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PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled this week that the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania can force a Catholic adoption agency to close because it refuses to compromise its religious beliefs by placing foster children with same-sex couples. In its lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia, foster parents licensed through the Catholic Social Services sought an order to require the city to renew its contract, arguing that the city’s decision violated its religious freedom under the Constitution.
Washington D.C. – Today, is the first day that U.S. Representatives can sign a discharge petition that would require the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protections Act to have a full vote on the U.S. House floor. Pro-life legislators will hold a press conference today at the House Triangle at 11:30 AM. Then the petition will open up on the House floor around 12:45 PM today. The petition must have 218 legislators sign it to require this vote.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the U.S. House have introduced H.R. 5, known as the so-called “Equality Act,” which is an assault on women and girls’ safety, privacy, and athletic endeavors.
MONTGOMERY, AL--After the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) fired co-founder Morris Dees on March 13, the longstanding hypocritical behavior of ongoing sexual harassment and racial discrimination have re-surfaced inside the organization. Then, just after 5:00 PM last Friday, Richard Cohen, the president, sent an email to staff submitting his resignation. This is the same SPLC that maliciously labels Christian, pro-family and conservative nonviolent groups as "hate groups" in order to advance its enormous fundraising efforts while misleading its donors into thinking the SPLC needs the funds in order to advance justice.
JACKSON, MS – Governor Phil Bryant signed a “heartbeat” abortion ban into law today at a ceremony at the Mississippi State Capitol, making this the largest state to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump announced today that the United States will recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Israel captured the Golan Heights or Bashan, as it was known, in its defensive war against Syria. The U.S. since referred to the Golan Heights as “Israeli-occupied” land rather than owned by Israel, which under international law, it had a right to claim as territory gained in a defensive war.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Education will no longer enforce a restriction that previously prohibited school districts from contracting with faith-based organizations to provide equitable services to vulnerable children solely due to their religious affiliation.
Washington, D.C. – Liberty Counsel Action is currently educating legislators on Capitol Hill regarding the need for including 10 specific pro-life provisions in the fiscal year 2020 budget. These provisions include the following:
CINCINNATI, OH -- The full Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a prior ruling by a three-judge panel and has upheld the constitutionality of an Ohio law that blocks nearly $1.5 million that Planned Parenthood received from the state health department and federal government.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case tomorrow involving the Bladensburg Peace Cross, a 40-foot cross in the median on a Maryland highway honoring those who died during World War I.
The challenge to the 93-year-old cross began with The American Humanist Association which filed a 2014 lawsuit against Maryland officials, which argued that the cross “discriminates against patriotic soldiers who are not Christian.” Both lower court decisions ruled that the cross violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.