Society & Culture

“The jury ruled that the Conrad Hotel managed by Park Hotels and Resorts Inc. … violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it failed to accommodate Jean-Pierre’s Sunday worship…. The hotel fired Jean-Pierre in March 2016 [for her refusal to work on Sundays] and plans to appeal the verdict.” - BPNews

“The list of interesting characters will include what many will regard as adherents of fringe religions like The Satanic Temple and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti.

“Here’s the reality. While there are certainly individual Christians who are bigots, the theology itself is founded in and based on love — love for the God who created us, and love for the people we want to see enter into relationship with their Savior.

“The “science” established in Roe v. Wade has become so pervasive and entrenched among society that many people truly believe that the Supreme Court decision is the standard in regards to human development, and the linchpin of a woman’s very humanity.” - Brooke Stanton

“This legislation is an opportunity for Congress to find consensus built on common sense, compassion, science, and a simple fact: every baby deserves a fighting chance at life.” - W. Examiner

“[T]he work of defining what makes a man a man has been going on for centuries.” - Intellectual Takeout

“The number of Christians suffering high to extremely high persecution is 14 percent more in 2019, Open Doors reported, counting 245 million individuals globally.” - BPNews

“A number of abortion providers filed suit against Pennsylvania on Wednesday in hopes of overturning a state law that prohibits coverage of the procedure by Medicaid.” - Jurist

Religious Freedom Day

“One hundred years ago today, the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified, prohibiting “intoxicating liquors” in the United States and launching the era known as Prohibition. Here are nine things you should about Prohibition and how the religiously inspired temperance movement transformed America.” - TGC