Podcasts about religious freedom restoration acts

It's Friday, February 3rd, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. By Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com) Cuban pastor, wrongfully imprisoned, writes letter On his 51st birthday, Pastor Lorenzo Fajardo wrote a letter from his Cuban prison cell, addressed to Christian Solidarity Worldwide staff and supporters. He was unjustly imprisoned amid the peaceful protests of July 11, 2021. He said, “I am pastoring rebellious men here in prison with serious personality problems; as one new convert told me, ‘tired of living and afraid of dying'. It makes me very happy to be able to help them laugh again and that their lives can have meaning in Jesus Christ. “In regard to myself, prison is very hard, but I have contentment, peace, joy, no matter the circumstances that surround me. My mind is being renewed by Christ. “A Cuban, Félix Varela, the first one who taught us to think, said: ‘Never say that a just and merciful God has desired to deprive men of the rights that He Himself gave them by nature.' God is justice.” He cited Isaiah 30:18 which says, “Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore He exalts Himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him.” To join the campaign to free Pastor Lorenzo, look at a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com. Chinese spy balloon over USA The U.S. military has been monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over Montana for the past few days, reports NBC News.  Military and defense leaders have discussed shooting it out of the sky, according to two U.S. officials and a senior defense official. Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder said, “The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now. We continue to track and monitor it closely.” Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wondered why the Pentagon has not intervened. She tweeted, “Biden should shoot down the Chinese spy balloon immediately. President Trump would have never tolerated this.” Biden's ironic affirmation of “life” at Nat'l Prayer Breakfast Yesterday, at the U.S. Capitol, President Joe Biden spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast, reports The Christian Post. BIDEN: “We can redeem the soul of America. And what's the soul of the nation. Well, the soul is the breath, the life, the essence of who we are. The soul makes us ‘us.' It's embodied in a sacred proposition: We are all created equally in the image of God, a sacred proposition rooted in the Scripture and enshrined in the Declaration of Independence.” Ironically enough, President Biden has championed the abortion industry at every turn which has taken the lives of 62 million baby boys and baby girls who were created in the image of God. Toward the end of his remarks, President Biden, unlike Vice President Kamala Harris, actually referenced the value of “life” as articulated in the Declaration of Independence. BIDEN: “Let's remember who we are. We're the United States of America. We're born out of an idea. No other nation in the world is born of an idea. That we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, life, liberty, etcetera. There's nothing beyond our capacity to remember who, in God's name, we are.” (You can watch Biden's speech at the 30-minute mark in this video). However, when he was on the campaign trail before his election, he spoke from his heart. BIDEN: “If I get elected president of the United States and Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade, I'm going to send legislation to the United States Congress to pass it and codify it.” Satanic Temple provides Kill Pill abortions in name of Justice Alito's mom And finally, The Satanic Temple is opening a so-called “health clinic” in New Mexico to provide "free religious medication abortion" and will name the facility "The Samuel Alito's Mom's Satanic Abortion Clinic" in mockery of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, reports Fox News. As President Biden says often … BIDEN: “Not a joke. Fact!” TST Health, the new medical services arm of The Satanic Temple, will provide telehealth screenings and appointments to provide abortion Kill Pills to patients. These services will be provided free of charge as part of The Satanic Temple's "abortion ritual."  However, patients must still pay for the medications from a pharmacy, which typically cost around $90. 2 Corinthians 11:14 reveals that “Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.” The New Mexico facility will be operated by and will make its services available to state residents who are at least 17 years old, up to 11 weeks pregnant, and medically eligible for an abortion.  Malcolm Jarry, a co-founder of The Satanic Temple, said, "In 1950, Samuel Alito's mother did not have options, and look what happened. Prior to 1973, doctors who performed abortions could lose their licenses and go to jail. The clinic's name serves to remind people just how important it is to have the right to control one's body and the potential ramifications of losing that right."  Malcolm Jarry is a pseudonym for Cevin Soling, an American writer, filmmaker, philosopher, and musician. The Satanic Temple has sparked outrage nationwide by starting after-school Satan clubs, installing statues of Baphomet in public holiday displays, and challenging state abortion bans by claiming its "abortion ritual" is an essential religious practice protected under state Religious Freedom Restoration Acts.  Some New Mexico cities such as Hobbs, Clovis, and Eunice — in addition to Lea and Roosevelt Counties — recently passed ordinances restricting abortion at the local level, which currently keeps this kind of insanity out of their cities and counties. However, pro-abortion legislators are now trying to reverse that with House Bill 7, the "Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Freedom Act" in New Mexico which will prohibit city and county governments from passing pro-life ordinances. You can email the New Mexico Health and Human Service Committee members quickly through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com. Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Friday, February 3rd, in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

In recent years, political and legal developments have put two successful civil rights movements in direct conflict with each other. In 2015, the Supreme Court affirmed a Constitutional right to gay marriage in its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. Further, over the last several years, numerous state and local governments have continued to pass laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and identity. During the same period, however, in its decision in Hobby Lobby, the Supreme Court also affirmed the rights of shareholders in some corporations to avoid enforcement of laws that they claim contradict their religious beliefs. In addition, a number of states have passed Religious Freedom Restoration Acts that could allow businesses to refuse to comply with gay rights ordinances on religious grounds. This event will address the legal and ethical implications of the conflict between reproductive and gay rights, on the one hand, and religious freedom, on the other, as it plays out in the commercial world. First, we will host a debate between Gregory Baylor, Senior Counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, and Gregory Lipper, Partner, Clinton Brook & Peed; former Senior Litigation Counsel, Americans United for Separation of Church and State. We will then hear a panel of academics and practitioners who will dig more deeply into the issues that arise when the newfound protections for gay rights collide with the reemerging movement for religious liberty.

In recent years, political and legal developments have put two successful civil rights movements in direct conflict with each other. In 2015, the Supreme Court affirmed a Constitutional right to gay marriage in its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. Further, over the last several years, numerous state and local governments have continued to pass laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and identity. During the same period, however, in its decision in Hobby Lobby, the Supreme Court also affirmed the rights of shareholders in some corporations to avoid enforcement of laws that they claim contradict their religious beliefs. In addition, a number of states have passed Religious Freedom Restoration Acts that could allow businesses to refuse to comply with gay rights ordinances on religious grounds. This event will address the legal and ethical implications of the conflict between reproductive and gay rights, on the one hand, and religious freedom, on the other, as it plays out in the commercial world. First, we will host a debate between Gregory Baylor, Senior Counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, and Gregory Lipper, Partner, Clinton Brook & Peed; former Senior Litigation Counsel, Americans United for Separation of Church and State. We will then hear a panel of academics and practitioners who will dig more deeply into the issues that arise when the newfound protections for gay rights collide with the reemerging movement for religious liberty.

In recent years, political and legal developments have put two successful civil rights movements in direct conflict with each other. In 2015, the Supreme Court affirmed a Constitutional right to gay marriage in its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. Further, over the last several years, numerous state and local governments have continued to pass laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and identity. During the same period, however, in its decision in Hobby Lobby, the Supreme Court also affirmed the rights of shareholders in some corporations to avoid enforcement of laws that they claim contradict their religious beliefs. In addition, a number of states have passed Religious Freedom Restoration Acts that could allow businesses to refuse to comply with gay rights ordinances on religious grounds. This event will address the legal and ethical implications of the conflict between reproductive and gay rights, on the one hand, and religious freedom, on the other, as it plays out in the commercial world. First, we will host a debate between Gregory Baylor, Senior Counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, and Gregory Lipper, Partner, Clinton Brook & Peed; former Senior Litigation Counsel, Americans United for Separation of Church and State. We will then hear a panel of academics and practitioners who will dig more deeply into the issues that arise when the newfound protections for gay rights collide with the reemerging movement for religious liberty.

In recent years, political and legal developments have put two successful civil rights movements in direct conflict with each other. In 2015, the Supreme Court affirmed a Constitutional right to gay marriage in its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. Further, over the last several years, numerous state and local governments have continued to pass laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and identity. During the same period, however, in its decision in Hobby Lobby, the Supreme Court also affirmed the rights of shareholders in some corporations to avoid enforcement of laws that they claim contradict their religious beliefs. In addition, a number of states have passed Religious Freedom Restoration Acts that could allow businesses to refuse to comply with gay rights ordinances on religious grounds. This event will address the legal and ethical implications of the conflict between reproductive and gay rights, on the one hand, and religious freedom, on the other, as it plays out in the commercial world. First, we will host a debate between Gregory Baylor, Senior Counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, and Gregory Lipper, Partner, Clinton Brook & Peed; former Senior Litigation Counsel, Americans United for Separation of Church and State. We will then hear a panel of academics and practitioners who will dig more deeply into the issues that arise when the newfound protections for gay rights collide with the reemerging movement for religious liberty.

Download: MP3 Audio JW and Nate get sidetracked right out of the gate into a discussion about baseball before moving on to discuss the nature of human happiness in dignity. Then the conversation turns to the recent raft of "Religious Freedom Restoration Acts" which are being voted in by state ...

We just can't seem to get away from the Religious Freedom Restoration Acts that various governments have enacted. What happens when one of those acts clashes with an antidiscrimination statute? Strangely, the flashpoint issue seems to involve cake. Some conservative Christian bakers object to making wedding cakes for gay couples. Does religious freedom trump equality, or the other way around? Two constitutional values are at odds, although the legal issues, for now, are mostly statutory. Join us for a lively discussion with David Wolitz of the University of Tennessee's College of Law, and Doug McKechnie, our First Amendment Guy.

Religious Freedom Restoration Acts. Just what exactly are all of these RFRA's sprouting up all around the country? And how do these similar pieces of legislation, both national and state, fit into the First Amendment's protection of religious freedom? And then what about gay rights? It gets a bit complicated, so Doug McKechnie, our First Amendment Guy, is here to help us sort it all out. Thank Heaven.

In The News: The Madison, Wisconsin, City Council passed the resolution to add atheism as a protected class to city ordinances; FFRF takes out TV and New York Times print ads opposing religious school vouchers and the state and federal Religious Freedom Restoration Acts. After celebrating the birthdays of freethinking songwriters Tom Lehrer and Yip Harburg, we announce the winners of the drawing for a signed copy of Dan Barker’s new book, Life Driven Purpose. Our guest this week is Wendy Thomas Russell, author of the new book, Relax, It’s Just God: How and why to talk to your kids about religion when you’re not religious.

Religious Freedom Restoration Acts don't quite function the way you've been told, according to Mollie Hemingway, a senior editor at The Federalist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.