Snyder v. Phelps — A Judicial Travesty?
Mar 14, 2011 6 Comments ›› John EidsmoeLast Saturday, after speaking for a Kansas Lutherans for Life Issues Conference in Topeka, my host drove me by the Westboro Baptist Church, the home base for Fred (I refuse to call him Reverend) Phelps and his band of deranged followers as they spew forth their hatred against practically everyone and everything. The building is quite ...
Continue ReadingDoes the First Amendment Protect Governors?
Jan 21, 2011 3 Comments ›› John Eidsmoe[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="143" caption="GOV. ROBERT BENTLEY"][/caption] Dr. Robert Bentley, Alabama's newly-inaugurated Governor, has already become controversial. On Inauguration Day, Bentley spoke for an audience at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King once served as pastor. He said he wanted to be Governor of all Alabamians and all who know Jesus ...
Continue ReadingSenator’s Staff Recommends Lifting Ban on Politics in Pulpits
Jan 7, 2011 No Comments ›› Ben DuPréOver three years ago, Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa launched an investigation into the financial records of several well-known evangelists and ministries, demanding financial records and accountability practices. Yesterday Grassley's office released his staff's research on the topic in this press release and at least one of the recommendations in the ...
Continue ReadingObama Quotes Declaration Independent of “Creator”
Sep 20, 2010 1 Comment ›› Ben DuPréPresident Barack Obama likes to claim credit for "turning the economy around" during the recent dubiously-named "Recovery Summer." And his radical spending and regulatory policies probably deserve the credit for the "un-recovered" state of our economy. But in a speech before the Congressional Hispanic Caucus last week, Obama seemed to have trouble giving credit where credit ...
Continue ReadingProtected: Crossophobia; Not Protected: the Medal of Honor
Aug 19, 2010 1 Comment ›› John EidsmoeWhat sorts of messages do the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of expression protect? Based upon two U.S. Court of Appeals decisions released yesterday, the courts are saying that the First Amendment (1) prohibits the Utah Highway Patrol Association from commemorating a patrolman killed in the line of duty by erecting a cross by the highway ...
Continue ReadingFoundation Asks US Supreme Court to Review Evangelist’s Arrest While Preaching in Salem, Mass.
Jul 1, 2010 No Comments ›› Site AdministratorPress Release Evangelist Michael Marcavage of Repent America, through his attorneys at the Foundation for Moral Law, a religious liberties legal organization led by Judge Roy Moore, filed a petition for certiorari review in the U.S. Supreme Court today, urging the Court to review his “disorderly conduct” conviction for peacefully preaching ...
Continue ReadingIs It “Inappropriate” to Speak the Truth About Islam?
Apr 23, 2010 2 Comments ›› John EidsmoeOne would think a group that calls itself the Military Religious Freedom Foundation would be in favor of religious freedom in the military, right? Why, then, does the MRFF claim "victory" when the military rescinds an invitation to Rev. Franklin Graham to address a Pentagon Day of Prayer breakfast? They objected to Graham's invitation and ...
Continue ReadingOpponents of Tebow’s Super Bowl Ad Should Make Their Own
Feb 3, 2010 3 Comments ›› Ben DuPréHell hath no fury like pro-abortionists faced with the truth. Pro-aborts like the National Organization for Women are throwing public tantrums over CBS's decision to run an ad featuring Univ. of Florida quarterback and evangelical Christian Tim Tebow and his mom Pam during the Super Bowl this Sunday. Pam tells how, when she became ill in ...
Continue ReadingWhat Document Are You Quoting, Mr. President?
Jan 29, 2010 4 Comments ›› John EidsmoeIn this week’s State of the Union Address, President Obama said: "We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal…." Wrong founding document, Mr. President. The word "equal" did not enter the Constitution until the ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868. ...
Continue ReadingSOTU: Reaganesque or More Obamaisms?
Jan 27, 2010 1 Comment ›› Site AdministratorIn January of 1984, President Ronald Reagan used part of his State of the Union Address to promote the freedom to acknowledge God in public schools: [E]ach day your members observe a 200-year-old tradition meant to signify America is one nation under God. I must ask: If you can begin your day with a member of ...
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