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  • … In Targeting a Christian School for Its Beliefs, the Government Is Harming Low-Income … Maryland officials violated Bethel Christian Academy’s First Amendment rights when they kicked it out of a school …
  • … an Ideology Against His Beliefs Dr. Nicholas Meriwether, a professor at Shawnee State University, was reprimanded over … as a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University for over 20 years with an unblemished record. He is serious … offered a compromise: he would refer to this student by a first or last name only. That way, he would not call the …
  • … Teacher Fired Over Compelled Pronouns Peter Vlaming, a high school French teacher in Virginia, was fired for … Point School Board to continue his teaching contract in 2017. But the school tossed aside this positive record when … to refer to a female student he had taught the previous year by a new name and male pronouns. Though Peter did his …
  • … Supreme Court Upholds Jack Phillips’s Freedom 7-2 A 7-2 Supreme Court ruling in favor of Masterpiece Cakeshop … government force a Democrat speechwriter to write speeches for a Republican president? Should a Muslim painter be forced … U.S. Supreme Court to take up the Masterpiece case. June 2017 : The Supreme Court agreed to hear Jack’s case. December …
  • … enter its foster-care system during the 2021 fiscal year alone. From 2017 to 2021, the system served over 10,000 children … it seeks to recruit and retain more parents to address a shortage of caregivers. Washington is particularly …
  • … This Volunteer Chaplain Was Fired—For His Christian Beliefs Dr. Andrew Fox was fired from his … and may no longer be shocking. But how about this one: a volunteer Christian chaplain fired for his Christian … of both his religious freedom and freedom of speech. The First Amendment protects Dr. Fox’s right to be free from …
  • … New Jersey Now Allows Abortion for Any Reason Up Until Birth Unfortunately, this kind of … 26, 2022 Last week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a piece of legislation that drastically expands access to … in some state legislatures around the country this year. But, while these attacks on life can be disheartening, …
  • for Fair Play in Sports Sixteen female athletes have filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA for its policy of … in the 500-yard freestyle event. In 2022, during her fifth year in college, she placed 17th in the 500-yard freestyle … of Pennsylvania who competed in the men’s division from 2017 to 2020. After two years of testosterone suppression, …
  • … 9, 2022 Revised August 18, 2023 What is “conscience”? It’s a word we’re all familiar with—a clear conscience, a guilty … right from wrong, good from evil. But it’s more than that. For knowing right from wrong wouldn’t do much good if we … thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Why is freedom of conscience important? These 26 …
  • … Phillips should not have to fear government punishment for living out his faith by deciding what he can and cannot … 2, 2022 Revised January 12, 2024 You would think that a victory for Jack Phillips at the U.S. Supreme Court would … the Supreme Court agreed to hear Jack’s first case in June 2017, a local attorney and LGBT activist contacted Jack’s …