The Liberty Blog

San Francisco is a long way from Dayton, Tennessee, where the trial of the last century was broadcast over radio to the thrilled attendance of millions of Americans, who heard the best trial lawyers of the day battle it out over the doctrine of biblical creation vs. evolution. But San Francisco is shaping up to host the trial of the new century, where God is again mocked, and biblical foundations are rocked to their core. more... (13 Comments)

It behooves each generation to look about with a critical eye – not being hoodwinked into accepting the popular opinion at face value but yet not getting worked up into a paranoid hysteria. An eye to understanding the long term implications of trends is crucial to determining how one might have to act should fears be realized. We have seen examples of this critical disposition in the past. February 7, 1934 – an elderly more... (12 Comments)

If you haven’t seen the Ben Stein documentary, “Expelled,” you should. It is an expose of the extent to which dogmatic Darwinism has come to dominate science, threatening freedom of inquiry, free speech, and casting scientific “heretics” who do research related to intelligent design out of the academy. Unlike most documentaries, it is not boring but a powerfully moving bit of film making. Just yesterday, I discussed the history of creation and evolution in the American more... (5 Comments)

An eight year old boy who drew a stick figure of Christ on the cross for an assignment about what Christmas means to you was interrogated, sent home, and required to go for psychological evaluation before he could return to school. A teacher found the kid’s portrayal of Christ on the cross with x’s for eyes sufficiently disturbing that the school wanted to be sure he was not a danger to himself or to others. more... Comments Off

Despite the fact that I am an employment discrimination lawyer, I’m not at all sure I know what discrimination is, anymore. At least, not discrimination as understood by the University of California. The U.C. is involved in two prominent religious discrimination cases where it has been accused of discrimination, and yet it has turned around and branded the religious groups as the wrongdoer. What does “discrimination” mean in this age of postmodern political correctness? Let’s more... (3 Comments)

Patrick McCollum is a Wiccan clergyperson who has been seeking for several years to become a chaplain in the California prison system. When his job application was rejected because of his religion, he did the all-American thing, he sued. Instead of hiring a competent lawyer, McCollum filed the lawsuit himself. Not surprisingly, he lost. Lawyers have a saying: “bad facts make bad law.” Remember the case about the drug rehabilitation counselors who were fired for their more... (11 Comments)

The line has now been drawn. A prominent group of conservative Christian church leaders have issued a “clarion call” to society. It is known as the “Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience.” In the Obama era of seeking the “common ground,” 150 leaders of the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Evangelical wings of the church have made it abundantly clear that “common ground” will not mean they discard the historic Christian teachings on life, marriage more... (12 Comments)

When we were children, we used to have play fights. “I dare you,” one would say, only to hear in response, “I double dare you!” Sadly, the culture wars have degenerated into a grown up version of such foolishness. The latest example is in South Carolina, where a Federal Court recently struck down the state’s approval of a license plate motto: “I believe” complete with a graphic of the Cross and a stained glass window. The more... (5 Comments)

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In 1934, a chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars [“VFW”] from, of all the desolate places on earth, Death Valley, California, placed a modest cross, constructed out of steel pipe, on a remote hilltop in the Mojave Desert, as a memorial to Americans killed in the First World War. As a marker to honor the dead, the cross is an ancient symbol. Of course, it more... (49 Comments)