In defense of the First Amendment
“The First Amendment Defense Act ensures that tolerance remains a two way street. Please do not allow marriage to become a litmus test for participation in our civil society” - Kristen Waggoner, Senior...
View ArticleCan healthcare professionals prescribe death and keep their oath to do no harm?
"Yeah, it was a complete shock. Of course, I knew that my mother was suffering mentally. But she would never have done it herself. She never would have committed suicide. I went to talk to the...
View ArticleTargeted for death because of her beliefs, she led her assassin to Christ.
Virginia Prodan joins Freedom Matters this week to share her experiences as a christian attorney standing up against religious persecution in Communist Romania. At one point she was targeted for...
View ArticleAfter School Satanic Clubs - Coming To A School Near You!
"4-H, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, …that have many chapters in elementary schools, they would all be shut out because of this.” - ADF Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence on the possible reaction from schools...
View ArticleDo advocates for Genetic Sexual Attraction have a P.R. firm?
“If they botched this story about which you knew the facts, you should be suspicious about how they cover the next story.” Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, Senior Editor of The Federalist, on being a smart...
View ArticleFuneral home buries the federal government in a religious freedom case
“Under state law, at least 34 California universities are exempt and do not have to comply with state non-discrimination laws, leaving thousands of students open to discrimination based on their sexual...
View ArticleEverything we thought we knew about gender and sex is backwards
“Make no mistake, this is no reinterpretation of terms it is an entire rewrite of law, and that is, constitutionally, the purview of congress, not the President of the United States. Texas will...
View ArticleOn paying a price for your beliefs - The Benedict Option
“One of the hardest things that dissidents will face is that when the Thought Police show up at the door, church people like David Gushee will proudly say, “They’re in the basement, officer.” From We...
View ArticleSeparate, but less than equal. Religious liberty in America
“Is the government permitted to say that ‘not only will we not treat churches, religious organizations or people of faith for that matter, on the same terms as everybody else, but we’re actually going...
View ArticleIs defending religious liberty the path to office this election cycle?
“Can I remind us again, that what happens at the Supreme Court in the days ahead, will matter for a generation.” Senator James Lankford (R-OK) in a speech on religious liberty. Is defending religious...
View ArticleCan federal agencies rewrite laws to enforce Obama Administration agendas?
“Clearly they are trying to write new law, not new regulations and certainly not new guidance.” Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) in an exclusive interview with Freedom Matters on the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleSupreme Court in limbo - a preview of the 2016/17 term
“In Total the justices have granted 8 news cases, five fewer than last year and none of them involve highly political issues” That is FOX News reporter Kristen Fisher on the US Supreme Court term just...
View ArticleMassachusetts moves to regulate church belief and operations
Massachusetts moves to regulate church belief and operation. If pastors don’t comply, they face jail time and large fines. In July of this year, the Massachusetts Legislature added “gender identity” as...
View ArticleFree speech under attack on campus: when political correctness trumps the...
An Iowa State University student filed suit against school officials last week over “harassment” policies which actually say that “engaging in First Amendment protected speech activities” may be...
View ArticleIowa gets it right - Churches, not the state, determine what is worship.
“An unelected commission in Iowa determined that a state law required churches to open restrooms to members of the opposite sex and refrain from saying anything, including from the pulpit, that would...
View ArticleWhich locker room to use, boy's or girl's? The United States Supreme Court...
"They have never been a 13-year-old girl. It's a very sensitive age for a girl. I didn't think that my colleagues, some of them, quite understood." Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her...
View ArticleYou're Hired! Donald Trump is the new American President.
In what could be the biggest upset in the history of American presidential elections, billionaire political outsider Donald Trump won a resounding victory over Hillary Clinton who has spent nearly her...
View ArticleFaith or Freedom? Should creative professionals have to choose?
Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland Washington and Kristen Waggoner, Senior Vice President of US Legal Advocacy for Alliance Defending Freedom, join the show this week to talk...
View ArticleFree at last; creative professionals have the freedom to follow their...
Manhattan fashion designer Sophie Theallet refuses to use her creative talents to design clothes for Melania Trump. Theallet disagrees with the future First Lady's beliefs. Bravo. She has every right...
View ArticleBuzzfeed Backlash - Nothing is Gain-ed from intolerance.
Last week Buzzfeed published a story on its website that quickly gained national attention, but not necessarily in the way the website intended. The story focused on Chip and Joanna Gaines, stars of...
View ArticleBreaking News - MA Pastors won't face jail time for teaching from the bible
We have breaking news this morning in a religious freedom lawsuit in Massachusetts. in October, Alliance Defending Freedom filed suit in federal court on behalf of four Massachusetts churches and their...
View ArticleFeminists should fight the Dept. of Education’s redefinition of sex
Late last year Germaine Greer, a noted feminist, was set to speak at her alma mater in Great Britain. At the last minute her speech was cancelled because her college believed her views on...
View ArticleFreedom Matters - 2016 Year In Review
2016 was a rollercoaster. As the year winds down it’s a good time to take a look at cases and issues that impacted religious liberty, the sanctity of life, and marriage and family. ADF senior counsel...
View ArticleFreedom Matters - 2017 Preview
The Cubs won the World Series, Bob Dylan became a Nobel Laureate, and the United Kingdom voted for Brexit. 2016 was a year that defied prediction. What will 2017 bring? On Freedom Matters this week we...
View ArticleHouse panel concludes Planned Parenthood must be defunded
2016 certainly ended with a bang! North Carolina’s HB2 survived a special session called by new Democratic Governor Roy Cooper to repeal the common sense personal privacy legislation. The bill caused...
View ArticleNew Alliance Defending Freedom CEO Mike Farris
For the first time in its history, Alliance Defending Freedom has a new leader. On Tuesday, Michael Farris was named President, CEO and General Counsel of the non-profit legal ministry that advocates...
View ArticleBecause of Trump, Conscience is cool again
Inauguration day is fast approaching and as usual this week will be full of events including the famous Inaugural Balls. Almost every hotel room in Washington D.C. will be booked which is leading some...
View ArticleThe empty seat looms large at the Supreme Court
We are deep into the confirmation process for President Trump’s cabinet nominees but there remains that one glaring opening not yet filled, that of the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the passing of...
View ArticlePro-Life is Pro-Woman
Two major rallies in Washington, D.C. in the last two weeks. The “Women’s March” initially claimed to be inclusive, but then it became apparent that the protest was primarily aimed at two things -...
View ArticleIs Religious Freedom President Trump's "first priority?"
After much build up, rumor, and speculation, President Donald J. Trump has announced that Judge Neil Gorsuch is his pick to fill the current opening on the United States Supreme Court. Judge Gorsuch...
View ArticleViewpoint discrimination at America's universities
Kerri Kupec hosts this week’s Freedom Matters with Casey Mattox, Director of the Center for Academic Freedom and Kellie Fiedorek, legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom. After a few months away,...
View ArticleWhat do the USDA, ACLU and Washington’s Attorney General have in common?
Washington State’s Supreme Court concluded last week that the government can force creative professionals to create artistic expression and participate in events with which they disagree. Barronelle...
View ArticleCommon sense returns to school locker rooms
This week on Freedom Matters Kerri Kupec and Kellie Fiedorek take a deep dive into the rescission of the Obama Administration Transgender Guidance Letter. The policy forced schools across the country...
View ArticleThe human cost of the attack on religious liberty
What if the government told you that you had to create a film, documentary or radio program that directly conflicted with your core beliefs or face fines that could put you out of business? Imagine if,...
View ArticleYou're free to say whatever you want, as long as we agree
Last week on Freedom Matters we brought you a panel discussion on the human cost of the attack on religious liberty in America. Carl Larsen of Telescope Media was one of the Alliance Defending Freedom...
View ArticleA March Madness Bracket no school wants to win
With much of the nation focused on March Madness and their bracket is doing, the Center for Academic Freedom created its own bracket, the Bracket of Shame, which follows college performance in...
View ArticleWhen did it become OK to blame the victim?
The battle for common sense in school locker rooms continues. A high school student and his parents sued the Boyertown Area School District last week. The boy was getting dressed for P.E. one day only...
View ArticleYou can please none of the people some of the time.
Politicians in North Carolina learned a hard lesson this week – appeasement doesn’t work. Legislators in the Tar Heel State repealed HB2, which had enacted statewide commonsense protections for...
View ArticleThe Trinity Lutheran Church playground case goes before the U.S. Supreme...
It’s not without some last minute drama that Trinity Lutheran will finally get its day in court. Justice Gorsuch will begin hearing cases this week after a historic path through the confirmation...
View ArticleWhat Does the Religious Liberty Executive Order Mean for People and...
President Trump signed the Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty last week to much fanfare in the media and mixed reviews from advocacy groups on both sides of the debate. The...
View ArticleA win for religious liberty
A Kentucky appeals court issued a ruling that a Lexington printer did not discriminate against anyone when he declined to create a message in conflict with his religious beliefs. In 2012, Blaine...
View ArticleCongresswoman Vicky Hartzler, R-MO, and Dr. Mike Adams
This week on Freedom Matters, Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler, R-MO, and Dr. Mike Adams join the show. Congresswoman Hartzler sits on the House Armed Services and Agriculture Committees. A staunch...
View ArticlePass out the Constitution, Get Arrested
Casey Mattox, Senior Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom and Director of the Center for Academic Freedom, joins the show to explain how members of a Young Americans for Liberty club were arrested...
View ArticleAn Initiative for common sense in Washington
The day after Christmas in 2015, five members of the Washington State Human Rights Commission passed a new rule opening sex-specific locker rooms, showers and changing areas to members of the opposite...
View ArticleSupreme Court to weigh in on Conscience
Last July, a Colorado cake artist who declined to use his artistic talents to create a wedding cake celebrating a same-sex ceremony asked the US Supreme Court to take his case and rule that the...
View ArticleWhen a playground isn’t just a playground
Just over a week has passed since the US Supreme Court issued its opinion in the playground case, Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer. The case centered on a small-town church with a playground used by...
View ArticleWho knew a Facebook post politely explaining your beliefs could get you in so...
It’s just that, a Facebook post explaining their beliefs on marriage, that got the Tennes family farm kicked out of the local Farmer’s Market in East Lansing, Michigan. All they did was honestly answer...
View ArticleShould We Be Forced to Promote Every Event the Government Demands of Us?
There are a lot of events that Colorado cake artist Jack Phillips will not use his artistic talents to promote. He won’t design Halloween cakes, or lewd cakes for bachelor parties. Cakes that disparage...
View ArticleThis Professor Needs to be Reminded How the First Amendment Works
Members of Fresno State Students for Life were chalking positive, pro-life messages on the sidewalk leading up to the campus library when they saw other students erasing the messages. Because Fresno...
View ArticleTo Print or Not to Print? This Promotional Printer Chose to Follow His...
Blaine Adamson, owner of promotional printing company Hands On Originals, has turned down several requests to create shirts based on the message that he was asked to print on them. But when he declined...
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