Justices’ Same-sex Marriage Clash Portends the Culture War’s Climactic Battle
By Janice Shaw Crouse (@janicecrouse) The following article appeared in the July 2 edition of The Washington Times and is re-posted with permission. The real problem with the Supreme Court marriage...
View ArticleReligious Liberty: A Tale of Two Countries
By Alexander Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) G.K. Chesterton once wrote, “Religious liberty might be supposed to mean that everybody is free to discuss religion. In practice it means that hardly anybody is...
View ArticleCalvin, Aquinas and a Whopper with Cheese
“Have It Your Way!” You’ve heard it thousands of times. That’s because Burger King has been drumming it into our heads for forty years. But you’re not going to hear it any more. Burger King no longer...
View ArticleOf Courts and Churches
The Supreme Court recently declared gay marriage to be the law of the land. Now that the hype is over, we can ask ourselves the obvious question: is Justice Anthony Kennedy constitutionally correct in...
View ArticleHow Moral Relativism Became Ascendant in Constitutional Law
The use of judicial power to issue decrees which are contrary to America’s Judeo-Christian heritage, popular will, and foreign to the philosophy or text of the Constitution has resulted from an alien...
View ArticleMasterpiece Cakeshop: The Blockbuster Case for Religious Freedom
After years of struggle, it appears that we face another decisive moment in the conflict between homosexuality and Christian commitment to God. The case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights...
View ArticleWhat If Masterpiece Cakeshop Loses?
Although the oral arguments and decision in the crucial case of Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, discussed by this writer last month, are months away, it is not too soon...
View ArticleChallenging Conventional Wisdom on Natural Law and Theology
The proper role of reason in the Christian faith has historically been a point of controversy between the Catholic Church and at least much of Protestantism, with Martin Luther and many subsequent...
View ArticleExpert Opinion on Masterpiece Cakeshop Favors Liberty of Conscience
No one can predict the outcome of the crucially important and high profile case of Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. But participants in and expert commentators on the case...
View ArticleFrom Thomas Jefferson to Justice Thomas, the Legal Protection of Religious...
Thomas Jefferson requested that just three accomplishments be listed on his tombstone: the Declaration of Independence, the University of Virginia, and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. He...
View ArticleRobert George on the Need for Perseverance in the Wake of the Masterpiece...
Princeton law professor Robert George, co-author of the Manhattan Declaration and surely the greatest contemporary legal advocate for religious liberty in America today, discussed the meaning and...
View ArticleTop Potential Supreme Court Nominees on Religious Freedom
With Justice Anthony Kennedy announcing his retirement, President Trump will already get a second Supreme Court nomination and have the chance to replace the court’s lone swing vote with a more...
View ArticleWhat to Expect from Justice Brett Kavanaugh
In a reality show-esque reveal, President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court on Monday. Kavanaugh thanked the...
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