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Lawyer-Themed Birthday Cake

Jack Phillips Wins the “Cake-Baking” Case . . . But Not on the Merits

Jack Phillips owns Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo. Phillips sells generic cakes, but he also customizes them. When he was asked to design a cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding, Phillips refused because he believed that doing so would violate his Christian faith. Read More ›
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Group Of People Parishioners in Cathedral Church

Trump Is Wrong: Democrats Are Not “Against Religion,” Just the Free Exercise Thereof

I woke up this morning to the usual fury of CNN commentators denouncing Donald Trump. This time, it was because he claimed in a speech that Democrats are "against religion." I don't think one can credibly say that Democrats are "against religion." But I do think it is fair to say that the Democratic Party, writ large, opposes the free exercise of religion. Read More ›
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American College of Clinical Pharmacy Runs Away from Open Scientific Discourse

The scientific method and the crafting of public policy requires open scientific discourse. But these days, that is in increasingly short supply. The science establishment is more dedicated to stifling those who dissent from policy orthodoxies. Read More ›
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Night view of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, United States

Conservatives, Not LGBT, Most Threatened by Businesses Refusing Service

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that it’s unconstitutional for Colorado to punish a commercial designer for refusing to create a same-sex wedding website in violation of her Christian beliefs. Read More ›
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Historic Tower at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center - Bethesda, Maryland [Washington, DC Metropolitan Area - USA]

Did Walter Reed Hospital Neglect Faith Needs of Catholic Patients?

It isn’t a secret that the U.S. military is growing increasingly woke. But as it embraces progressive social values, are the services becoming concomitantly less tolerant of faith — or perhaps better stated, uncomprehending of its importance to believing members? Read More ›
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Freedom of Religion on the Chopping Block

Intolerant secularism is on the march. In a blatant campaign of cultural imperialism, secularists and their leftist allies aim to shrivel the “free exercise” of religion to mere “freedom of worship.” Read More ›
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Religious Freedom: Biden Policy Not Where Administration’s Mouth Is

Until President Biden protects the right to act in the public square here at home consistently with one’s religious beliefs, his administration’s support for International Religious Freedom Day has to be judged so much hot air. Read More ›
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Biden Administration’s Plan to Destroy Medical Conscience is Un-American

If news reports are right, the Biden administration intends to force doctors and nurses to participate in abortions—even when it violates their religious beliefs. It plans to force Catholic hospitals to violate Church teachings by requiring them to provide sterilization and gender transition procedures, even on children. Read More ›
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Definition of word euthanasia in dictionary

Anti-Conscience Mandates Force Doctors to Violate Their Religious Beliefs

Compelling doctors to hew to secular cultural values in their practice of medicine is both authoritarian and un-American. If the anti-medical conscience campaign succeeds, we will all be the poorer for it. Read More ›