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A Mixed Bag of a Bullying Bill Introduced in Iowa House
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad announced a bill that was the result of the anti-bullying conference, HSB 196, was filed in the Iowa House. The language was produced by School Administrators of Iowa, and...
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IRS to Pro-Life Group: Keep Your Faith to Yourself
Ania Joseph, President of Pro-Life Revolution Alliance Defending Freedom released audio today of a phone conversation that an IRS agent had with Ania Joseph, President of Pro-Life Revolution. In this...
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No Free Speech for University Employees?
Alliance Defending Freedom and the Pacific Justice Institute have filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court that asks the court to review the case of a University of Toledo employee fired simply...
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Supreme Court Asked to Stop Government Discrimination Against Church Signs
(Washington, DC) Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a split U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit decision that allows local governments to impose...
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Sioux City Church Denied Business Deemed Too Polarizing
Sioux City, IA – A Sioux City Church, Cornerstone World Outreach, claims it was refused service by Opportunities Unlimited because of their faith and the public stands they have taken as a church....
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ADF to Kansas Board of Regents: Rescind Anti-Social Media Policy
(Topeka, KS) Alliance Defending Freedom sent a letter to the Kansas Board of Regents Monday to explain the unconstitutionality of its new policy that restricts the free speech of university professors...
View ArticleH.S. Salutatorian Defends First Amendment Rights During Graduation Address
Officials at Brawley Union High School in Brawley, CA told class of 2014 Salutatorian Brooks Hamby that he was not to reference his personal faith in Christ during his address to his fellow graduates....
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SCOTUS Makes Right Decision on Buffer Zone Law for the Wrong Reason
New Hampshire’s buffer zone law is based on a Massachusetts law that has just been ruled unconstitutional. So much for one sorry attempt at “bipartisanship.” It seems Democrats and Republicans are...
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Pulpit Freedom Sunday vs. IRS
(Scottsdale, AZ) More than 3,500 pastors in all 50 states and Puerto Rico are supporting Alliance Defending Freedom’s seventh annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday on Oct. 5. Nearly 1,500 of the registered...
View ArticleCaffeinated Thought of the Day: Don’t Regulate Speech
Democrats on the Federal Election Committee recently called for new rules on internet based campaigning. “A reexamination of the commission’s approach to the internet and other emerging technologies...
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Law Stifling Free Speech in Churches Should Be Repealed
Pigs do fly…. The Des Moines Register offered an editorial that I can mostly agree with. They write: And this particular prohibition on churches engaging in certain political activities shouldn’t...
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The Absurdity of Political Correctness on College Campuses
Jesse Hall, University of Missouri, ColumbiaPhoto credit: Adam Proctor (CC-By-3.0) I don’t know all the details of the situation at the University of Missouri, and I’ve never tolerated racism of any...
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Caffeinated Thoughts Radio 11-28-15
Brian Myers and guest host Bart Munson talk to Faith McDonnell, the Director of Religious Liberty Programs at The Institute on Religion & Democracy, discuss the Syrian refugee crisis and the Obama...
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Defending the First Amendment
Photo credit: Ed Uthman (CC-By-SA 2.0) This week at the Iowa House brought positive movement in a number of areas. While adjournment by April 19th is questionable, it is likely we will conclude our...
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Donald Trump & Freedom of the Press
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally in Phoenix, AZ. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore Donald Trump has had a love-hate relationship with the press. They give him tons of earned media...
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Colin Kaepernick and Free Speech
Photo credit: Mike Morbeck (CC-By-SA 2.0) The conservative world has been in an uproar for the past few weeks in response to San Francisco 49er’s quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protest of the National...
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State of Georgia to Pastor: Give Us Your Sermons
Photo credit: American Life League (CC-By-NC 2.0) The State of Georgia is requiring Dr. Eric Walsh to surrender copies of his sermons under threat of law. First Liberty Institute is representing him...
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Des Moines Public School District Lacks Consistency
Photo credit: Des Moines Public Schools Last week hundreds of students in Des Moines Public Schools walked out of class in protest of Donald Trump’s election. WHO TV included a video of event outside...
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Quietly or Loudly – Petitioning Your Government Is An Important Right
The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of...
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Conservative and Liberal Professors Defend Campus Free Speech
Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT Photo credit: Don Shall (CC-By-NC-ND 2.0) Earlier in March Charles Murray, a scholar with American Enterprise Institute, was invited to speak at Middlebury College...
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