Tag: Religious

Will Gove & Co condemn Christians as ‘violent religious extremists’?

IN THE hallowed corridors of Whitehall, Communities Minister Michael Gove is apparently struggling to find a suitable appointee to be the first ‘Extremism Czar’. Fiyaz Mughal, OBE, founder of Muslims Against Anti-Semitism (a group calling itself ‘Tell MAMA’ whose mission is to record anti-Muslim hate incidents), was reportedly forced to withdraw his candidature due to a barrage of racist abuse and […]

House And Senate Committees Pass Tennessee Bill Protecting Religious Rights For Foster, Adoptive Families

Image: Bill Sponsors Rep. Mary Littleton & Sen. Paul Rose present HB2169/SB1738 in their respective chamber committees. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Both the House and the Senate are moving forward with a bill that would protect Tennessee foster and adoptive families from being forced to support policies regarding sexual orientation and […]

Religious Freedom Is Dead in Minnesota – HotAir

Last year the Minnesota Human Rights Act was amended to include gender identity as one of the protected classes, meaning that it is illegal to discriminate based on gender identity.  Human rights laws in Minnesota have always allowed religious exemptions for such classifications for obvious reasons. Requiring a Mosque or a Catholic Church to employ […]

Alliance Defending Freedom To Host Nashville Press Conference In Opposition To De-Banking Tennesseans Based On Political Or Religious Beliefs

Image Credit: Canva & Alliance Defending Freedom Press Release – Alliance Defending Freedom will be hosting a press conference next week on Tennessee House Bill 2100, which protects consumers from de-banking because of their religious and political views. Background A high-profile victim of viewpoint-based de-banking, Ambassador Brownback’s non-profit, the National Committee for Religious Freedom, had […]

Tennessee Senate Votes To Protect Religious Freedom For Clergy

Image: Senator Mark Pody Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A bill that protects religious freedom for Tennessee clergy members has passed a final vote in the full Senate. On Tuesday, the Tennessee Senate moved to substitute Senate Bill 0596 (SB0596), sponsored by Senator Mark Pody (R-Lebanon-District 17), with the already passed House […]

UVA Spending Millions Arguing Against Religious Exemptions to Mandates – HotAir

The University of Virginia has spent around $2 million defending against lawsuits alleging that it refused religious exemptions to its vaccine mandates arbitrarily and capriciously.  The University didn’t deny every application for exemptions–just almost everyone. It decided whether a person’s religious beliefs qualified based on which church you attended.  Your own beliefs didn’t matter.  #FromTheTJCBlog […]