By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an important case that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear: We may not know the outcome until the spring of 2021, but it looms as one of the most important cases pitting gay rights […]

By Pacific Justice Institute—Center for Public Policy Sacramento, CA—The Pacific Justice Institute—Center for Public Policy (PJI-CPP) is opposing new legislation that threatens to fine retailers for separating boys’ and girls’ clothing, toys, and other childcare products. Assembly Bill 2826, introduced by Asemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), would impose fines of […]

Eternal Perspectives Ministry Oregon based ministry We have great staff members at EPM, and one of those is Doreen Button. She has worked as one of my editors for many years and does an excellent job. She also serves with Life Impact Ministries, an outstanding organization that offers hosted places […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial, The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals broke no new legal ground last week when it reversed its earlier decision ruling that a cross erected on a public park in Pensacola, Fla., had to go. But it carries the message that the so-called Lemon legal test that […]

By Faith News Note, Federal officials describe human trafficking as modern-day slavery and one of the fastest-growing criminal industries in the world, but last year only counties in Oregon prosecuted any cases. That’s because most state and local agencies and even the general public don’t believe it exists, said Rusty […]

Featured in the Oregon Transformation Newsletter, Q and A with Chuck Bennett, Mayor of Salem, Oregon You’ve been a journalist, state legislator and lobbyist. In an era when many would rather not be involved in public service, what have you found rewarding about being the mayor of Salem? I’ve spent […]

Liberty Counsel, United Parcel Services (UPS) has discriminated against employees’ religious freedom for voluntarily praying together before work. Several drivers also have been fired. Liberty Counsel sent a demand letter to UPS stating that drivers’ prayer meetings must be allowed again, and the drivers who have been fired must be […]

By NW Baptist Witness, By Sue Sprenkle, Baptist Press: Months of unrest and protests have transformed Hong Kong from a hub of global finance to an unpredictable place of upheaval. Butch Tanner, pastor of Kowloon International Baptist Church (KIBC), sees the wear and tear from the last six months in […]

By Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspectives Ministry Oregon based ministry One of the best-known photographs from the Vietnam War is a Pulitzer Prize–winning picture of a young burn victim running in terror, arms outstretched, after a napalm bomb was dropped on her village. After months of hospitalization and multiple surgeries, nine-year-old […]

By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a new effort to ensure religious liberty: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been a vocal advocate of religious liberty, both here and abroad. He has now established a new International Religious Freedom Alliance with […]