Tag Archives: John Roberts
SCOTUS Allows Lower Court to Ban prayer from Public Square
In case you thought that the potential to flip Justice Kennedy’s seat alone will bring us back to the constitutional promised land, think again. So long as the lower courts are not restrained, we will never return to the Constitution and the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
Posted in Faith, Federal, Religious Liberty
Tagged Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Daniel Horowitz, Establishment Clause, First Amendment, John Roberts, Prayer, SCOTUS, Town of Greece v. Galloway
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The U.S. Supreme Court and Religious Liberty
Great news! On June 26th, U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 7-2 ruling in favor of religious liberty!
The High Court ruled in favor of a church in Missouri that sued the state after being denied taxpayer funds for a playground safety project because of a restriction that prohibited state taxpayer funding for religious institutions.
Posted in Religious Liberty
Tagged Jack Phillips, John Roberts, Masterpiece Cakes, SCOTUS, Trinity Lutheran
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Immediate Calls for the Further Unraveling of Marriage
One day after the [Obergerfell v. Hodges] ruling, I received a press release from Pro-Polygamy.com one of the largest Polygamy groups east of the Mississippi, located in Maine. Their slogan is “Polygamy: The Next Civil Rights Battle.” Last Sunday they followed up with another release of an editorial. Both items complain, “all that Kennedy declared about the importance of marriage to those who choose same sex marriage (SSM) equally applies to others who choose unrelated consenting adult polygamy (UCAP).”
Mark Henkle of Pro-Polygamy states, “for UCAPs, only one obstacle to freedom remains to be overcome – …
Posted in Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Allen West, John Roberts, Mark Henkle, plural marriage, polyamory, polygamy, Same-sex marriage, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS
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Court Rules Marriage Must Be Redefined Under 14th Amendment. Why That’s Wrong.
This week the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important ruling on Utah’s marriage amendment. This is the first time a circuit court has ruled on marriage since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) this time last year. In a 2-1 split decision, the 10th circuit ruled that Utah’s marriage amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Fourteenth Amendment, John Roberts, Judge Paul Kelly, Marriage, Samuel Alito
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Marriage: Where Do We Go From Here?
In the media’s portrayal, people defending marriage as the union of a man and woman have been getting routed ever since the U.S. Supreme Court decision last June — if not before. They point to a string of lower-court rulings striking down state marriage amendments and to public-opinion polling, especially of my peers in the Millennial generation. Many also point to the forced resignation of Brendan Eich and the defeat of Arizona’s religious-liberty bill.
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Brendan Eich, John Roberts, Jonathan Rauch, Robby George, Roger Ailes, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sherif Girgis
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