Thousands of families that were broken up at the U.S-Mexico border as part of President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy found some relief with a legal settlement that grants them pathways to seek asylum and provides benefits to offset the…
Should Southwest Airlines attorneys be required to attend ‘religious liberty training’ by Alliance Defending Freedom?
Everyone agrees that Charlene Carter was a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines for 20 years until she was fired in 2017 following a two-year string of harassing and bullying emails she sent to fellow workers and union leaders. Everyone disagrees…
Jim Banks, Focus on the Family’s man in the U.S. House, opposed ‘liberal’ GOP speaker candidate Tom Emmer
Three weeks after Matt Gaetz and other House Republicans supported by “pro-family” groups voted to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Jim Banks, Focus on the Family’s man in the U.S. House, joined other pro-Trump conservatives to oppose Tom Emmer, the third…
Sidney Powell, who claimed she was led by the Holy Spirit, pleads guilty in Georgia election case
Attorney Sidney Powell, an outspoken conservative Christian who worked with Donald Trump’s legal team to overturn 2020 election results, pled guilty in Georgia last week to six misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to interfere with the performance of election duties. Her…
When ‘family values’ matter more than family
Amber Wylde grew up in a tight-knit family that strictly followed the “tough love” teachings of James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, the $133 million conservative Christian nonprofit where Amber’s father is a broadcast executive. “Amber, friends will…
Evangelicals help Falun Gong’s Epoch Times reach the masses
Evangelicals are helping Falun Gong, the Chinese religious movement, which seeks to save the world with its mix of Taoism and Buddhism while creating “the world’s largest and most authoritative media.” The Epoch Times, Falun Gong’s nonprofit media outlet, has…
Trump praises Hezbollah, as DeSantis says there are no innocent Palestinians
Conservative evangelical activists and the Republican presidential candidates they support are speaking out in different ways about the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack that killed 1,300 innocent Israelis and has sparked a retaliatory war. They agree on main points: that…
Abandoned by evangelicals, Americans United continues 75-year fight for church-state separation
In 1947, Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopal and Seventh-day Adventist leaders gathered in Chicago to form a new group: Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Founding members included Clyde W. Taylor, secretary of the National…
No soft landing for election denier Mike Lindell
Election denialism has been expensive for Mike Lindell, who has used up $60 million in profits from his MyPillow company to fund claims of election fraud through events, legal battles, publications and websites such as FrankSpeech.com and electioncrimebureau.com. His antics…
$102 million Alliance Defending Freedom goes on offense
Which conservative Christian political group has had the greatest impact? The Moral Majority? The Christian Coalition? Family Research Council? The lesser known Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom is the “movement’s most influential arm,” argues journalist David D. Kirkpatrick in…
‘Pro-family’ groups back 7 of 8 GOP representatives who ousted House speaker
“Pro-family” groups support seven of the eight far-right Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives who made history Oct. 3 by voting to remove Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in a 216-210 vote. Both Matt Gaetz of Florida,…
Evangelical group teaches churches to prioritize politics
Churches wanting to influence their communities through politics rather than evangelism and ministries can watch Tuesday’s free Community Impact Training livestream from the Family Research Council, the sister organization of Focus on the Family, which first created the training in…