Tag: religious freedom

Churches in Court to Challenge British Columbia’s COVID-19 Health Orders

VANCOUVER—A legal advocacy group challenging British Columbia’s COVID-19 restrictions on worship services and public protests is scheduled to be in court today to argue its case. A petition filed by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms also asks the B.C. Supreme Court to dismiss tickets of up to $2,300 each for alleged violations of the…


Democrats’ ‘Equality Act’ Narrowly Passes Without Hearings; GOP Says Religious Freedom Harmed

House Democrats approved the Equality Act of 2021 the afternoon of Feb. 25 following a rancorous debate in which Republicans asserted the controversial bill will significantly narrow the scope of religious freedom if it becomes law. The Equality Act provides prohibits discrimination due to gender identity or sexual orientation. Three Republicans joined all 221 Democrats…


Democrats’ ‘Equality Act’ Narrowly Passes House Without Hearings; GOP Says Religious Freedom Harmed

House Democrats approved the Equality Act of 2021 the afternoon of Feb. 25 following a rancorous debate in which Republicans said the controversial bill will significantly narrow the scope of religious freedom if it becomes law. The Equality Act provides prohibits discrimination due to gender identity or sexual orientation. Three Republicans joined all 221 Democrats…


Conservative Groups Launch Movement to Protect Children From Gender Identity Politics

A coalition of conservative groups is asking parents and lawmakers to join a movement that seeks to take gender identity and sexual orientation politics out of a child’s upbringing. The “Promise to America’s Children” initiative seeks to protect children and parents who wish to subscribe to traditional or religious views of gender, sexuality, abortion, and…


Religious Liberties and Parental Consent Under Threat From Victoria’s Conversion Therapy Ban: Research Centre

The act of prayer under the Andrews government’s proposed Conversion Therapy Bill could soon land Victorians in jail, thereby violating religious freedom and parental rights, a conservative think tank has said. The report released by Menzies Research Centre comes as the controversial Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill (pdf) is set to be debated…


Xinjiang Genocide Means US Firms Can’t ‘Continue to Deceive Themselves’ About China: US Commissioner

The Trump administration’s determination that the Chinese regime is committing genocide against Muslim minorities should cause American companies to rethink their business in the country, said Commissioner Gary Bauer of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The declaration made by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicates that “what the Chinese communists are…


Video: Communist China Is Committing Genocide in Xinjiang and Building Authoritarian Bloc—USCIRF Commissioners

“What the Chinese communists are doing is trying to eliminate a whole people,” says Commissioner Gary Bauer of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The U.S. government, in the last full day of the Trump presidency, determined that the People’s Republic of China, under the control of the Chinese Communist Party, is committing genocide…


Biden to Reverse Trump’s Policy Blocking Funding for Foreign NGOs That Perform, Promote Abortions

President Joe Biden will roll back a Trump administration policy that bans taxpayers’ dollars from going to foreign non-governmental organizations (NGO) that perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Thursday. “It will be our policy to support women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights in…


Federal Court Blocks Obamacare Mandate Forcing Doctors to Perform Transgender Surgery

A federal court has ruled to protect some doctors and health care providers from being penalized for refusing to perform gender transition procedures on the grounds of religious belief. In a decision a day before Joe Biden took the oath of office, United States District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte from North Dakota granted a…


EXCLUSIVE: Sec. Mike Pompeo: China’s Communist Party Is ‘Inside the Gates’

When it came to the Soviet Union, President Ronald Reagan said America should “trust, but verify.” Now, as the Chinese Communist Party has broken promise after promise, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for a policy of “distrust and verify.” In this episode, we sit down with Sec. Pompeo to discuss why it is…