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Category: Religious Liberty

Chiles vs. Salazar | Conversion Therapy at the Supreme Court
Homosexuality/LGBT/Gender / Politics/Government / Religious Liberty

Chiles vs. Salazar | Conversion Therapy at the Supreme Court

Ben Hammondby Ben HammondOctober 8, 2025October 8, 20250

Yesterday (October 7, 2025), I listened to the Supreme Court arguments in Chiles vs. Salazer, a case challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors. …

The iRS and the Johnson Amendment
Politics/Government / Religious Liberty

The iRS and the Johnson Amendment

Ben Hammondby Ben HammondJuly 9, 2025July 9, 20250

This week the IRS issued a Joint Motion for Entry of Consent Judgment. The National Religious Broadcasters, Intercessors for America, and a couple churches had …

The Respect for Marriage Act
Homosexuality/LGBT/Gender / Politics/Government / Religious Liberty

The Respect for Marriage Act

Ben Hammondby Ben HammondDecember 7, 2022December 7, 20220

The U.S. Senate recently passed the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (S4456 and HR8404). What does it actually say? We take a look at the …

The Abrahamic Family House: Muslims, Jews, Christians, and the Document on Human Fraternity
Apologetics / Religious Liberty

The Abrahamic Family House: Muslims, Jews, Christians, and the Document on Human Fraternity

Ben Hammondby Ben HammondNovember 5, 2021November 5, 20210

Are Muslims, Jews and Christians one big happy religious family? In 2019, Pope Francis and Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb signed the Document on Human Fraternity …

Vaccines, Mandates, and Religious Exemptions
Politics/Government / Religious Liberty

Vaccines, Mandates, and Religious Exemptions

Ben Hammondby Ben HammondSeptember 21, 2021September 21, 20210

Is there a religious reason to refuse the COVID vaccine? That is a question that many Christians (and likely non-Christians) are asking in light of …

The Equality Act: What it is and how it affects us
Homosexuality/LGBT/Gender / Politics/Government / Religious Liberty

The Equality Act: What it is and how it affects us

Ben Hammondby Ben HammondMarch 3, 2021March 3, 20210

The so-called “Equality Act” (H.R. 5) is an extremely dangers and nonsensical piece of legislation that attempts to redefine “sex” as “sexual orientation and gender …

Should Christians be involved in politics?
Abortion / Religious Liberty

Should Christians be involved in politics?

Ben Hammondby Ben HammondOctober 26, 2020October 26, 20200
SCOTUS Got it Wrong – Again! Bostock v. Clayton County
Homosexuality/LGBT/Gender / Religious Liberty

SCOTUS Got it Wrong – Again! Bostock v. Clayton County

Ben Hammondby Ben HammondJuly 17, 20200

When we prohibit discrimination based on sex, what does that mean? For most of us, through most of history, it means that we can’t treat …

COVID-19 and Churches: The Danger Beyond the Virus
Religious Liberty

COVID-19 and Churches: The Danger Beyond the Virus

Ben Hammondby Ben HammondApril 30, 2020April 30, 20203

Just like that, we shut it down. Everything. Well, almost everything. You can still buy gas, even though you probably won’t be driving much. You …

A Masterful Evasion: The Masterpiece Cakeshop Ruling
Homosexuality/LGBT/Gender / Religious Liberty

A Masterful Evasion: The Masterpiece Cakeshop Ruling

Ben Hammondby Ben HammondJune 15, 2018June 15, 20180

Like many folks around the nation, I waited with anticipation for months while the United States Supreme Court deliberated over Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil …

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