religious liberty Archives

VIDEO: A Win For Life and Free Speech at the Supreme Court

We’re grateful to learn of today’s Supreme Court decision in the free speech case of NIFLA v. Becerra.

This case was a textbook example of government overreach. Thankfully, the court overturned a dangerous encroachment of our time-honored First Amendment freedoms of speech and religion.

No person should be compelled by government to speak a message contrary to their beliefs. Yet, that is exactly what the California legislature did, in an attempt to force pro-life pregnancy care centers to promote the availability of free and low-cost abortions.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, policy, pro-life, religious liberty June 26, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Video: Our Trip to the Masterpiece Cake Shop

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, homosexuality, policy, religious liberty June 13, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

2 Minute Video: Explaining the Masterpiece Cake Shop Ruling

I’m currently on a plane flying back home from a visit with friends of the ministry. While I was changing planes in Chicago, I asked my colleague, Bruce Hausknecht, to break down in shirt-sleeve English Jack Phillips’ victory today at the Supreme Court.

Without a doubt, today’s Supreme Court decision recognizes that religious freedom is still entitled to its pre-eminent place among our constitutional guarantees.

I’ve been saying for some time that the conflict between LGBT rights and religious freedom doesn’t have to be a win-lose.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, policy, religious liberty June 4, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Masterpiece Cake Decision is a Victory for Religious Respect

I’m delighted to hear of the 7-2 Supreme Court victory today for Jack Phillips and his bakery, Masterpiece Cakeshop.

It’s been a long time in coming.

No one should be forced to violate their faith in order to earn a living, and Jack, who I’ve met and consider a friend, just wants to be free to live out his faith in his chosen profession.

As Jack has said on several occasions, this case was never about refusing to serve gay people.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, policy, religious liberty June 4, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Your Help is Needed to Protect Faith-Based Adoption Agencies

Are faith-based adoption agencies – those that believe foster children and newborns fare best when placed in a home with a mom and a dad – threatened with extinction?

The outlook is ominous.

But first, let’s establish some facts. At any given time, there are more than 100,000 foster children available for adoption in the United States, meaning that there are always many more children waiting for their forever home than there ought to be. I am personally aware of what it means to be one of those waiting children, since that was me at one point in my own childhood.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, kids, policy, religious liberty May 2, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

How Rescued Horses Can Help Hurting Children

When Kim Meeder was growing up, she adored her parents.

She thought her father was a superhero. He didn’t wear a cape, fly, or leap tall buildings, but there wasn’t much else he couldn’t do. Her mother was the most beautiful and loving woman in the world, and Kim wanted to grow up to be just like her.

But when she was just nine years old, Kim lost both of her parents in a horrific tragedy that shattered her heart and left her disillusioned with God.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, kids, religious liberty December 14, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Jim Daly Statement on Masterpiece CakeShop Hearing

The eyes of the nation were on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case today at the Supreme Court, and for good reason.

The argument wasn’t just about Jack Phillips and his refusal to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. Today’s hearing was about our freedom to practice our faith without interference from the government. And make no mistake – the outcome of today’s proceedings will impact every American – those with religious faith and even those with no faith at all.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, homosexuality, policy, religious liberty December 5, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Hear from the Coach who was Fired for Praying Silently

In August, I wrote about a Washington State high school football coach named Joe Kennedy who was fired for praying silently, after the game, on the field’s 50-yard-line.

At the time, I was incredulous.

As a former teenage boy who was once helped by a man in the mold of Coach Kennedy, I suggested we need more men like him.

Instead of firing him, school officials should be feting him!

In the months since I first spoke up in his defense, I’ve had the opportunity to get to know this good man personally.

Topics: Current Events Tags: broadcast, religious liberty November 6, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Amazing Stories About Persecuted Christians

Pastor Farid ministers in war-torn – and predominantly Muslim – Syria. Death threats against him are so common he can’t track them all. Except for the one instance that he was able to count them. Thirty. He knew that because they were spray painted and numbered on the front of his home.

Number one, this is how we’re going to kill you. Number two, this is how we’re going to kill your wife. Number three, this is how we’re going to kill your children.

Topics: Current Events Tags: broadcast, religious liberty November 3, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Bring Your Bible to School Day 2017 Update: Close to 500K Students Brought Hope to the Nation!

“How did it go?”

It’s a question we’ve been asked many times since Oct. 5 – the day close to 500,000 students across the nation in all 50 states celebrated the fourth annual Bring Your Bible to School Day. Well, I’m proud to give you an update.

But first, let’s remember back to what was happening at the beginning of the month. Many people in the U.S. were worried were worried about family members in Mexico after the country’s two big earthquakes and in Puerto Rico after the catastrophic Hurricane Maria.

Topics: Focus Events Tags: events, faith, kids, religious liberty October 24, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura