Category: Religious Freedom

North Dakota judge rules Christian groups can’t be forced to fund “gender-affirming” care for minors

A North Dakota federal judge has ruled that Christian organizations, companies, and groups cannot be compelled by the Biden administration to fund “gender-affirming” care for minors. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor determined that mandates from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) infringe upon the religious beliefs of the Christian Employers Alliance (CEA), leading to this significant verdict.

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Texas fire dept. chaplain sues after he was dismissed for opposing men in women’s sports

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a former volunteer chaplain of the Austin Fire Department, Dr. Andrew Fox, filed a motion Tuesday asking a federal court to protect his free speech and religious freedom after city officials fired him for sharing his religious views on his personal blog.

Fox is an ordained minister who helped start Austin’s fire chaplaincy program and served as the city’s lead chaplain – a volunteer position – for eight years. After sharing on his personal blog the fact that men and women are biologically different and his view that men should not compete on women’s sports teams, city officials demanded that Fox apologize, and then they proceeded to fire him.

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Uptick in attacks on Catholic parishes reveals hostility to faith, religious liberty

The report found that attacks on churches are at an all-time high, occurring in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Specifically, the report documented more than 430 incidents in 2023, double the figure for 2022, amounting to an 800% increase since 2018 or an average of 39 attacks per month. These included vandalism, arson and attempts at arson, bomb threats, interruption of worship, and gun-related incidents.  

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Time Magazine’s Insulting Depiction of Christian Martyrdom

For Time to give an international platform to such ignorance is inexcusable. The Christian martyrs did not “choose” to die, nor did they narcissistically play God by ending their own lives on their own terms to make a shocking political point.

The reality is that they were hunted down like animals, tortured, and then brutally murdered by their government because they refused to renounce their faith—and, in particular, their savior, Jesus Christ.

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