Religious Liberty – Page 78

The State House Needs God, Too!

Jun 26, 2014JerryReligionCitizenship, Religion, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty

The following blog post is by Family Council staff member Luke McCoy.

Proverbs 29:2 (NASB) reads, “When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man rules, people groan.”

If a world were described in which controversial, political topics that had religious basis were no longer a threat to people of faith, would you consider that a work of God’s people or Jesus’ second coming? For many centuries we have seen that when good people do nothing, evil prevails. It could also be said that when good men do nothing, very little good—if any—gets done.

So, why do so many Christians excuse themselves from influencing their local, state, and federal government?

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Ninety-Nine Second Graduation Speech Stirs Controversy Over Faith

Jun 19, 2014JerryReligious FreedomReligion, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty

After the first three drafts of his salutatorian address were rejected by his high school for their overtly religious references, Brooks Hamby settled on a 99-second speech in which he called graduates to be “the salt of the earth” and asked that “the God of the Bible” bless each of them.

Watch his speech below.

Union Demands USAF Officials Remove “I Stand With Phil” Stickers

Jun 13, 2014JerryReligious FreedomHomosexuality, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty

From Family Research Council:

It used to be offensive to support natural marriage — now it’s offensive just to like someone who does! Even, two Eglin Air Force officials found out, if that “someone” is a famous celebrity. In a mind-blowing story of political correctness run amok, a controversy is rocking a Florida military base over two tiny decals stuck to the back of employees’ personal vehicles. “I stand with Phil” is all the stickers said — but it’s enough, one government union argues, to get the officials fired.

The “Phil,” of course, is a reference to “Duck Dynasty’s” famous — and unabashedly Christian — patriarch. By supporting the Robertsons’ leader, who spoke out against same-sex “marriage” in December, the American Federation of Government Employees insists that base officials are somehow violating the Civil Rights Act — even though the display is on their personal property. Fox News’s Todd Starnes, who broke the story, interviewed the union rep, who said someone on base had reported the employee, “offended and disgusted that a senior management official would display the decal on their pod.”

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