Tag: American Civil Liberties Union
New 'Rights' Are Dis-establishing the First Amendment
October 18, 2016 CarmenFowlerLaBerge3 CommentsAmerican Civil Liberties Union, Carmen Fowler LaBerge, First Amendment, pro-life, The Reconnect
When religious liberty advocates raised concern how the new rights to sexual expression reduce the First Amendment right of freedom of religion to "freedom of worship," many civil rights advocates argued we were overreacting. But now that the First Amendment guarantees of speech and press are under the withering reductive forces of Planned Parenthood and…
Bake or else! Wedding vendors face threats to liberty
March 27, 2014 LaymanAmerican Civil Liberties Union, cake, gay couple, Jack Phillips, religious freedom, same-sex wedding
By Heather Sells and Efrem Graham On a summer day in 2012, baker Jack Phillips had no idea just where his actions would lead or that they would place him squarely in the center of a national debate over faith and freedom. He simply knew that he needed to attend to the two men looking…
Veterans battling order to tear down landmark California cross
December 18, 2013 LaymanAmerican Civil Liberties Union, cross, Jeff Mateer, Mount Soledad, U.S. Supreme Court
By Dan Whitcomb A veterans association that built a massive cross overlooking San Diego as part of a war memorial plans to fight a federal judge's order to tear it down, a lawyer for the group said on Friday. Attorney Jeff Mateer said he hoped the U.S. Supreme Court, which last year declined to intervene…
A moral revolution at warp speed — now, it's wedding cakes
December 13, 2013 LaymanAmerican Civil Liberties Union, Charlie Craig, David Mullins, Jack Phillips, religious liberty, same-sex marriage, wedding cake
By R. Albert Mohler Jr. Six months. That's how long it took to get from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act to the decision of a Colorado judge ordering a Christian baker to make a cake for a same-sex ceremony. Just six months. Back in June, the Supreme Court…
Christian legal group combats ACLU attempt to end Bible distribution in Kentucky schools
July 17, 2013 LaymanACLU, ADF, Alliance Defending Freedom, American Civil Liberties Union, Bibles, Gideons International, Kentucky
By Heather Clark FRANKFORT – A nationally-recognized Christian legal organization has sent a letter to school districts throughout the state of Kentucky in an effort to combat an attempt by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to end the distribution of Gideons Bibles in public schools. William Sharp of the ACLU had sent a three-page…