuit Affirmed, but with Remand — David French
Liberty Alerts, David French — Alliance Defense Fund, Senior Counsel Supreme Court renders a 5-4 decision against the Christian Legal Society. Justice Ginsburg is still reading from the bench, but here’s the Scotusblog summary: The Court rules that an “all comers” policy, at least as it exists at the Hastings College of Law, is [...]
Minneapolis Schools Sued for Denying Equal Access to Good News Clubs
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Minneapolis, MN – Today Liberty Counsel is filing a lawsuit on behalf of Child Evangelism Fellowship of Minnesota (CEF), the sponsor of Good News Clubs, against the Minneapolis Special School District No. 1 for unfairly denying equal inclusion in its promotion of after-school programs. CEF was an approved [...]
Florida Passes Law to Protect First Amendment Rights in Public Schools
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Tallahassee, FL – Responding to the gross violation of free speech brought about by the ACLU in the Santa Rosa County School District (District), the Florida legislature passed a law that requires school districts to obtain the consent of staff and students before entering into any agreement that infringes upon [...]
Obama Missed A Great Chance — Phyllis Schlafly
by Phyllis Schlafly President Obama had a golden Memorial Day opportunity to show the country that (contrary to his left flank) he is not anti-military and not anti-Christian, by telling Attorney General Eric Holder to order the Park Service to permit volunteer veterans to replace the Mojave Cross that was stolen on May 9. But he let the [...]
Park Service Opts to Validate Criminal Activity — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The United States Park Service, a representative of ‘We The People’ has sided with criminal activity over law abiding citizens this week. You might recall the hullabaloo over a cross which had been standing at the Mojave National Preserve since 1934 . A law suit was filed claiming the Christian religious symbol violated [...]
William Penn: Friend of God, Indians, and Liberty
Americanist History, 1650-1742, William J. Jackman We have in the course of this history met with the sect known as Quakers,—a sect, perhaps, more than any other drawn from the humbler classes of the English people. We have found them at one time few in number, despised and persecuted; treated as the enemies of social order and morals. They [...]
John Leland: Tireless Champion of Religious Liberty
Political Sermons, Founding Era, 1754-1841, John Leland bio John Leland (1754–1841). A key figure in the rise of religious liberty in America, the Baptist minister John Leland had two careers, one in Massachusetts, the other in Virginia. His only formal education was in the elementary schools of Grafton, Massachusetts, his birthplace, yet [...]
Beware Lest Thou Forget — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, I was asked to teach the next Sunday School lesson, Beware Lest Thou Forget , since our regular teacher has been called to be a councilor in the Bishopric and would be unavailable. My preparation started with a review of the suggested material earlier in the week, a chance to let the Spirit work and figure out how to present [...]
Judge Wins Muslim Religious Freedom Suit
Judicial Watch, Corruption Chronicles A Michigan state judge sued for trampling a Muslim woman’s religious freedom by ordering her to remove her head cover in his courtroom has been exonerated by a federal court. In an outrageous case of political correctness run amok, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge William [...]
Pentagon Widens Christian Ban; Graham Says It’s Anti-Religion
Liberty Alerts, NewsMax.com, David A. Patten The entire National Day of Prayer task force, including the Rev. Franklin Graham, has been "disinvited" to the National Day of Prayer observance to be held at the Pentagon, sources tell Newsmax. And evangelist Franklin Graham believes the military’s effort to ban him and other Christian [...]
Muslim Students Prove This Is a Christian Nation — Bryan Fischer
By Bryan Fischer Muslim students at Trinity University in Texas are complaining about the phrase "In the year of our Lord" on their diplomas, and inadvertently proving that this is a Christian nation in the process. Trinity, whose name and motto (Latin: "E Tribus Unum", English: "From three, one") are both explicitly Christian, is being [...]
Refuting ‘Day of Prayer Judge’: So Easy A Caveman Could Do It
by Bryan Fischer A federal judge ruled last Thursday that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional because it violates the Constitution's prohibition against the government establishment of religion. It is so easy to refute this judge on constitutional grounds that a caveman could do it. Shoot, you don't even need the caveman. The [...]
“One Small Candle Will Light a Thousand” — The Pilgrims & Religious Freedom
Americanist History, William P. Jackman Though the Pilgrims had no charter, they formed a government upon the most liberal principles. They had a governor, who was chosen by the people, and whose power was limited by a council of five. For more than eighteen years the whole male population were the legislators. They were the pioneers of [...]
Madison’s Notes — Federal Convention of 1787 — June 25
Liberty Letters, 25 June 1787, James Madison MONDAY. JUNE 25. IN CONVENTION Editor's Summary: Pinkney, at length, explores the system, history, and roots of the British Constitution, dubbing it the best in existence (to date), but wrong for the United States. State and county rights considered and largely defended by Pinkney, Ghorum, Wilson, [...]
Rehnquist’s Defense in Wallace v. Jaffree (1985)
Liberty Letters, 4 June 1985, U. S. Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist Justice REHNQUIST, dissenting. Thirty-eight years ago this Court, in Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1, 16, 67 S.Ct. 504, 512, 91 L.Ed. 711 (1947), summarized its exegesis of Establishment Clause doctrine thus: "In the words of Jefferson, the clause [...]
Parents Pounded in Anti-Bullying Case — Phyllis Schlafly
by Phyllis Schlafly California law has an “opt out” provision that allows pupils to be exempted from “health instruction” that conflicts with their parents’ religious beliefs. A California judge has now ruled that parents may not keep their kids out of pro-homosexual school lessons. The school's attorney claims that this controversial [...]
Where Wisdom Abounds and The Gospel is Free — Richard Allen — American Minute
American Minute with Bill Federer Richard Allen was born to slave parents in Philadelphia and sold with his family to a plantation in Dover, Delaware. With the permission of his master, he began attending the Methodist meetings and learned to read and write. Richard Allen was converted at age 16 and is said to have worked harder to prove [...]
The Goal Is Control — Henry Lamb
By Henry Lamb Whether they are called Democrats, Socialists, Marxists, or Progressives, the current leadership in Washington has but one goal: control. The current leadership has demonstrated its belief that government must control virtually every facet of the economy, of politics, and the life of every citizen. With unprecedented [...]
Censorship of Kindergartner’s Jesus Picture Appealed to Supreme Court
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel WASHINGTON, DC – On March 11, Liberty Counsel filed a petition asking the United States Supreme Court to review a New York school district’s censorship of a picture of Jesus that then-kindergartner Antonio Peck included on his poster showing ways to save the world. Liberty Counsel has represented Antonio, [...]
Alice In Wonderland Assault On Religious Freedom: Ronald Reagan — American Minute
American Minute with Bill Federer On MARCH 15, 1984, the Senate voted down voluntary prayer in public schools. President Reagan said: "I am deeply disappointed that, although a majority of the Senate voted for it, the school prayer amendment fell short." On September 25, 1982, Ronald Reagan said: Unfortunately, in the last two decades we've [...]
William Penn’s City of Brotherly Love — American Minute
American Minute with Bill Federer 26-year-old William Penn received from King Charles II the charter to Pennsylvania on MARCH 10, 1681, as repayment of a debt owed to his deceased father Admiral Sir William Penn, who captured Jamaica and defeated the Dutch navy. A student at Oxford, William Penn was expelled for having his own prayer [...]
