Dear Friends,
This week's historic hearing at the Supreme Court, testing whether or not private for-profit businesses have any religious rights the federal government should respect, was a landmark event.
FRC's Senior Fellow for Legal Studies, constitutional attorney Cathy Ruse, was in the Court listening to the arguments. Her piece in USA Today captures the key arguments well. And the Director of FRC's Center for Religious Liberty, respected legal analyst Travis Weber, explains the stakes involved in "Not Just for Profit."
This battle is not about contraception, reproductive rights, or women's health. It's about whether a company that deliberately follows biblical teachings has the right to apply those teachings to the way it does business. In other words, it's about the very foundation of religious liberty and freedom of conscience.
Let's pray that God will guide the justices of the Supreme Court as they weigh this critical decision. And regardless of the outcome, let's always remember that the duty we have to obey Him in all things is primary.
Sincerely,
Rob Schwarzwalder
Senior Vice President
Family Research Council
P.S. Sign FRC's petition to the Air Force Academy that calls on the Academy to continue to allow its cadets to enjoy the very religious freedom they have sworn to uphold!
Human Dignity and the Sanctity of Life
Abortion
- "Paying for Abortions, One Pendant at a Time," Townhall.com
- "What's Wrong With Burning Aborted Babies?: A Common Grace Defense of Disgust," The Gospel Coalition
- "Vital Signs: Heartbeats not a sign of life in Arkansas," WORLD Magazine
Euthanasia/End of Life Issues
- "Canada's shifting landscape on euthanasia," The Toronto Star
- "Eareckson Tada slams Belgian euthanasia law as British lawmakers consider the matter," Canada Free Press
- "Family's Euthanasia Fight For Natty," CBS
Stem Cells and Biotechnology
- "Adult Stem Cells Help Conquer Lupus," Family Research Council
- "We Are Not Just Our DNA: The Ethical Dangers of Three-Parent Embryos," The Public Discourse
- "New Method Makes Muscle Cells From Human Stem Cells," RedOrbit.com
Marriage & Family
Common Core
- "Indiana Ends Common Core Education Standards," The Foundry
- "Common Core and the Midterms," EducationNext
- "Common Core spawns widespread political fights," The Washington Examiner
Family Life
- "Burden of Student Loan Debt Stifles the Housing Market," American Banker
- "One Woman's Journey from Welfare to Work," Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics
- "Pope Francis: Without work, human dignity is "wounded"," Hot Air
Human Sexuality
- "Obsessed with Sex?," Trinity House
- "The Birds and the Bees: The Gospel and your Children's Sexuality," Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Homosexuality and Same-Sex "Marriage"
- "Why you should care about Elane Photography," Family Research Council
- "I Now Pronounce You Human and Human: How Gender-Neutral Bible Translations Prepared the Way for the Christian Acceptance of Gay Marriage," The Imaginative Conservative
- "The Myth of Gay Affluence," The Atlantic
- "The Decline and Fall of the 'H' Word," New York Times
Pornography
- "Why It's Time for the Journal of Porn Studies," The Atlantic
- "Pornography Explained: Porn Studies Journal Launched to Explore Culture of Sexual Fantasy," International Business Times
- "Let the Battle for Purity Begin: Love vs. Pornography," Encourage & Teach - Catholic Diocese of Arlington
Human trafficking
- "Overcoming fears, volunteer leads sex-trafficking ministry," Baptist Press
- "Mrs. Smith Goes to Ottawa: Ending Sex Trafficking in Canada," ChristianHeadlines.com
- "Congress Eyes Crackdown on Sex Trade Customers," Time
Religious Liberty
- "Hobby Lobby and the Supreme Court: A Call to Prayer," Moore to the Point
- "If a Company Can Be African American, Can't It Be Religious?," The Public Discourse
- "Uniform Rule May Keep Religious Americans From Military Service," NPR
- "What is 'Freedom of Worship'?" The Catholic Thing
- "The Business of Conscience," National Review Online
- "Scholars Say Obama Contraception Mandate Violates Int'l Law," C-FAM
Religion in Public Life
- "Human Conscience Prevails Over Cultural Divide," ChristianHeadlines.com
- "If All Religions Are True, Then God Is Cruel," The Gospel Coalition
- "Connecting with Millennials: Faith to Believe In and Live Out," ChristianHeadlines.com
International Religious Liberty
- "Amid China's Economic Prosperity, Diminishing Religious Freedom," The Acton Institute
- "Six parishioners shot dead while worshipping at Kenyan church," ABC
- "Iran's Oppressed Christians," New York Times
Other important articles
- "Kerry: 'Jewish state' demand 'a mistake,'" Times of Israel
- "The Proper Size of Government," The American
- "Facing reality on Obamacare," AEIdeas.org
- "A Renewed Reagan Conservatism," The Center for Vision and Values
Book Reviews
- "Book Review: The Forgotten Faith," Ethika Politika
- "Blessed," The Gospel Coalition
- "Renewing the Republic and Republicans," Claremont Review of Books
- "The Midwest Will Rise Again," City Journal
