But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (Matthew 6:6, NIV)
Southern Baptist leader vows: "If they say that telling what the Bible says about homosexuality is hate speech and cannot be allowed – we will be arrested in our pulpits. We will obey God rather than man." View article…
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Government officials have threatened scores with arrest if they pray and counsel on a public sidewalk leading to Planned Parenthood in Washington, D.C. Rev. Patrick Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, was arrested June 8 for peacefully praying on the public sidewalk. Is this the future of free speech and the First Amendment under [...]
BAY MINETTE, Ala. — A Christian student told he could not perform a religious song at a high school talent show was permitted to perform it with another student Friday, after ADF attorneys representing the student sent a letter to Baldwin County Public Schools officials on his behalf. The student’s song won the talent show. [...]
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PHILADELPHIA – Repent America (RA) is urgently calling Christians not to exercise their "right to remain silent" as the federal "hate crimes" bill proposal, H.R. 1592, heads for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, May 3, 2007. "H.R. 1592 is an unnecessary, unconstitutional, and un-American bill, which, with the aid of [...]
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WASHINGTON, DC — Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have filed a First Amendment lawsuit in federal court in defense of a Navy chaplain’s right to offer sectarian prayers in Jesus’ name. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt against the Department of the Navy, charges that the Navy’s current policy places limits on [...]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund in conjunction with the Family Research Council began sending letters to thousands of pastors across the U.S. Monday, informing them about their right to speak to congregations on issues which will be critical to this year’s elections. “A pastor has the same free speech rights as [...]
ST. LOUIS — Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit in support of a successful Prison Fellowship rehabilitation program being attacked by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. “It is a shame that groups hostile to religious faith like Americans United [...]
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Thursday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit will hear oral argument in the case of Hinrichs v. Bosma. The U.S. Department of Justice and the State of Indiana are appealing a district court's ruling barring prayer in the Indiana General Assembly. Brian Bosma, Indiana's Speaker of the House, appealed, seeking to [...]