
Written by Anugrah Kumar
Pastors across the country will protest Internal Revenue Service restrictions on them not to talk politics in the church as they observe the annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday, days after the introduction of the Free Speech Fairness Act in the U.S. House to reinstate pastors’ and churches’ rights to speak freely.
“The IRS has no business acting as the speech police of any non-profit organization, as its many scandals over recent years have made clear,” said Erik Stanley, senior counsel of the Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom, which started Pulpit Freedom Sunday in 2008.
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Tags: Alliance Defending Freedom, Charles Chaput, Donald Trump, Dr. Jim Garlow, Erik Stanley, Free Speech Fairness Act, IRS, Jody Hice, Pulpit Freedom Sunday, Steve Scalise, The Johnson Amendment, Tony Perkins
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
October 4, 2016 4:00 AM |
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Written by John Biver
Here are just a few of the many resources (articles and videos) available on the topic of church activities deemed “political,” as well as on the Johnson amendment. So few people know this due to the conservative failure in the information war.
Regardless of the Johnson amendment, however, two notes…
First, note this quote from Mat Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel has observed:
Pastors can preach on biblical, moral and social issues, such as natural marriage and abortion, can urge the congregation to register and vote, can overview the positions of the candidates, and may personally endorse candidates.
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Tags: Alliance Defending Freedom, Deacon Keith Fournier, Liberty Counsel, Matt Barber, Matthew Cochran, Michelle Terry, Napp Nazworth, Samuel Rodriguez
Illinois Politics, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
September 20, 2016 7:00 AM |
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Written by Mat Staver
It is not surprising that those seeking to advance the LGBT agenda would work through left-leaning organizations, but one billionaire who has his eye on millennials has begun partnering with Hobby Lobby and its Museum of the Bible.
Paul Singer has been targeting Republican candidates, lawmakers, and the Republican Party platform. Now, he is reaching out to Christian students on college campuses.
Singer has an elaborate funding and organizational scheme that appears to support Christians and gain their goodwill while at the same time working against them to advance his same-sex marriage and LGBT agenda.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alliance Defending Freedom, American Unity PAC, Bruce Jenner, Cary Summers, Covenant Journey, Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Hamas, Hillsdale College, Hobby Lobby, JoAnna Kroeker, Jonathan Capehart, Liberty Counsel, Mat Staver, Montel Williams, Paul Singer, Steve Green, The Philos Project, Tim Gill
LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith |
July 27, 2016 11:00 AM |
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Written by Kelsey Harkness
The story of the former Atlanta fire chief who was fired from his job after publishing a book that addressed marriage and sexuality from a biblical perspective took center stage at a hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill, with witnesses from both sides of the aisle voicing disapproval of the city’s decision to terminate the decorated public servant.
“I wish we had a bill to protect him,” former U.S. Representative Barney Frank, a Democrat who represented Massachusetts’ 4th District, said of Chief Kelvin Cochran.… Continue Reading
Tags: Aaron and Melissa Klein, Alliance Defending Freedom, Barney Frank, Elijah Cummings, FADA, Katherine Franke, Kelvin Cochran, Kristen Waggoner, Mark Meadows, marriage, Matthew J. Franck, Obergefell, The Witherspoon Institute
Religious Liberty | Admin |
July 14, 2016 4:00 AM |
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Written by Robert Knight
Barack Obama has about nine months left as president, and his administration is working overtime to abuse current regulatory machinery and create new rules that will “transform” America beyond recognition without any say by Congress.
“Nearly 4,000 regulations are squirming their way through the federal bureaucracy in the last year of Barack Obama’s presidency,” Politico reported in January, “many costing industry more than $100 million — in a mad dash by the White House to push through government actions affecting everything from furnaces to gun sales to Guantánamo.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Alliance Defending Freedom, Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Christina Hoff Sommers, David Daleiden, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Goldman Sachs, Judicial Watch, Kamala Harris, Lyndon B. Johnson
Federal Issues | David E. Smith |
April 26, 2016 7:35 AM |
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