The immigration “deal” cooked up by the gang of eight Senators and the resulting bill is destined for attack from all sides, given the difficulty…
The American Civil Liberties Union’s 2013 Work plan, not to mention its fundraising letters, public arguments, and legislative commentary, have adopted a wrong-headed, but popular,…
The previous edition of the eNews for Faith-Based Organizations carried an article on a likely Employment Nondiscrimination (ENDA) Executive Order. The article inadvertently included misleading…
If you scan the right sources, the headlines have been full of such stories lately: * The Kentucky legislature “overwhelmingly” overrode the governor’s veto of…
About two weeks ago, 110 members of Congress sent President Obama a letter pressing him to issue an ENDA (Employment Nondiscrimination Act) Executive Order banning…
Last week IRFA submitted a comment to the federal government in response to the early-February Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) about “accommodating” non-exempt religious organizations…
April 8 is the deadline to submit comments in response to the early-February “proposed rules” (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking–NPRM) about “accommodating” non-exempt religious organizations that…
The two trends continue to go together: states enact marriage redefinition laws and those laws fall short of providing more than minimal protection for the…
Unfortunately, language to protect conscience and religious freedom in the health care context was not put into the “must-pass” money bill recently adopted by the…
A Challenge to Senator Portman
Republican Senator Rob Portman (Ohio) announced two weeks ago that he had reconsidered his views about marriage redefinition and now supports same-sex marriage. Predictably, his…