The Equality Act poses unprecedented invasion of religious liberty
You may or may not be familiar with the Equality Act legislation currently making its way through the U.S. Congress. Its proponents claim its intent is to prevent “discrimination” of LGBTQ individuals. But its consequences would be far-reaching, as described in this piece by Joe Carter of The Gospel Coalition.
Carter quotes from an earlier editorial by Andrew Walker, who is part of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, about the Equality Act:
“The bill represents the most invasive threat to religious liberty ever proposed in America. Given that it touches areas of education, public accommodation, employment, and federal funding, were it to pass, its sweeping effects on religious liberty, free speech, and freedom of conscience would be both historic and also chilling.”
“Virtually no area of American life would emerge unscathed from the Equality Act’s reach.”
Read more from The Gospel Coalition’s piece
Three things more important to saving America than the election of presidents
Many in the United States are so focused on personality and office-holders they forget that we are a nation of laws first. In an article for Townhall, Terry Paulson writes that the ultimate undoing of our society will have less to do with who occupies a certain position at a given time and more to do with fundamental changes of our systems and laws. He lists three current proposals by Democrats that would have a major impact on transforming our society. One is the elimination of the Electoral College system of electing a president. Another is increasing the number of justices who sit on the Supreme Court.
Read more from Paulson’s piece
Kansas’ Supreme Court rules the state’s Constitution protects abortion
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in a 6-1 decision that the state’s constitution guarantee’s the right of a woman to have an abortion. The state constitutional clause in question reads:
“All men are possessed of equal and inalienable natural rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
This language, placed in the Kansas Constitution in 1859, was interpreted as protecting abortion by the following reasoning:
“This right allows a woman to make her own decisions regarding her body, health, family formation, and family life—decisions that can include whether to continue a pregnancy. Although not absolute, this right is fundamental. Accordingly, the State is prohibited from restricting this right unless it is doing so to further a compelling government interest and in a way that is narrowly tailored to that interest.”
Read more about the decision from The Federalist
Uber driver fired for not taking woman to get an abortion
Once a New York Uber driver discovered that the woman who had acquired a ride with him was going to abort her unborn baby, he stopped, tried to talk her out of it and then told her that he could not continue toward the destination.
He offered to take her back to the city, and he stayed with her for a while as she waited on a taxi cab. She was upset, and continued to make the abortion happen. The Uber driver was ultimately fired.
