The United States is joining several other nations and entities in cutting foreign assistance to Uganda to protest a stringent new anti-gay law. Homosexuality is already illegal in 38 African countries and carries the death penalty in Somalia, Sudan, Nigeria and Mauritania. Yet, amidst calls for these states to relax their laws, Uganda has attracted…
By Blake Neff The state of Virginia is on the hook for $25,000 after a community college in the state prevented a student from preaching in public. As reported at Campus Reform, Christian Parks, an evangelical Christian, was prevented from preaching two separate times last fall in a public courtyard at Thomas Nelson Community College….
BROOKLYN, NY – Yeshaya Liebowitz, 25, enjoyed his volunteer work with the Jewish charity Chesed. Part of his duties included transporting cancer patients to the hospital for free. Liebowitz’s philanthropic efforts were thwarted by an agent from the Taxi and Limousine Commission. The volunteer was cited by the agent for driving an illegal livery cab,…
Austin Petersen speaks with Connor Boyack, a leading Mormon libertarian and children’s author. Boyack’s book “The Tuttle Twins Learn About ‘The Law’” – which can be purchased at tuttletwins.com – is designed to help homeschoolers and other liberty-minded parents introduce their children to the thinking of Frédéric Bastiat. Boyack talks about his work combating forcible…
A positive Christian review of Noah By Ian Huyett Follow TLR on Google+ I should probably start by warning you that I would make a terrible career film critic. My reasoning is simple: I actually like movies. If you share the jaded and esoteric preferences of contemporary movie reviewers, then, you might want to…
Pastor Steven L. Anderson‘s sermon that he wished for Barack Obama to die and go to hell earned him a visit from the Secret Service, but that apparently hasn’t stopped him from preaching his latest message of hate, and it’s directed at women overall. Pastor Anderson is famous for an anti-Obama rant he gave in…
The Antithesis of Freedom is Forced Association DANBURY, U.K.–A wealthy gay couple has decided to launch a lawsuit to force their church to perform their wedding. The Drewitt-Barlows, a millionaire couple from the U.K, stated, “We’ve launched a challenge to the government’s decision to allow some religious groups to opt out of marrying same-sex couples.”…
The Catholic Church may soon canonize an English writer who said “It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.” Follow TLR on Google+ Catholic admirers of G.K. Chesterton have long campaigned to have the English writer sainted. Now, Bishop Peter Doyle of Northampton has appointed Canon John Udris to investigate Chesterton’s…
As a Christian, I think this neighborhood should be able to decide not to have a church. by Ian Huyett Follow TLR on Google+ When the City of God decided to rent a building from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District for its weekly church service, they thought the deal was a win-win. Residents of…
Obama administration had argued against homeschooling, citing a need to teach “tolerance.” Follow TLR on Google+ In 2010, a U.S. court granted political asylum to Uwe and Hannelore Romeike. A Christian family who homeschools their children, the Romeikes fled to the U.S. from Germany, where homeschooling is illegal. The Romeikes faced jail time and risked…