Tag: Religious Freedom

“We have been fighting in the courts against this transgender mandate since 2016, and Friday’s unanimous ruling only further protects the rights of health care professionals across this country."

“It’s unconstitutional for the state to require that this Christian ministry abandon its faith principles in order to continue serving those in need.”

The gospel is the power of God unto salvation and must not be kept behind church walls! The church must be the church and not be silent.

“Everyone should be able to speak freely without fear of the government coming after you just because you expressed a view they disagree with."

“The statement that we are ‘one nation under God,’ … is simply an untrue statement,” he argued. “We are one nation under many or no gods.” 

We live in a culture that disagrees with God’s Word on many points. We’re told that when culture and Scripture disagree, we can reinterpret Scripture accordingly—even though doing so means following man’s word over God’s.

The court dismissed his case, asserting that it was “not particularly likely” that a Muslim would decide to become a Christian after his brother-in-law had been tortured and killed for his Christian faith.

The governor’s office, county officials, lower judges, and even the state occupational safety department got involved in the effort to shut down this church. Arrayed against this imposing display of power was simply this local church — and God.

With the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” poised to pass the House of Representatives on Friday, Conservative and Christian organizations are sounding an alarm, warning that the Bill will be used to further "weaponize the IRS."

"We need to do everything and anything in our power to make sure that free speech and free exercise of religion always remains free and protected in this great land of ours.”

The North Korean government views Christians as the most dangerous political class of people, and any North Korean caught following Jesus Christ is at immediate risk of imprisonment, brutal torture, and death.

"Anyone who supports this measure is crossing a line into aiding and abetting the persecution of people of faith."

The desperate circumstances faced by those around the world remind us why it’s important to vigilantly protect this freedom. America will not be able to promote religious freedom around the world if we do not maintain it within our borders.

"We do all have a fundamental right to pray—not least pray as I did, in the privacy of my own mind. It was wrong for the police officer to tell me that I could not pray in a public street."

The attempted muzzling of Christian churches and religious groups has gradually increased since a pivotal law was passed by a shrewd politician to intimidate people of faith.

Please, take seriously the danger of the offended heart. You must not allow offense to take root in your heart. Decide: “I will turn my eyes toward Jesus and not away.”

Fifteen representatives wrote expressing “grave concern that the State Department is using appropriated funds to support atheism and radical, progressive orthodoxy across the world.”

“This ruling means that you can believe that it is impossible to change sex but if you live out that belief as a doctor your job may be at risk.”

"It is shocking to see Western countries--the same ones we think of as free and open societies--take authoritarian measures against Christians simply trying to practice their faith.”

"Our report documents actual, ongoing religious persecution that is consistently ignored by major media and barely touched by our comfortable churches in the United States."

“This isn’t a time for Christians to roll over. It is a time to defend our religious freedoms so that they are not lost…”

The project to purge Christians and Jews began in Iran under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and has been executed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard and its elite Quds Force through its foreign proxy regimes.

Biden’s latest overreaching executive order targets "fundamental rights with a stroke of his pen." Here are three particular points of concern that should be examined.

"I am happy that this decision will lead to the discussion of the Bible’s teachings in society. I am ready to defend freedom of speech and religion in all necessary courts."

We need to have the right perspective—that although it may be costly to follow Jesus, it is much more costly not to follow Him.

'‘Woke’ corporations like Alaska Airlines think that they do not have to follow the law and can fire employees if they simply don’t like their religious beliefs.”

The citizens of Haven, Kansas, stood in opposition to their city council, making their voices heard in defense of the Biblical values America was founded upon.

On May 12, a young female student -- Deborah Samuel -- in Sokoto, Nigeria was beaten to death and burned to ashes for praising Jesus on a WhatsApp group chat site.

The Judge concluded that, “No government agency ought to be in the business of evaluating the sincerity of another’s religious beliefs.”

"I wish this was a one-time attack on religion by this government, but for the Liberals, the only religion allowed in Canada has been wokeism." - Leslyn Lewis

"We still have robust legal protections—but as the commanding heights of our culture turn against our Judeo-Christian heritage, these protections can erode very quickly."

"I believe that children’s safety is paramount, and that everyone, but especially Christian pastors, must be able to voice concerns and ‘raise red flags’ where children may be at risk.”

And two states—Oklahoma and Ohio—joined about two dozen others in introducing legislation that would ban abortion immediately if the Supreme Court obliges. 

“If the school does not reverse its decision, it will embolden the complainants and the governors who support them to go further.”

Unless the U.S. Supreme Court rules in my favor, teachers could be fired for praying over their lunch in the cafeteria if students can see them. That doesn’t seem like the Constitution I fought for in the Marine Corps.

“Over 90% of CMDA members would rather stop practicing medicine than be forced to participate in assisted suicide or other practices in violation of their consciences.”

SPLC has long included Christians and Christian groups on its “hate group” watchlist, perhaps most notably the Family Research Council, which has long contended for Biblical values inside the Beltway. 

A federal judge ruled against Cambridge Christian School stating that FHSAA had the right to bar the school from delivering a pregame prayer over the loudspeaker.

“In this victory for Päivi and free speech is a warning about the rise of authoritarian governments in the West targeting Christians for living according to Biblical truth"

“We must speak up for Päivi Räsänen and others, no matter where in the world their fundamental human rights are being threatened. Soon, we may be the ones who need defending.“

“Does the government have the power to force a creative professional to express a message that goes against their deepest convictions?”

“I’m in prison because I’m unwilling to compromise my convictions before God and allow the state to dictate the manner of worship and fellowship in the church of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

When a nation’s government criminalizes Biblical counseling and teaching about human sexuality and marriage, those called by God to preach the full counsel of His Word in season and out of season must stand with God before government.

Reports indicate the Chinese Communist Party is literally rewriting the Bible to make a state-approved version—communists are editing and erasing anything that gives Jesus glory over their government.

Conscientious objectors are suffering irreparable harm to their free exercise of religion and speech, the suit states, seeking an injunction.

The ruling “sends a clear message that health care workers are free to practice medicine in a manner consistent with their conscience—there will be a steep penalty if the gov’t fails to respect that legally protected freedom”

A Michigan county board stopped holding prayers before meetings, and a Christian legal organization argued the board caved under incomplete information from a secularist nonprofit.

“The judgment from 2 years ago said to Christians ‘you have to believe in transgender ideology.’ That is totalitarianism. It made out Christianity to be nothing—That cannot be allowed to stand.”

“We were very clear that if they legislate in such a way as to make us criminals, then we will continue to teach the Christian faith as our duty is to God.”

Religious freedom advocates have strongly criticized the Global Respect Act, warning that the bill would allow bureaucrats to target foreign Christians or other individuals who oppose the LGBT agenda abroad

“At some point, you have to stand up for parent’s rights, you have to stand up for the power of the Gospel and stand up for the sufficiency of the Word of God.”

"It's unfortunate that they're more concerned with 100% vaccine compliance than they are with 100% Constitution compliance," First Liberty Institute's Justin Butterfield lamented.

The school underscored that Christ must remain central in their teaching, regardless of the cultural pressure to compromise when it comes to Biblical values like sexuality and the sanctity of life

The student said the whole thing seemed to him to be a one-sided method to shame, intimidate, and silence conservatives and Christians.

“The City’s quick offer of $75,000 shows the City knows it committed a significant and inexcusable violation of a loyal officer’s Constitutional rights.”

The number “confirms what many of us suspected, which is that the procedure for service members to submit religious exemption requests is basically bogus”

“The proposed ban is so broad it appears to attempt to impose highly contested social & political views in a manner that discriminates against those who do not share such views."

MacArthur emphasized the fact this is a war on God. Those professing another identity or gender are not only fighting God and His physical creation, they’re fighting His sovereignty.

Päivi Räsänen carried her Bible into the Court as her trial commenced: “Now it is time to speak. Because the more we are silent, the narrower the space for freedom of speech and religion grows."

Justice Thomas fired off a question for the city of Boston’s lawyer: “What I don’t understand is your definition of diversity because it would seem to me that Christians in Boston would be part of that diversity calculus.”

Despite the pro-religious freedom rhetoric, the Biden admin is failing to protect these rights and is seemingly working overtime to roll back some of the hard-won protections secured by the previous admin.

More than 4,000 pastors protested against a Canadian law that describes biblical morality as a 'myth.' "'All socialistic and communistic movements hate the authority and law of God…"

A tiny administrative agency in D.C. announced a policy that may serve as a model for a whole-of-government push to assemble lists of those who object on religious grounds to a COVID vaccine

There’s no doubt the governments in the West see the church as nonessential. In fact, in many instances, it appears they deliberately try to stifle what the church is doing. So we must stand up to “Caesar” when this is happening.

Considering what the government says about supposedly harmful "myths," perhaps the Canadian government is only a short time away from banning Christians from attempting to convert anyone with the gospel. Nevertheless, I'm not afraid of what Canada will do to Christians. I’m afraid of what God will do to Canada. Canada isn’t just persecuting Christians, its persecuting Christ—and it won’t win.

“I am a strong woman, but I have been treated like a criminal. I love my job, but I am not prepared to compromise my faith for it, and neither should other Christian NHS staff"