Written by Robert Knight
The national parental rights group has again made the latest “hate map” of the Southern Poverty Law Center, the most prominent leftist smear machine outside of the legacy media itself.
Despite a scandal in 2019 that ousted its leadership, “SPLC annual revenue still reaches nine figures, and its assets are just shy of $700 million,” the Capital Research Center reports.
The Moms last year were designated partly because they supported reform-minded school board candidates who won elections.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alliance Defending Freedom, AmazonSmile, American Family Association, amily Research Council, Antifa, Black Lives Matter, Capital Research Center, Clarence Thomas, Coral Ridge Ministries, D. James Kennedy Ministries, Dustin Inman Society, Family Foundation of Virginia, hate map, Illinois Family Institute, Mission America, Moms for Liberty, Southern Poverty Law Center, The Washington Times, U.S. Supreme Court, W. Keith Watkins
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | June 11, 2024 4:00 AM | Comments Off on SPLC: The Biggest Bully in The Room
Written by Robert Knight
Just when you think it’s all over and that America has gone over the edge, some good things are happening.
Let’s start with the ascent of U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) to Speaker of the U.S. House. This has stunned observers who thought that pro-life, pro-marriage, conservative Christians were forever barred from such offices thanks to the left’s takeover of virtually every major institution.
The Louisiana Republican is being assailed, of course.… Continue Reading
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Alliance Defending Freedom, Alliance Defense Fund, Biden Administration, COVID pandemic, Donald Trump, Kevin Sorbo, Liberal media, Mike Johnson, Obamacare, Sam Sorbo, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
Faith & Religion | David E. Smith | November 9, 2023 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Don’t Count America Out Just Yet
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
On Friday, Oct. 27, just hours after U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (D-LA) was elected speaker of the U.S. House by the unanimous vote of the Republican majority, CNN reporters Andrew Kaczynski and Allison Gordon posted the following: “Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a history of harsh anti-gay language.”
They went on to cite several editorials Mr. Johnson wrote in the early 2000s, when he served as a constitutional attorney for the Alliance Defending Freedom, a coalition of lawyers that has more religious freedom victories before the U.S.… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
We’ve all heard the story of “the boy who cried wolf,” but perhaps the modern version should be about “the organization that cried hater.”
The far left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has forged a reputation as a nationally outspoken advocate against “hate groups.” Founded in 1971 and based in Montgomery, Alabama, the SPLC is no stranger to controversy. The group has long been accused of targeting conservative and Christian organizations.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Research Council, Jihad Watch, John Stossel, Liberty Counsel, Rev. Franklin Graham, Southern Poverty Law Center, SPLC, the Illinois Family Institute
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | August 15, 2023 6:00 AM | Comments Off on The Far Left’s Slander Machine
Written by Tim Graham
The line between radical activism and “mainstream” journalism has been obliterated, especially when it comes to the LGBTQ+ lobbyists. The war on traditional Christianity is on. It was splashed all over the front page of the July 25 USA Today.
The headline above the photograph was “Christian transgender man says fighting LGBTQ+ discrimination has increased his faith.” The big headline underneath was the trans man’s quote: “This is what I was supposed to be doing.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Alliance Defending Freedom, Glen Haworth, Grant Hagiya, Gregory Baylor, Jason DeRose, Morning Edition, NPR, Religious Exemption Accountability Project, Thomas Aquinas, Tim Graham, United Methodist Church, USA Today, Zayn Silva
Media Watch | David E. Smith | July 28, 2023 7:00 AM | Comments Off on The ‘Mainstream’ Media’s Radical Rebellion Against God
Written by Jorge Gomez
The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced it will hear 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, a free speech case that could have major implications for religious liberty. This is a case being handled by our friends at the Alliance Defending Freedom.
It involves Lorie Smith, a Christian web designer from the Denver-area who declines to create wedding websites for same-sex couples, because of her religious beliefs. The case is expected to be heard during the Court’s next term, which begins in October.… Continue Reading
Tags: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, Aaron Klein, Alliance Defending Freedom, Amy Coney Barrett, Andrew McCarthy, Anthony Kennedy, Brett Kavanaugh, First Liberty Institute, Jack Phillips, Jorge Gomez, Lorie Smith, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado, Melissa Klein, National Review, Oregon Supreme Court, religious freedom, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Sweet Cakes by Melissa, U.S. Supreme Court
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith | March 4, 2022 7:00 AM | Comments Off on SCOTUS Case of Colorado Web Designer Has Big Implications for Religious Liberty
Written by Robert Knight
While Big Tech’s Washington lobbyists fend off anti-trusters, Silicon Valley has not missed a beat in its “woke” censorship of views they don’t like.
COVID-19. Climate change. Vote fraud. Former President Donald Trump. Human sexuality. Whatever.
Toe their leftist line or get muzzled.
Last week, Google-owned YouTube blocked all videos on the Reintegrative Therapy Association channel after a left-wing group in Alabama complained loudly about them and Forbes carried an article parroting the group’s report.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alliance Defending Freedom, American Family Association, Community Guidelines, conversion therapy, D. James Kennedy Ministries, David Kyle Foster, Donald Trump, Facebook, Family Research Council, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, Google, Hate Speech, Heidi Beirich, Instagram, Joseph Nicolosi Jr., Journal of Human Sexuality, Liberty Counsel, Mission America, Morris Dees, Pacific Justice Institute, Parents & Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays, Reintegrative Therapy Association, Restored Hope Network, Silicon Valley, Southern Poverty Law Center, the World Congress of Families, Vimeo, YouTube
LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith | January 27, 2022 8:00 AM | Comments Off on How Big Tech Crushes Hope For Change
This week, Illinois Family Spotlight focuses on current issues regarding religious freedom and the U.S. judicial system. To start the podcast, Monte Larrick interviews well-known Colorado baker and cake artist, Jack Phillips and general counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, Kristen Waggoner. Phillips describes the persecution and targeting he has endured at the hands of the LGBT faction in his ongoing battle for religious freedom within the context of his business. In discussing the work of ADF, Waggoner speaks to the disturbing trend of “weaponization of our justice system to silence and to ruin people” who hold to different views regarding marriage and gender.… Continue Reading
Tags: ADF, Alliance Defending Freedom, Biden, cake artist, court packing, IFI, Jack Phillips, Kristen Waggoner, Spotlight, Supreme Court
| Benjamin D. Smith | July 27, 2021 4:15 AM | Comments Off on You Shall Not Bake Cake And SCOTUS Packing (Illinois Family Spotlight #261)
Written by David Limbaugh
Colorado baker Jack Phillips is a perpetual offender. He simply will not do. His offense? Unswervingly honoring his deeply held, and constitutionally protected, religious beliefs.
We’ve all heard of Phillips and his travails. Leftist bullies have been tormenting him for years, beginning in 2012, when the Colorado Civil Rights Commission targeted him for refusing to make a custom-designed cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding.
After several setbacks in various tribunals, Phillips was finally vindicated in a 7-to-2 U.S.… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
Once upon a time not so long ago, Loudoun County, Virginia, was the most conservative county in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
An exurb outside the Beltway with a high-tech corridor rivaling California’s Silicon Valley, plus the Washington Football team’s headquarters and Dulles Airport, Loudoun’s sprawling suburbia is supplanting farmland like super-charged kudzu.
The eastern part is home to more than 100 huge, gray “data centers,” through which more than 70 percent of the world’s Internet traffic flows. … Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Alliance Defending Freedom, critical race theory, Cultural Competence Action Plan, Eric Metaxas, Fight for Schools PAC, Gary Hamrick, James E. Plowman Jr., Joe Biden, Kimberly Fletcher, Tanner Cross, Xi Van Fleet
Education, LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith | June 17, 2021 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Stopping Communism One School District At A Time