Category: Sovereignty Rights
Republicans consider FACE Act repeal amid testimony on pro-life targeting
The FACE Act, which has been federal law for 30 years, imposes harsher prison sentences for people who obstruct access to abortion clinics or pro-life pregnancy resource centers. However, under President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ), the law has almost exclusively been used to convict pro-life demonstrators.
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Ohio School District To Pay $450K To Teacher Fired For Not Using Trans Students’ Pronouns
An Ohio school district will pay nearly half a million dollars to a teacher who was forced to resign after she said she could not use trans-identifying students’ new names and pronouns due to her Christian faith, The Daily Wire has learned.
Read MoreBoise State Closes DEI Centers, Follows National Trend
Boise State University quietly closed its Student Equity and Gender Equity Centers over Thanksgiving Break, students found out this week. The closure reportedly anticipates a state education resolution banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in public colleges and universities. DEI programs assume relationships between social identity groups are inherently oppressive. They aim to equalize social and economic disparities between social identity groups by isolating, uplifting and changing rules for “oppressed” groups.
Read MoreSuspended Women’s Volleyball Coach Says She Was ‘Silenced And Threatened’ Over Trans Player
Having a trans-identifying male player on the San José State University women’s volleyball team was a very difficult experience, says the coach who was allegedly punished for speaking out about it. Melissa Batie-Smoose was suspended indefinitely as the Spartans’ associate head coach last month, just days after filing a Title IX complaint accusing San José State of showing favoritism to trans-identifying player Blaire Fleming over his female teammates on the volleyball team.
Read MoreX CEO Linda Yaccarino supports Kids Online Safety Act despite digital ID privacy concerns
As the legislative session nears its conclusion, X CEO Linda Yaccarino has announced her role in revising the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a move seemingly intended to sway hesitant Republican leaders in the House.
But skeptics warn that the bill’s approach to protecting children online – through measures likely to lead to age verification – could come at the cost of privacy and online anonymity, leading to the broader adoption of digital ID systems.
Read MoreNativity Scene Will be Displayed at the US Capitol for the First Time in American History
For the first time in United States history, a Nativity will be on display at the U.S. Capitol. The display will be on the southeastern steps in front of the House of Representatives Dec. 10. According to a newsletter from the Christian Defense Coalition, the display comes after Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, won a federal court case in May that ruled that the steps of the U.S. Capitol building are a public forum. Thus, peaceful demonstrations can take place on the steps of the building.
Read MoreQuebec bishops ‘deeply concerned’ after premier says he wants to end prayer in public
Bishops in Quebec are expressing alarm after a prominent government official said he wanted to end prayer in public spaces in the Canadian province. Quebec Premier François Legault said last week that praying in public parks and streets “is not something we want in Quebec.” The premier said he wished to “send a very clear message to the Islamists” who he suggested were a danger to “the values that are fundamental to Quebec.”
Read MoreThe Kids Online Safety Act Prioritizes Kids and Free Speech
Big Tech is terrified that unfettered access to our children is close to an end. And when industry business models thrive on luring minors, they have every reason to be paranoid of the Kids Online Safety Act. That bill has been one of the most clamored-for pieces of legislation in the 118th Congress. Designed as a set of nonintrusive social networking protections for children, it has garnered the support of more than 240 organizations, a supermajority of the Senate, more than 30 state attorneys general, and, most recently, free speech champions Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr.
Read MoreCanadian mayor refuses to cave in to pro-LGBT demands after town rejected ‘pride’ flag
Last month, the Ontario Human Rights Commission ordered the township of Emo to pay the LGBT activist group Borderland Pride $10,000 for voting in 2020 not to fly a “Pride” flag. Mayor Harold McQuaker was ordered to personally pay $5,000 — and take a re-education course titled “Human Rights 101” to boot. We covered both the original story as well as a follow-up, detailing Borderland Pride’s threats and demands. There is a new development in the case: Mayor Harold McQuaker is flatly refusing to do what is being demanded of him.
Read MoreThe Big Thanksgiving Letdown
The experience of annually revisiting A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is a chance to reacquaint oneself, amid striking purity and innocence, with the traditional understanding of Thanksgiving. Yet for the fifth consecutive Thanksgiving, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is not being presented on TV. In the past, many generations of children were catechized in Thanksgiving by encountering, amid the amiable silliness of Snoopy and unremitting frustrations of Charlie Brown, the profound ministrations of Linus. Enjoined by Peppermint Patty to say a prayer before Thanksgiving dinner, then Linus offered a crash course in the history of the American holiday.
Read MoreColorado Officials Pay $1.5 Million for Violating the Constitution
The state of Colorado has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million in attorneys’ fees for violating the First Amendment rights of graphic artist Lorie Smith. The notice of settlement brings Smith’s case to a close, after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the free speech rights of all Americans by ruling in her favor back on June 30, 2023. Lori Smith sought to run her graphic art business in accordance with her faith – which includes the teaching that marriage is between one man and one woman.
Read MorePro-lifers, Christian employers sue Illinois over unconstitutional abortion coverage mandate
In a federal lawsuit filed November 20, pro-life organizations, a church, and Christian employers are suing Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and other state officials to enjoin them from enforcing an unconstitutional law requiring health insurers to cover elective abortions and abortion-inducing drugs. Thomas More Society attorneys filed the federal complaint on behalf of Students for Life of America, Midwest Bible Church, Pro-Life Action League, Illinois Right to Life, Clapham School, and DuPage Precision Products. Illinois law currently requires health insurance policies to cover elective abortions on the same terms as they cover pregnancy-related benefits.
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