faith in the public square
Culture, Public Education
Christian teacher forced out for refusing to endorse transgender ideology is fighting back

An Ohio public middle school forced a Christian teacher to resign for refusing to refer to students by pronouns inconsistent with their biological gender. Now Vivian Geraghty, a… Read More

December 15, 2022
Culture
Virginia Christian group banned by restaurant at last minute over its ‘unsafe’ religious beliefs

A conservative Christian nonprofit had an event suddenly canceled by a Virginia restaurant due to fears over what the staff alleged felt are “unsafe” beliefs.  The Family… Read More

December 9, 2022
Culture
Public libraries reject Kirk Cameron’s faith-based book but promote drag queen, LGBT events for kids

(Daily Caller) – Public libraries rejected or ignored American actor and evangelist Kirk Cameron’s request to read his new faith-based children’s book during story-hour, but continue to promote events featuring… Read More

December 8, 2022
Culture
Terminally ill Boy Scout gave life savings to church with a message: “I don’t want it to go to waste”

Kind, funny and frugal. That’s how Don and Karen Goff of Winchester, Virginia remember their… Read More

November 22, 2022
Culture
Protesters harass conservative student, tear up his Bible and eat the pages

Protesters mercilessly harassed a conservative student outside a university campus event as he read aloud from a Bible, which they tore to shreds and one student even partially ate. Read More

November 1, 2022
Culture
Washington high school football coach fired for postgame prayers to be reinstated after U.S. Supreme Court victory this summer

After a landmark Supreme Court victory allowing his silent postgame prayers, a high school football coach is expected to return to his coaching job next year. Read More

October 31, 2022
Culture
California court affirms religious right of baker’s refusal to create custom cake for same-sex wedding 

For the second time, one California court has supported the legality of a Christian woman’s refusal to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding. In 2017, Cathy… Read More

October 25, 2022
Courts, Culture
Supreme Court will referee Colorado graphic designer’s free speech fight in same-sex wedding case

Can the government force a web designer to create sites for same-sex weddings against her religious beliefs? That’s the question the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Dec. 5,… Read More

October 20, 2022
Culture
Nurse practitioner fired over religious exemption for birth control files lawsuit

(The Sentinel) – A Kansas nurse practitioner says she was fired because of her faith – despite having had a religious exemption for years. Suzanne Schuler is suing her former… Read More

October 14, 2022
Christian Schools, Courts
Christian school faces possible eviction by public school district; some suspect discrimination

A Christian school in California may be evicted from the building it leases from the local public school, which cites safety concerns but is accused by some of religious… Read More

October 14, 2022
Culture
Texas pastors offer blistering rebuke of Newsom’s ad quoting Jesus to promote abortion

(The Center Square) – Texas pastors across the state are offering blistering rebukes of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s billboard campaign in Texas quoting Jesus to promote abortion. After the Supreme… Read More

October 14, 2022
Culture
Fired physician assistant sues Michigan Health claiming termination over religious beliefs about gender

(The Center Square) – A physician assistant who claims she was fired after seeking a religious exemption from referring patients for transgender care and using their preferred personal pronouns has… Read More

October 13, 2022
Christian Schools
Federal court rules for Wisconsin Catholic school in split busing decision

(The Center Square) – Parents at the St. Augustine School in Colgate could soon be putting their kids on the school bus after a federal judge ended a long-simmering… Read More

September 30, 2022
Culture
How a firebombed pregnancy center is changing the post-Roe landscape

Jim Harden in the CompassCare center after the attack / Courtesy of CompassCare Jim Harden got the phone call at 2:30 in the morning. “The smoke detectors are… Read More

September 16, 2022
Culture
Mississippi ranks highest in nation’s religious liberty, new study shows

(Religion Unplugged) – The majority of Americans live with less than half of the legal protections of religious freedom available in other states, according to new research by the… Read More

September 15, 2022
Culture, Public Education
Harassed and ostracized Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter has its religious liberty rights restored by court

In another landmark ruling for religious liberty, a Fellowship of Christian Athletes high school chapter whose status was revoked by the school and whose members were harassed have had… Read More

September 9, 2022
Culture
Christian group sues AG Nessel over civil rights interpretation

(The Center Square) – A Christian health care group says that Michigan’s recently reinterpreted civil rights law relating to sexual orientation and gender identity violates its constitutional right to religion. Read More

September 2, 2022
Culture
Wokeism has taken over Disney, Marvel movies, with parents and some critics giving it two thumbs down

Wokeism is apparently the new superpower of Disney’s flagship Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel has dominated the movie industry since 2008 when Robert Downey Jr. first played “Iron Man.”… Read More

August 31, 2022
Culture
Wisconsin city leaders threatened with legal action over conversion therapy ban ordinance

(The Center Square) – There’s now a threat of a lawsuit over La Crosse’s recent ban on conversion therapy. The city council approved an ordinance in June that… Read More

August 23, 2022
Culture, Public Education
Poll: Most Christian parents of public school children lack confidence in K-12 public education, and half prefer private education

How do Christian parents across the country feel about public education?  Some 66% “lack confidence” in the quality of their kids’ K-12 education, and nearly half (43%)… Read More

August 19, 2022