As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Caroline Farrow, a devout Catholic, was ordered by Surrey police in the United Kingdom to come in for an interview after she ‘misgendered’ a woman’s transgender child on Twitter. That woman subsequently filed a complaint against Farrow with the police.” - Christian Headlines
“The police were investigating whether she had violated the Malicious Communications Act, which makes it a crime ‘to send messages that are indecent or grossly offensive, threatening, or contain information which is false or believed to be false, if the purpose for sending it is to cause distress or anxiety.’” - Christian Post
“[T]he more recent case of Aaron and Melissa Klein may present the court with an opportunity to provide clarity and guidance to businesses … on the fundamental question of whether they may operate in accord with their deeply held convictions or be forced to abandon their First Amendment rights when they enter the marketplace.” - W.Examiner
“Phillips’ petition quotes Barnette that the point is to protect the private citizen from uttering “what is not in his mind.” On this basis the Supreme Court protected from punishment not just students from saying the Pledge, but an automobile owner who covered up the state motto “Live Free or Die” on his license plate.” Center for Vision & Values
“Intellectual intolerance is such a plague on American universities that both conservative and liberal academics are speaking out. Even together.”
“FADA, which was introduced in the House by Congressman Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) in June, has more than 150 co-sponsors. Its stated purpose is ‘to prevent discriminatory treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage.’” ONN
“The Christian bakers who refused to bake the cake might have used their opportunity to tell the gay couple about the God who loves them more then they could ever love each other. That would have been a proper—and biblical—exercise of their faith and religious freedom under the First Amendment’s free speech clause.”
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