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“To Litigate and Protect”
By Emily Belz
Stanford Law has opened the country’s first religious liberty legal clinic with the goal to train students and educate the general public on religious liberty issues.
Reformed theology is nothing new. So why do more African Americans seem to be adopting it now?
Major Presbyterian Church May Consider Leaving Its Denomination
By Shomial Ahmad
One of the largest Presbyterian churches in the country, located here in Houston, is voting this Sunday on whether or not to enter into a discussion of what its ultimate affiliation should be with its denomination the Presbyterian Church USA.
Here They Stand
By Jamie Dean
Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate forces businesses to cover abortion-inducing drugs for employees. It has sent several evangelical and Catholic business owners to court to fight for their religious liberty— with varying degrees of success
Most Americans are Concerned About Restrictions in Religious Freedom
By The Barna Group
January 18, 2013 – From Louie Giglio’s withdrawal from the Inauguration Day prayer, to Hobby Lobby’s refusal to pay for health insurance that covers potentially abortion-inducing medicines, to President Obama’s newly decreed January 16 as “Religious Freedom Day,” the question of religious liberty and just how far it stretches and how much it covers is…
Twenty-nine presbyteries have rejected the amendment, making it impossible to reach the two-thirds needed.
Egyptian Court Sentences Christian Family to 15 Years for Converting from Islam
By Benjamin Weinthal for FoxNews.com
The 15-year prison sentence given to a woman and her seven children by an Egyptian court for converting to Christianity is a sign of things to come, according to alarmed human rights advocates . . .
Russia Sends Mixed Signals on Adoption Ban
By Tiffany Owens
In the wake of Russia’s new law banning US adoptions, parents who have poured years of time and thousands of dollars into the adoption process now wait with baited breath to learn whether they can bring their children home.
Why You Should Care About the Hobby Lobby Case—And Be Alarmed
By Kevin DeYoung
The facts are well known: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) requires employers to provide insurance for their employees. As part of the mandated health coverage, businesses must include contraceptives and abortifacient drugs in their insurance plans. Hobby Lobby, owned by the Green family (strong Christians and generous philanthropists), is refusing to…
Adoption Credit Made Permanent in “Cliff” Bill
By Michael Foust
The so-called “fiscal cliff” bill signed by President Obama didn’t fully please either political party, but it did contain great news for the adoption community . . .
