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More pressure for LGBT federal contracts Executive Order

A recent letter from 47 Senators and 148 members of the House asks the President to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating…

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Hobby Lobby at the Supreme Court

Hobby Lobby at the Supreme Court

On March 25, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods challenges to the HHS contraceptives mandate. The Christian…

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Senate child-care bill: preserve parent choice

Senate child-care bill: preserve parent choice

The Senate recently passed a bill to reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant program, which provides federal funding to states to pay for…

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World Vision same-sex marriage policy change and change back

World Vision USA, the US branch of the global organization, early this week announced that it would accept into employment Christians in legal same-sex marriages…

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Mississippi RFRA bill: does it just protect discrimination?

Mississippi RFRA bill: does it just protect discrimination?

A Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) bill has recently been considered by the Mississippi legislature. It has not received the firestorm of often-uninformed commentary that…

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Canadian Supreme Court: religious relativism required?

Canadian Supreme Court: religious relativism required?

On March 24, 2014, the Canadian Supreme Court heard the important case of Loyola High School, a Catholic school in Quebec. The province of Quebec…

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Worth viewing

Worth viewing

Watch Ken Starr (Baylor University) and Alan Dershowitz (Harvard Law School) discuss the Hobby Lobby case and the HHS contraceptives mandate at the March 24…

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IRS's proposed limits on 501(c)(4)s

IRS’s proposed limits on 501(c)(4)s

Liberal and progressive organizations have joined Tea Party and conservative organizations to heavily criticize the IRS’s proposed new regulations on political activity by 501(c)(4) organizations….

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Tax reform and the charity deduction

Tax reform and the charity deduction

Tax reform, and with it, the possibility that the tax deduction for charitable contributions will be diminished–made less valuable or (less likely) be redefined to…

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Arizona and other state religious freedom bills

Arizona and other state religious freedom bills

It is not an easy matter to protect everyone’s legitimate rights when the different people and organizations involved seem to insist on opposite outcomes. Coming…

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