The court ruled that the most powerful federal law guaranteeing religious liberty does not apply in the U.S. military. Source: Military Court: Religious Liberty Does Not Protect Bible Verses
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With nothing but truly awful choices in this year’s presidential election, what should Evangelical Christian voters do? During the Republican nominating contests, we, the editors of The Christian Post, encouraged Evangelicals to back away from Donald Trump. It was the first time we had taken a position on a political candidate. Given Trump’s claims that […]
Just lending advocate Stephen K. Reeves on why more Christians should channel their frustration with national politics into engaging their local officials. Source: Is It Time for a Pivot from National Politics?
It is illegal for clergy to support or oppose political candidates from the pulpit. Houses of worship can host candidate forums and voter-registration drives; pastors and rabbis and imams can even bend the rules a little to advocate “as individuals” at conventions or other events. But for more than 60 years, religious groups have been […]
Why do conservative Christians like Donald Trump? It’s a question that has stumped pollsters, religion scholars, journalists, and pundits throughout this U.S. presidential election cycle. At first, some self-described evangelicals were skeptical of Trump, especially those who regularly attend church. But as of this summer, an estimated 94 percent of Republicans who identify as evangelicals […]
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton has repeatedly spoken out in support of the right to abortion. Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards has praised Clinton for treating reproductive issues as “more than just a sound bite” and the pro-choice organizations Emily’s List and NARAL Pro-Choice America have endorsed her. However, Clinton’s views on abortion […]
If you were to sit down and read a 3,300-word argument from a professing Christian, urging you to think through your vote from a Christian perspective, how many biblical references would you expect to see? How about zero? That’s the amount of scripture blogger Rachel Held Evans chose to employ in her opus, “So you’re […]
With the threat of litigation looming, California state Sen. Ricardo Lara today waived presentation of SB 1146 before the Assembly Appropriations Committee, sending it instead to the Appropriations Suspension Committee where it will be voted on—without discussion—Aug. 11. The bill would strip Christian post-secondary schools of their exemption from California’s non-discrimination law, based on their […]
Tim Kaine, growing up in Kansas City, says his parents were such devoted Catholics that they did not let a Sunday go by without making sure their children attended church, even if it meant finding the one parish in town that offered a nighttime mass. Hillary Clinton had a comparable religious upbringing in Park Ridge, […]
