“While the Department of Education has little discretion to deny these requests for exemptions, religiously controlled educational institutions should not be exempt from full transparency.” In effect, HRC knows that it cannot deny religious colleges the rights to such waivers, but, in their thinking, who needs a law when you have unelected administrative bureaucracies that... Continue Reading

Employers and public workers are advised to avoid toilet, shower, and locker room “violations” by “providing private space within multi-user facilities for anyone who has privacy concerns.” They should also post a sign in all bathrooms, showers and locker rooms stating, “Under New York City Law, all individuals have the right to use the single-sex... Continue Reading

“This is a fundamental shift in strategy,” said John Fea, a history professor at Christian Messiah College, who is nevertheless skeptical the effort will produce the desired results. “Rather than forcing this from the top down, this is about a grassroots approach to changing the culture by embedding ministers in local politics from the ground... Continue Reading

“Because in the same way that jihadist militant groups take advantage of the ungoverned and bombed out spaces of cities and towns wracked by civil war, so they smell opportunity in what they see as societies whose values and core unifying beliefs have been hollowed-out or are contested.”   Britain’s increasing secularism is driving young... Continue Reading

There maybe an underlying concern among some American Christians that specific advocacy on behalf of fellow Christians may seem self-serving and parochial. Hence there is often more comfort in addressing human rights and religious liberty generically for all people without specific reference to Christians. But affirmation of religious freedom for all should not preclude specific... Continue Reading

In response to the recent cases, the Ukrainian government launched a polio vaccine campaign with a goal to vaccinate 90 percent of children 5 years old and younger. But a longstanding distrust of vaccines is hindering efforts to stop the disease’s spread. As of early November, only 60 percent of children 5 years old and... Continue Reading

“Let me tell you,” Carson continued, “our nation’s survival as the pinnacle nation in the world…is rooted in our values system, the values and principles that made us into a great nation. And the real question is: Are we willing to stand up for those values and principles? Or will we allow ourselves to be... Continue Reading

A diverse set of motives drives the persecution. In much of the Middle East and parts of Africa, it’s Islamic radicalism; in India, it’s Hindu fundamentalism; in China and North Korea, it’s police states protecting their hegemony, and in Latin America, it’s often vested interests threatened by Christians standing up for peace and justice. The... Continue Reading

The California girls participated in a series of competitions with scout groups over the past year. They started the BSA’s Learning for Life program and are following many of the Boy Scouts’ procedures in their small female troop. But BSA leaders denied the band of girls membership, allegedly after discovering they couldn’t join campouts due... Continue Reading

Yonge-Dundas Square is often referred to as “Toronto’s Times Square” and has hosted numerous public events, performances and art displays since its completion in 2002. All manner of artists and community organizations apply to use the space at Yonge & Dundas Square every year. Voices of the Nations, an organization founded in 2006 to unite... Continue Reading