Ten Commandments Unveiled on Capitol Grounds
June 27, 2017 | Posted in Religious Freedom | By Jerry Cox
Arkansas’ monument of the Ten Commandments was placed on the Capitol Grounds this morning.
Senator Jason Rapert (R-Bigelow) who sponsored the legislation authorizing the monument in 2015 was present for its unveiling.
Earlier this spring the State Capitol Arts and Ground Commission authorized the monument as a formality before construction could officially begin.
It is similar to a monument ruled constitutional in Texas, and is being privately funded. It celebrates the influence and legacy of the Ten Commandments in western law.
Below are a few pictures of the new monument.
Construction Begins on Ten Commandments Monument
June 9, 2017 | Posted in Religious Freedom | By Jerry Cox
Ground has been broken on the Capitol lawn for the state’s new Ten Commandments monument.
In 2015 the Arkansas Legislature passed a law authorizing the placement of a monument of the Ten Commandments on the Capitol grounds.
Earlier this spring the State Capitol Arts and Ground Commission authorized the monument as a formality before construction could officially begin.
The monument is similar to a monument ruled constitutional in Texas, and is being privately funded. It celebrates the influence and legacy of the Ten Commandments in western law.
Farmers Punished For Holding Biblical View of Marriage
June 2, 2017 | Posted in Religious Freedom | By Jerry Cox
A family farm in Michigan is being blocked from their community’s city-run farmer’s market, because the Tennes family who owns the farm happens to hold a biblical view of marriage.
Family Research Council writes,
When two women asked to be married on [Country Mill farm] in 2014, the Tennes turned them down, explaining that because of their faith, they referred same-sex couples to neighboring farms. Two years later, the couple decided to launch a social media smear campaign, urging people to stay away from Country Mill. When their post was brought to East Lansing’s attention, local leaders raced to pass an ordinance directly targeting small business owners like the Tenneses.
Country Mill Farms has participated in the city’s farmer’s market without incident for at least six years. As a result of this new ordinance, the farm was blocked from selling produce at the market this year.
It’s worth noting this is not the first time a family farm has been punished for holding a biblical view of marriage. In 2014 a New York farm was fined $13,000 for declining to host a same-sex wedding ceremony on its property.
No one should be targeted by the government for their religious convictions, but that’s what we are seeing here. Country Mill Farms has teamed up with attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom to take East Lansing to court over its new policy. Hopefully, this new policy will be reversed and religious liberty will be respected.
