Politics

December 14, 2017

Is Political Islam Worse Than Nazi or Communist Totalitarianism? Ask St. John Paul II.

By John Zmirak, The Stream - Don’t Listen to Britain First, But to St. John Paul II A few days ago, I cited a credible report that in 1993 St. John Paul II shared with a priest friend a vision received in prayer. Just three short years after the collapse of Communist totalitarianism, John Paul saw a horrible future: An almost childless Europe overwhelmed by the mass influx of intolerant Muslims. Its churches were turned to mosques, its believers persecuted.

December 14, 2017

Let’s Liberate Blacks From Left-Wing Politics

By Star Parker, Patriot Post - But the “insult” to civil rights comes today from these very black leaders who claim to represent this movement. The leaders who fought in the 1960s for civil rights fought for freedom and against stereotyping any individual because of their race. Freedom means living and thinking freely according to one’s judgment and conscience. That is, blacks may have conservative as well as liberal views.

December 14, 2017

Religious Freedom in 2018: What to Watch

By Nancy Flory, The Stream - From veterans’ memorials to coaches’ efforts to pray, 2017 saw many legal cases involving religious freedom. The Stream recently spoke with Jeremy Dys, Deputy General Counsel for First Liberty, about cases to watch in 2018. First Liberty is a legal organization dedicated to protecting First Amendment rights for all Americans.

December 13, 2017

What the ACLU Gets Wrong About the Separation of Church & State

By Mark David Hal, The Imaginative Conservative - America’s Founders did not want Congress to establish a national church, and many opposed establishments at the state level as well. Yet there was virtually no support for the sort of separation of church and state promoted today by organizations such as the ACLU…