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HAWLEY: Religious Freedom Commission Should Consider Adding Canada to ‘Watch List’

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wrote in a letter to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom that the commissioners should consider placing Canada on the watch list for persecuting Christians, according to a press release. "I am troubled that our Canadian neighbors are effectively being forced to gather in secret,...

IRS Denies Christian Nonprofit Tax Exemption, Saying Biblical Values are Republican

(The Center Square, Casey Harper) A Christian group in Texas has released documents showing the IRS denied their organization's application for tax exempt status in part because the IRS says "Bible teachings are typically affiliated with the party and candidates.” Christians Engaged, a faith-based group working to get Christians...

US Catholic Bishops OK Steps Toward Possible Rebuke of Biden

(Associated Press) U.S. Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved the drafting of a “teaching document” that many of them hope will rebuke Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, for receiving Communion despite their support for abortion rights. The result of the vote — 168 in favor and 55 against — was announced Friday...

SCOTUS: Don’t Make Exceptions to Rules if You Don’t Want Religious Groups to Have Them

(Associated Press) Justice Samuel Alito called it a “wisp” of a decision — a Supreme Court ruling Thursday that favored Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia but was far from the constitutional gale wind that would have reshaped how courts interpret religious liberty under the First Amendment. Still, there was a shift. Governmental...

Colorado’s Jack Phillips Under Legal Assault Again Over Refusal to Bake Trans Cake

Colorado baker Jack Phillips has to go to court once again after a judge sided with a transgender woman who sued him for refusing to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. Alliance Defending Freedom, the conservative legal group representing Phillips, vowed to appeal the judge’s decision, slamming it as...

Texas Gov. Abbott Signs Law Banning State from Closing Houses of Worship Again

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law this week banning the state from closing houses of worship. I just signed a law that prohibits any government agency or public official from issuing an order that closes places of worship. The First Amendment right to freedom of religion shall never be infringed. —...

SCOTUS Unanimously Sides w/ Catholic Foster Agency Over Same-Sex Couple Placements

(Associated Press) The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples as foster parents. The justices said the city of Philadelphia wrongly limited its relationship with the group as a result of the agency's policy. Philadelphia...

DeSantis Signs Bill Setting Aside Time to Pray in Fla. Public Schools

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday that mandates a moment of silence at the beginning of each school day so that students have time to pray, Fox News reported. The bill received bipartisan support in the Florida legislature, passing easily in both the House and the Senate. The...

Va. School Board Member Tells Graduating Islamic Students to Prepare for ‘Jihad’

A Virginia school board member told graduating high school students that they should prepare their “jihad” and get ready to enter a capitalist world full of racism and white supremacy. Fairfax County School Board member Abrar Omeish gave the keynote address at the graduation for students at Justice High School...

Here Come the Locusts: Biden Attacked by Cicada En Route to Putin Meeting

President Joe Biden may have been hoping for good omens prior to his first major trip abroad as president, a European venture that includes a June 16 summit in Geneva with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Instead, he got a plague of locusts---sort of. Twitter was "abuzz" with CNN footage of Biden...

Newsom Ordered to Pay $1.3M Settlement Over COVID Church Restrictions

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was ordered to pay a $1.35 million settlement this week over his persistent lockdowns of the state’s churches during the coronavirus pandemic. A federal judge ruled that Newsom, in his capacity as governor, must pay the costs and attorney fees for a lawsuit brought by a...

Leftist Jews Face Pressure to Virtue-Signal in Support of Palestinian Terrorism

(Headline USA) It's an ancient trope that often goes hand-in-hand with many of the same anti-Semitic stereotypes that leftist Squad members have promulgated. But for left-leaning US Jews, the party's lurch away from supporting Israel has put them between a rock and a hard place, making the self-loathing Jew an...
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