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The Biden administration is appealing a district court decision in order to force doctors to perform gender transition procedures on children.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mocked Prince Harry, Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, and other foreigners who have taken it upon themselves to intervene in America’s abortion debate.

Radical House Democrats introduced a bill that would enshrine “gender identity” into discrimination law and prohibit religious objections.

The Supreme Court on Monday sided 6-3 with a football coach who was fired for praying on the field after games, marking another win for religious liberty delivered by the conservative-leaning court.

WASHINGTON, DC – Time is ticking as the Supreme Court has three weeks left on its official calendar to decide 29 cases – including six major cases, half of which are likely historic – or extend its sessions into July, with profound decisions to make on abortion, the Second Amendment, and religious liberty.

The U.S. bishops’ conference (USCCB) has filed an amicus curiae brief in support of Christian high school football coach Joseph Kennedy, who was fired in 2015 for refusing to stop kneeling and praying on the field after games.

A Christian website designer alleges that Colorado law would force her to design wedding websites for same-sex couples in spite of her convictions.

The Moline-Coal Valley School District defended its decision to allow an “After School Satan Club” for children in grades one through five.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has adopted new Administrative Measures for Internet Religious Information Services to restrict the spreading of religious content via the internet, Bitter Winter revealed Wednesday.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant an emergency request from New York healthcare workers to block the state’s coronavirus vaccine mandate, which includes the option to apply for medical exemptions but intentionally excludes religious exemptions.

A proposed ban on conversion therapy in the United Kingdom has been delayed after widespread criticism from religious and medical professionals.

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) has blasted a decision by the U.S. State Department to remove Nigeria from its list of Countries of Particular Concern (CPC), calling the move “a retreat from the noble and necessary fight to protect victims of religious persecution.”

Biden’s Build Back Better plan would force faith-based childhood centers that accept federal dollars to teach radical LGBTQ curriculum.

A supermajority of Americans surveyed say parents are the primary educators of their children and should have the “final say” in the content of what their children are taught in public schools.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue said Thursday that President Joe Biden’s war on religious liberty had “spiked” with recent attacks from his administration.

Most Americans agree that the government does not have the right to force Americans to violate their religious beliefs — a topic that his risen to the spotlight as President Biden attempts to force Americans to get vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus — a Summit/McLaughlin and Associates survey released on Tuesday found. 

The Biden Department of Labor proposed rescinding a Trump-era rule that protects the religious liberty of faith-based organizations that contract with the federal government.

Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) introduced a compromise bill, along with 20 Republican co-sponsors, that he says will protect religious liberty while “broadly” providing protections for transgender individuals in public “accommodations” and “employment.”

The American people must never lose sight of what makes our country great as we march toward victory in our ongoing efforts to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. We must defeat this enemy while being true to our highest values, upholding the religious liberty and civil rights of our fellow citizens by rejecting vaccine mandates.

Several Republican senators sharply criticized federal court nominee Beth Robinson this week for her alleged hostility toward religious liberty.

The judge struck down the vaccine mandate at a Louisiana medical school, holding that it violates the state’s religious liberty rights.

Blackpool Council and Transport have agreed to pay out £109,000 to Reverend Franklin Graham’s organisation for banning advertisements.

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Friday announced it will not take a key religious liberty case next term, centered around a Christian artist who has come under fire for declining to offer her talents to events that violate her faith, such as gay marriage ceremonies.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has denounced recent court decisions in Algeria violating the religious freedom of Christians.

A coalition of 22 state attorneys general called upon Congress to restore the Hyde Amendment and prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Thursday unanimously overturned a lower court ruling regarding the City of Philadelphia barring foster children from being placed with the Catholic Social Services due to its unwillingness to endorse same-sex couples.

Emails show Dr. Anthony Fauci recommended canceling religious “services” March 5, 2020, but okayed campaign rallies and cruise ships for the healthy four days afterwards.

A group of prominent scholars and human rights advocates have written an open letter to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to protest state prosecutions of Christians in Finland over biblical beliefs regarding marriage.

A Michigan high school will allow the valedictorian to reference her faith in her speech after receiving a letter from First Liberty Institute.

President Joe Biden issued a proclamation for Thursday’s celebration of the National Day of Prayer in which he failed to mention “God,” but said the day is one in which “Americans of faith can call upon the power of prayer” as they confront “racial justice” and “the existential threat of climate change.”

The Indiana legislature has passed a bill declaring religious service to be “essential” during a state of emergency and prohibiting the imposition of a “substantial burden” on them without a compelling government interest.

Civics-based homeschooling can combat anti-American curriculum in public schools and protect religious liberty, said Ken Starr.

Religious freedom champion Nina Shea called out U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Monday, asserting that his alteration of America’s human-rights policy “does a grave disservice to millions who are persecuted for their faith.”

Author and attorney Abigail Shrier testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the “Equality Act” passed by the Democrat-run House is so “over-broad” that it allows non-transgender individuals to take advantage of it.

South Africa’s Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, is refusing to apologize for comments last year supporting Israel — even after a judicial body ordered him to do so, and even wrote out the words of the apology that he was ordered to offer.

LGBT activists have heaped criticism on South Dakota’s recently passed Religious Freedom Act, which provides protections for the exercise of religious liberty.