Opinion

Topic: Religious Freedom at Risk. Should a teacher be forced against his or her will to promote material that directly contradicts his faith? America’s founders wrote in the first amendment, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” But for several decades, many judges, including justices on […]

It seems that virtually every week that goes by, there is an attack on our national patriotism in one way or another. In the historic town of Winchester, Virginia, (not far from Harpers Ferry, WV), the town council has decided the Pledge of Allegiance is not needed for their regular meetings. The Daily Caller writes, […]

Topic: The Battle Over Education. At one time, America was among the best educated nations in the world. James Madison of Virginia, a key architect of the Constitution, said, “A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.” But surely James Madison nor other founding fathers would have viewed some of the modern developments in […]

In February 1777, Thomas Jefferson helped establish an evangelical church. What? Yes, that Thomas Jefferson. It was called the Calvinisitical Reformed Church of Charlottesville. And it met in the local courthouse. Why, that’s enough to give the ACLU apoplexy. This was less than a year after he wrote the first draft of the Declaration of […]

Topic: Religious Liberty Update. America was established largely for the purpose of religious freedom. But in some cases that freedom has eroded. It’s as if every square inch of religious freedom in our country must be fought for. One of the greatest groups doing the Lord’s work in this realm is First Liberty Institute, founded […]