A California law upheld in October requires pregnancy centers to notify clients of the existence of publicly-funded services like contraception and abortion. Unlicensed centers must also notify clients that their staff is unlicensed. Meanwhile, in Boston, a federal court ruled that Baltimore’s requirement that pregnancy centers post disclaimers that they don’t make referrals for abortion... Continue Reading

Two students are suing a Wisconsin university for denying them mandatory community service credits for work they did with a local church. The university claims their service projects violate a policy excluding hours that involve certain religious activities. The students, who filed a lawsuit in federal court on Nov. 17, argue the policy is viewpoint... Continue Reading

“Reagan paid lip service to Christian conservatives, but often declined to make their biggest national plans a priority. Will this year’s faith-based political operatives be truly welcome in Trump’s White House? If so, we may be witnessing a revival of the old Religious Right.”   The obituary has been written many times over. The old-guard... Continue Reading

Coloradans voted to legalize physician-assisted suicide on Nov. 8, a decision critics call a “dangerous step for Colorado’s medically and socially vulnerable citizens.” Nearly 65 percent of voters said “yes” to the measure with almost all votes counted the next morning. The controversial initiative will allow terminally ill adults with six months or less to... Continue Reading

So is the damage this bill will cause. It is an assault on every Ontarian. It gets rid of “mother” and “father” in family law — mum entirely — to allow for a purely contractual relationship between up to four adult parents, and the children that are legally identified as theirs. The legislation is there to appease... Continue Reading

American evangelicals today would admit an aspiration to know the Ten Commandments and Jesus’s Beatitudes, even if they’d overlook a commandment here or there, or squirm at a beatitude or two (or three or four). But “the Mystical Body”—that’s different.   Russell Moore’s 2016 Erasmus lecture, “Can the Religious Right be Saved?,” provided a wide-ranging... Continue Reading

Meanwhile, the Omaha World-Herald reported that Nebraskans overwhelmingly voted “to restore the death penalty and nullify a historic 2015 vote by state lawmakers to repeal capital punishment.”   To hear opponents tell it, the death penalty is under fire and losing favor in America. But is that really true, based on election results in California,... Continue Reading

This summer, Phillips served on a Presbyterian Church in America denominational committee that helped approve an overture apologizing for racism in the denomination’s history. “This is Christian love in action,” he says. “Why would we not want to say we are appalled these things happened and we’re sorry for that? Why would we not repudiate... Continue Reading

“We asked for the votes of evangelicals and the Clinton campaign didn’t,” Michael Wear, who also led evangelical outreach for the faith-based office at the Obama White House, told me. “It’s a campaign, you ask for people’s votes. And Hillary asked for just about every vote except this group of voters.”   (WNS)–Reflecting on Democrats’... Continue Reading

“The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surprising result will follow. If in your working hours you make the work your end, you will presently find yourself all unawares inside the only circle in your profession that really matters.”   May I... Continue Reading