White House

Will an LGBT executive order on federal contracts protect religious employers?

For many months, various groups have been pressing the President to issue an executive order banning LGBT job discrimination by federal contractors, and there is…

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HHS Secretary

Don’t use 414(e) definition to protect ministries from contraceptives mandate

In its strong January 12th editorial saying the federal government should protect, rather than, suppress the religious freedom of the Little Sisters of the Poor…

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HHS Secretary

HHS contraceptives mandate cases–briefly

As of today . . . 91 cases over 300 plaintiffs 2 cases at the US Supreme Court The federal government takes three positions on…

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Obama administration and Religious Freedom Day 2014

Obama administration and Religious Freedom Day 2014

On January 15, the anniversary of the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which was written by Thomas Jefferson and which is one…

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Putting kids first in regulating foster care and adoption agencies

Putting kids first in regulating foster care and adoption agencies

This week the Heritage Foundation released an important background paper, “Adoption, Foster Care, and Conscience Protection,” by Sarah Torre and Ryan Anderson. In the US…

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world vision faith

Global religious restrictions rising

Here’s how the new edition of the important global religious freedom study from the Pew Research Center was announced: “The share of countries with a…

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Faith-based preK and government funding

Faith-based preK and government funding

The huge–it’s called “omnibus”–appropriations bill that passed the House and Senate this week includes an increase in federal spending for preK education, although apparently not…

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Equal protection is only individualistic?

Equal protection is only individualistic?

Earlier this week, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled that the state’s definition of marriage as one man and one woman is a violation of…

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Dr. Stanley Carlson-Thies Comments on Religious Exemptions in SSM Laws

Dr. Stanley Carlson-Thies Comments on Religious Exemptions in SSM Laws

In a Christianity Today Online post, Dr. Stanley Carlson-Thies commented on the importance of religious exemptions in same-sex marriage laws. You can find the article…

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Faith-based services and the War on Poverty

Faith-based services and the War on Poverty

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of President Johnson’s War on Poverty, Dr. Stanley Carlson-Thies wrote an editorial for the National Review Online. In this article, he…

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