Government
‘Orwellian’: New Canadian law could throw citizens in jail for life over speech crimes(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is backing a new bill that could send Canadians away to prison for lengthy sentences for speech crimes, according to an… Read More
Public Education
Exclusive: Father of Indiana student who resolutely flies American flag on truck calls son a ‘hero’The father of a student in Indiana said he considers his son “his hero” after the teen refused pressure from school officials telling him to stop flying the American flag. Read More
Courts
Court rules Biden admin can’t force Christian health care workers to perform trans surgeries(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A district court ruled Monday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) violated the First Amendment by attempting to force religious health care workers to… Read More
Courts
Americans with traditional religious beliefs ‘will be labeled as bigots and treated as such by the government,’ warns Justice Alito in rare statementThe Supreme Court may have declined to hear a discrimination case, but Justice Samuel Alito used the opportunity as a teaching moment about the threat of religious discrimination he sees… Read More
Courts
Justices weigh future of free speech on social media platforms(The Daily Signal) – Can states prohibit social media companies from censoring the speech of their platforms’ users? That’s a question now before the Supreme Court. The… Read More
Government
Idaho introduces a bill to protect public school teachers’ freedom not to use preferred pronounsIdaho lawmakers advanced a bill Friday that would grant legal protection to public school teachers who opt not to use students’ preferred pronouns. If passed, House… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Separation of church and state is a misunderstood mythFor decades, anti-religious watchdogs have waged war on Christianity under the guise of “separation of church and state.” Groups such as the Freedom From Religion Foundation (run by atheists) and… Read More
Public Education
Prayer at school board meeting sparks Constitutional debateA North Carolina school board meeting took an unexpected turn when the chairman opened the meeting with a prayer instead of the customary moment of silence. Before he prayed, newly… Read More
Free Speech
Report: College free speech codes mostly ‘yellow lights’(The Center Square) – Although public colleges and universities operate under First Amendment guidelines and many private schools pledge to uphold the principles of free speech, a new report says… Read More
Public Education
Legal group: Oregon school district is violating mother’s First Amendment rights(The Center Square) – On Monday, the Liberty Justice Center sent a demand letter to a school district on an Oregon mother’s behalf. The mother alleges that her… Read More
Courts
High school coach denied injunction after being fired for saying men have athletic advantages over womenA coach who was fired for saying that men have biological advantages over women in sports has lost his request for a preliminary injunction. Coach… Read More
Culture
SEC sides with Christian groups over Apple on access to apps(The Daily Signal) – The Securities and Exchange Commission this week rejected Apple’s request to block a Christian group from making a proposal at a shareholder meeting on what apps the technology company… Read More
Courts
‘Raw retaliatory censorship’: Kansas veteran sues school board for restricting free speech, banning him from school propertyA Kansas man is suing his local school district for viewpoint discrimination after being banned from school property for over two years. It’s one of two lawsuits Justin Spiehs has… Read More
Free Speech
Lawrence man sues city, library over banning his ‘mocking,’ ‘vitriolic’ public comments(The Sentinel) — A Lawrence man is suing the Lawrence City Commission, the commissioners individually, the Lawrence Public Library, and several library employees over what he says is viewpoint discrimination… Read More
Culture
Memphis’ Chimney Rock Elementary to host Satan ClubChimney Rock Elementary School in Tennessee will soon host its first After School Satan Club (ASSC), sponsored by a Salem, Massachusetts satanic temple and humanist non-profit, drawing criticism from locals. Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board relents, allows mother to pray during public commentA Virginia school board reversed its decision to deny a parent’s request to pray during a public comment in August, now allowing the mother to pray during her allotted time. Read More
Public Education
Federal magistrate sides with professor in First Amendment suit against a college’s DEI policiesA federal magistrate sided with a professor in a First Amendment case where a California college was seeking to take punitive actions against the teacher for not cooperating with diversity… Read More
Public Education
Georgia high school football coach sacked after atheist group threatens district over player baptismsA Christian football coach at a Georgia high school has been sacked from coaching for allegedly holding a baptism on school grounds where 20 players professed faith in Christ. The… Read More
Opinion
Don’t recoil from an increasingly dark world; it needs each of us to flood it with the light of a single candleHistory has tides all its own that seem, like the ocean’s, to lap at our feet utterly uncontrolled by humankind. War. Revolution. Tyranny. Acrimony. Out-of-control animus. Hatred and conflict, unleashed… Read More
Culture
‘God gave us a warrior spirit’: High school coach Joe Kennedy explains why he fought for the right to pray on the football fieldJoe Kennedy was just an average Joe. A retired marine turned high school football coach, he never expected to be caught in the crossfires of a seven-year-long legal battle over the… Read More