Written by David E. Smith
While numerous businesses have been designated as “essential” and allowed to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois’ governor has deemed houses of worship for all faith traditions as non-essential entities, denying people of faith access to these facilities for corporate worship and prayer.
Illinois Family’s Monte Larrick recently spoke with Pro-Life Action League’s Ann Scheidler at a May 1st prayer vigil, held outside Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, to protest Governor JB Pritzker’s overreach.… Continue Reading
Written by Jorge Gomez
Let’s start by giving credit where it’s due.
It’s admirable that houses of worship can adapt so quickly in times of crisis. Millions of Americans are staying spiritually engaged thanks to the incredible effort of churches and faith leaders who harnessed the power of technology, social media and the Internet. Even more remarkable is that churches surpassed virtual attendance records even though the quarantine forced them to transition overnight to online services.… Continue Reading
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
The biggest threat to the United States today is not a virus, but rather “virus-shaming.” The greatest challenge the American experiment faces in this dark hour is not our need for safety but our loss of liberty. And the complicity of the church in the wholesale abandonment of this self-evident truth is no less than stunning.… Continue Reading
Tags: B.T. Roberts, Deborah, Dr. Everett Piper, Ehud, Frederick Douglass, Gideon, Harriet Tubman, Jepthah, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Ramsden, Patrick Henry, Samson, Sojourner Truth
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
April 20, 2020 4:00 AM |
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Written by Peter Heck
In a 2017 USA Today op-ed, journalist Jonathan Merritt, who has distinguished himself by persistently undermining the authority of Scripture while wearing the name of Jesus, fretted over a potential Christian boycott of Disney and its LGBT activism. He wrote:
It risks making Christians look like antiquated bigots, and it reeks of moral hypocrisy.
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Tags: Bill de Blasio, Chick-Fil-A, intersectionality, Jonathan Merritt, LGBTyranny, New York, Samaritan's Purse, USA Today, Washington Post
Media Watch, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
April 3, 2020 7:00 AM |
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Written by Benjamin Smith
Latasha Fields, founder and director of CHESS – Christian Home Educators Support System, joins IFI executive director David Smith on this edition of Spotlight. In the first half of the podcast, David and Latasha discuss egregious legislation pending in the Illinois General Assembly that aims to eviscerate parental rights and eliminate religious liberty.
State Representative Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) recently introduced HB 4870 would mandate the HPV vaccination for ALL Illinois students at the 6th grade level.… Continue Reading
Tags: 1619 Project, Heather Steans, Homeschool, HPV vaccine, immunizations, Latasha Fields, New York Times, parental consent, parental rights, Robyn Gabel, vaccine mandate
Education, Faith & Religion, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
February 26, 2020 4:00 AM |
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Written by Julie Tisdale
The U.S Senate unanimously passed a bill this week to support pro-democracy efforts in Hong Kong, a move that prompted an angry response from Beijing. According to Reuters, the measure requires that the U.S. “certify at least once a year that Hong Kong retains enough autonomy to qualify for special U.S. trading consideration.” A separate bill, also passed unanimously, places a moratorium on selling crowd control “munitions” (such as tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and stun guns) to Hong Kong police, who have been accused of brutality in dealing with protestors.… Continue Reading
Tags: Apple, Brandenburg Gate speec, Colin Kaepernick, Falun Gong, Hong Kong, Houston Rockets, Nike, Ronald Reagan, Tiananmen Square, Wang Yi
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
November 22, 2019 4:02 AM |
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Written by Daniel Horowitz
“Separation of church and state.” There may be no reference to, inference of, insinuation of, or display of religion anywhere in any government operation or public school, even if there is no coercion to participate in any Christian event or prayer. That is enshrined in every clause of the U.S. Constitution.
That is essentially what the Left has been telling us for years, and those principles have been enforced to varying degrees in many lower courts and, intermittently, even by the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Allah, Barbara Milano Keenan, Bladensburg Cross, Brett Kavanaugh, Caleigh Wood, Clarence Thomas, Daniel Horowitz, Establishment Clause, First Amendment, Free Exercise Clause, James Madison, John Roberts, La Plata High School, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Muhammad, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, shahada, The Muslim World, Town of Greece v. Galloway, Wood v. Arnold
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
October 30, 2019 4:45 AM |
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Written by L. Brent Bosell III
Freedom of speech is in the First Amendment for a reason. Freedom begins with the ability to speak your opinion without fear of censorship or violent reprisal or imprisonment. This is a precious human right, not something that most countries in the world revere like we have. But here in America, free speech is most dangerously under attack in the one place you would not expect: the universities.… Continue Reading
Tags: Adam Carolla, Alan Dershowitz, Barack Obama, Bret Weinstein, Day of Absence, Dennis Prager, Erika Christakis, Evergreen State College, First Amendment, L. Brent Bosell III, Nicholas Christakis, No Safe Spaces, Pew Research Center, Van Jones, Yale
Marriage, Family & Culture, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
October 25, 2019 8:00 AM |
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Written by Laurie Higgins
In a recent town hall meeting on sexual deviance co-hosted by the destructive Human Rights Campaign and only slightly less destructive CNN, the question of whether churches in which intrinsically non-marital homosexual “marriage” ceremonies are not allowed to be performed should lose their tax-exempt status was posed. Well, I paraphrased the question for precision and clarity.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bob Jones, CNN, Donald Verrilli, Equality Act, Franklin Graham, Human Rights Campaign, Obergefell v. Hodges, Samuel Alito
Federal Elections, LGBTQ Agenda, Political, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
October 18, 2019 6:00 PM |
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Written by L. Brent Bozell III
At the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 26, Taylor Swift won the video of the year award for her latest song “You Need to Calm Down.” It’s a song that trashes anyone still dissenting from the LGBTQ agenda and begs them to “control your urges to scream about all the people you hate / ‘Cause shade never made anybody less gay.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Change.org, David Cicilline, Equality Act, George Stephanopoulos, Jeff Merkley, L. Brent Bozell III, MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift, The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, You Need to Calm Down
Media Watch, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
September 3, 2019 4:00 AM |
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