New York churches gained a victory in the courts yesterday (Feb. 29) as the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district judge’s injunction against the city’s enforcement of a ban to keep churches from meeting for worship in public schools.
Daily Archives: March 1, 2012
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If you want to understand how New York City churches won a last-ditch lawsuit in February after losing multiple rounds just months earlier, pull out a copy of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. In this Q&A, attorney Jordan Lorence explains.
Adding pressure to Iranian officials, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a resolution calling for the immediate release of Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, who could be executed any day for his Christian faith.
The U.S. Senate has dealt a setback to the effort to protect religious freedom and conscience rights in the Obama administration’s controversial contraceptive/abortion mandate. With a 51-48 vote, senators tabled an amendment Thursday (March 1) to guard the “religious beliefs or moral convictions” of those offering and purchasing insurance under […]
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill into law Thursday that would legalize gay “marriage” in the state beginning in January 2013, but churches already are mobilizing to reverse it at the ballot.
Joining in the “extreme makeover” of Sanyati Baptist Hospital in Zimbabwe, a crew of nine “missionary kids” proved up to the task, offloading 15,000 pounds of roofing metal from a truck in four days and assembling 15,000 screws to help future roofing teams, besides painting a hallway, inventorying supplies and […]
Columnist Richard Land says the Founding Fathers would be aghast at what the Obama administration’s contraceptive/abortion mandate is set to do: fining individuals and religious organizations for following their religious convictions.