From ABCNews.com: A Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple has been given an ultimatum by a judge; serve gay weddings or face fines. [...] In his written decision, Spence ordered that Phillips "cease and desist from discriminating" against gay...
BACKGROUND: The owners of Conestoga Wood Specialties, the Hahns, are a practicing and believing Mennonite family. They desire to run the company, a wholesale manufacturer of custom wood kitchen cabinet parts, in a manner that reflects their sincerely held religious...
Senator Toomey Breaks Promise to Pennsylvania Voters, Time for Citizens to Hold Him Accountable It is deeply disappointing and troubling that U.S. Senator Pat Toomey broke his promise to Pennsylvania voters that he would oppose the “Employment Non-Discrimination...
Senators Toomey and Casey Scheduled to Vote Dangerous Bill That Threatens Religious Freedom and Conscience Employers know best what qualities or characteristics are relevant to performing a particular job, not the federal government. So why does Congress want to...
by Tom Shaheen, V.P. for Policy Yesterday, I testified for the Pennsylvania Family Institute on a panel before the state House Education Committee. We were there to support long-needed legislation - HB 1588 - to protect church-affiliated educational preschool...
From Fox: Gov. Chris Christie New Jersey Gov. ordered his administration to withdraw an appeal of a state Supreme Court ruling allowing gay marriages. Thank you to Governor Tom Corbett for not backing down in defending marriage, even while other leaders do the same...
From Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh mounted a new legal challenge to the federal health care mandate, arguing that the Obama administration's promise to accommodate objections from faith-based employers turned out to be “empty...
by Brandon McGinley On Tuesday of this week, I had an article published in the online journal Public Discourse arguing that "gender identity non-discrimination" legislation like Pennsylvania's HB/SB 300 will necessarily lead to a functional prohibition on sex...
From Citizenlink: A Gallaudet University official suspended last year after she exercised free speech at church filed a lawsuit against the school. Angela McCaskill was placed on administrative leave after she affirmed marriage after signing a petition for a...
Seeks to Protect Religious Liberties Against Assault by Federal Government Conestoga Wood Specialties and the Hahn family, which owns the business, filed a Petition with the U.S. Supreme Court today, asking the high court to hear its religious liberty...