A day after religious leaders released an open letter calling on California to protect religious liberty in higher education, the lawmaker behind a controversial bill dropped the proposal in question, allowing religious schools to keep exemptions to anti-discrimination laws related to sexuality. Under state Senator Ricardo Lara’s amended bill, schools must “disclose if they have […]
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?
There’s nothing like the pomp and prestige of the Olympics Games to raise the stakes for the world’s top athletes. With millions of viewers watching, more than 10,000 will compete in this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fans tune in not only for the physical feats, but for stories of triumph. We want […]
Christian NFL player Benjamin Watson has opened up about his views on abortion and how it factors into race relations in America today. In an hour-long interview for the San Diego-based Turning Point Pregnancy Resource Center‘s blog interview series, Watson, a devout Christian who often speaks out publicly on a wide range of racial and […]
Some of my Christian friends tell me they can’t in good conscience vote for Donald Trump because, when faced with a choice between “the lesser of two evils,” the morally right thing is to choose neither one. They recommend voting for a third-party or write-in candidate. As a professor who has taught Christian ethics for […]
In a speech delivered to the Annual MAS-ICNA (Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America) Convention in December 2015, Nihad Awad, the Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), urged Muslim Americans to take up the cause of Black Lives Matter. “Black Lives Matter is our matter,” he said; “Black Lives […]
A new Christian discovers that liberal ideology is at odds with the Bible. Source: Why I Left the Left: How Studying Theology Made Me a Conservative | PJ Media
It is one of those recurring issues, at least in the American context, that refuses to leave us alone. The increasingly pointless face of crime, coupled with a growing sense of exasperation over pandemic violent crime at both state and federal levels, guarantees that the debate over capital punishment not only will not disappear but […]
Patrick J. Deneen bemoans the ground that classical liberals surrendered to progressives. He argues that religious conservatives need to step forward. Source: Why Religious Conservatives Are the Last Best Hope for Limited Government | Cato Unbound
