The days of LGBTQ activists forcing Christian businesses to violate their consciences in order to serve their same-sex marriages may soon be coming to an end as the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 7-2 decision in favor of a Christian baker from Colorado who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding.
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Oral arguments took place yesterday at the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the right of a baker to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. Court watchers found it difficult to discern which way the court might rule on what could be a landmark case for either LGBT rights or religious freedom.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The same sad but tired story of same-sex couples trying to force the faithful to accept their lifestyle choices is playing out once again, this time with a Christian-owned bridal shop in Pennsylvania that refused to sell bridal gowns to a same-sex couple.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
ABC News reporters Pete Madden and Erin Galloway led a mainstream media smear campaign against the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), one of the country’s most respected religious liberty law firms, causing a national outcry after referring to them as a “hate group.”
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As the Church prays its way through the final days of the Fortnight for Freedom 2017 campaign, a new study is confirming that hostility toward religion isn’t all in our minds – it really has gotten worse in the last few years - but there are some bright signs on the horizon.
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Vice President Mike Pence, who refers to himself as a “born-again Evangelical-Catholic” gave an inspiring and upbeat address at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast yesterday saying that “life is winning” in the U.S. and that the new administration is committed to protecting religious freedom.
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Several Catholic groups in Missouri, including the Archdiocese of St. Louis, are suing a the city of St. Louis over an ordinance that could force them to hire abortion activists
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A Kentucky appeals court issued a ruling on Friday affirming the right of a Christian printer to decline to print t-shirts for a gay pride event.
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South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed a bill into law on Friday that will allow religious adoption and foster care agencies the right to refuse adoption based on their sincerely held religious beliefs.
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Barronelle Stutzman, the Washington floral artist whose life was nearly ruined after she refused to service a same-sex wedding, is now appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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