The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act seeks to use evidence for fetal pain to set a national 20-week abortion threshold. But it does allow for exemptions when the mother’s life is in danger or in cases of rape or incest. Last week, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard approved a 20-week abortion ban, making his state the... Continue Reading

As explained by Fergus McMillan, chief executive of LGBT Youth Scotland, “We are currently working with a range of partners, including Equality Network, to increase the reporting of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crimes and incidents and improve the support available to those targeted.”   For more than a decade, I’ve been warning that those... Continue Reading

“My goal is — if they’re pro-choice — is to give them something they’ll think about,” he said. “That’s it. I don’t think we want to say people will not change their minds. I’m open to having my mind changed. I could be wrong. And then the way I keep an open mind is to... Continue Reading

“From university campuses to political campaigns to the public square, we find ourselves seemingly incapable of amicable exchange. To be sure, the situation is a bit more complex than a mere call for civility.”   I recently saw an internet meme with an image of a 2-foot-tall book with several thousand pages. On it was... Continue Reading

“Founded in 1812, Princeton Theological Seminary is affiliated with Presbyterian Church (USA), a Mainline Protestant denomination that has gained headlines and suffered membership losses for its increasing acceptance of homosexuality and gay marriage.”   Princeton Theological Seminary hosted a controversial conference last week to explore so called “gender fluidity” and how people are “forging new... Continue Reading

“How about 15 years hard labor for attempting to steal a poster? How about being imprisoned in a jail where you’re so hungry that eating corn out of cow dung or, if you’re really lucky – catching a mouse – is considered a meal. How about being served “justice” by a court not ruled by... Continue Reading

Is labeling the horrors inflicted by Islamic State on ethnic and religious minorities “genocide” the prelude to stepped-up U.S. action to put a halt to it? Or is it in fact a substitute for such action?   For almost two terms in office, Barack Obama and his team have studiously avoided acknowledging the most obvious... Continue Reading

Texas lawmakers last year passed the “campus carry” law that requires public universities to allow concealed handgun license holders—who must be at least 21 years old—to bring their weapons into campus buildings and classrooms. Private institutions of higher learning, which often have religious affiliations and conservative beliefs, can decide whether to allow guns on school... Continue Reading

While warning against the flagrant abuses of Constantinianism, (Adams) also noted that most early American colonies united faith with franchise. Here is how he raises the establishment question: “In thus discontinuing the connection between Church and Commonwealth—did the people of these States intend to renounce all connection with the Christian religion?”   The Rev. Jasper... Continue Reading

“I know my impressions here are anecdotal, but so are the stereotypes on the other side. Are there lazy, entitled, narcissistic Christian Millennials? Of course there are. But I see no evidence that there are any more of them than there are lazy, entitled, narcissistic Baby Boomers or Gen-Xers or any other age cohort.”  ... Continue Reading