Tag Archives: Aaron and Melissa Klein

Persecution and Perspective

Posted on July 29, 2021 by David E Smith

Where are Christians suffering the most for their faith? Nigeria and China would be very good answers. In both countries, suffering for the sake of Christ is very real, although the suffering takes on different forms in each nation.

China, the largest country in the world in terms of population, is still dominated by a communist government that, since coming to power, has killed an estimated 60 million people (this estimate is likely on the low end). Numbers of this magnitude are almost impossible for us to grasp.

Posted in Faith | Tagged Aaron and Melissa Klein, Barronelle Stutzman, Boko Haram, Breanna Koski, Early Rain Covenant Church, Fulani, Jack Phillips, Jim and Beth Walder, Joanna Duka, Qin Defu, Wang Yi, Wu Wuqing | Comments Off

It’s All Queer, All Year

Posted on June 25, 2019 by David E Smith

What if I told you that a community of American citizens who are defined by a set of subjective, self-disclosed, and self-defined characteristics and personal behaviors have designated at least 163 days of the calendar year to national and international observances honoring their choices? What if I also told you that the group made up only a fraction of the U.S. population? What would you think?

You would probably have two questions: who are these people and what gives?

“These people” are members of the LGBTQ+ syndicate and we’re right in the middle of their annual “LGBT Pride Month.” If …

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Aaron and Melissa Klein, After the Ball, Albert Mohler, Ally Week, and Biphobia, Aromantic Awareness Week, Asexuality Awareness Week, Barronelle Stutzman, Bisexual Awareness Week, Bisexual Health Awareness Month, Celebrate Bisexuality Day, Chai Feldblum, Day of Silence, Harvey Milk Day, International Day Against Homophobia, International Drag Day, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, International Lesbian Day, International Non-Binary People's Day, International Stand Up to Bullying Day, International Transgender Day of Visibility, Intersex Awareness Day, Intersex Day of Remembrance (or Intersex Solidarity Day), Jack Phillips, Jr., Lesbian Visibility Day, LGBT History Month, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, National Coming Out Day, National GLBT Health Awareness Week, No Name-Calling Week, Pan Pride Day, Pan Visibility Day, Pride month, Pulse Night of Remembrance, Spirit Day, Trans Parent Day, Transgender Awareness Week, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Transphobia, World AIDS Day, Zero Discrimination Day | Comments Off

Conflicts Between Religious Freedom and the Gay Agenda Trouble Most Americans

Posted on June 21, 2019 by David E Smith

A few weeks ago, I shared the findings of an extensive national survey from the Barna Group. The poll was on religious freedom, religious monuments and displays. They have passed along the internals of another large national poll looking at attitudes toward sexual orientation, gender identity and religious freedom.

Posted in Religious Liberty, Sexuality | Tagged Aaron and Melissa Klein, Barna Group, Colorado Equal Rights Commission, Gay Agenda, Oregon Court of Appeals, Religious Freedom, U.S. Supreme Court | Comments Off

U.S. Supreme Court Hands Christian Bakers Win in Same-Sex Case, Vacates Lower Court

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Benjamin D. Smith

The U.S. Supreme Court handed religious liberty advocates a victory Monday when it vacated a lower court’s opinion that had ordered a Christian baker to design a cake for a same-sex wedding.

Posted in Religious Liberty, Sexuality | Tagged Aaron and Melissa Klein, ADF, Anthony Kennedy, First Liberty Institute, Jack Phillips, Kelly Shackelford, Masterpiece, Oregon, Religious Liberty, SCOTUS | Comments Off

Religious Liberty Wins, For Now.

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Benjamin D. Smith

Based on a quick survey of news articles and blogs on Mississippi’s law, HB 1523, you could conclude that gay, lesbian, transgender, and people who have sex outside of marriage, are about to be in great danger. That is because the news articles and blogs are filled with hyperbole about...

Posted in Religious Liberty | Tagged Aaron and Melissa Klein, Baronnelle Stutzman, Jack Phillips, Kevin Cochran, LGBT, Mississippi, The Religious Freedom Act, U.S. Supreme Court | Comments Off

12 Recent Cases Where Christians Were Punished for Their Beliefs on Marriage

Posted on December 19, 2016 by David E Smith

The Family Research Council has compiled a reporting listing 12 cases this past decade in America where Christian business owners have been punished or threatened with punishment for holding traditional beliefs about marriage in order to comply with anti-discrimination laws regarding gay people.

Posted in Religious Liberty | Tagged Aaron and Melissa Klein, Arlene’s Flowers, Barronelle Stutzman, Brush & Nib Studio, Carl and Angel Larsen, Elaine and Jonathan Huguenin, Elane Photography, Family Research Council, Gortz Haus Gallery, Jim Walder, Liberty Ridge Farm, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, Sweet Cakes by Melissa, Telescope Media Group, The Hitching Post Wedding Chapel, TimberCreek Bed & Breakfast, Wildflower Inn | Comments Off

Another Bakery Faces Attack as Sweet Cakes Story Gains National Attention

Posted on March 4, 2016 by David E Smith

Just as First Liberty Institute announces representation of Aaron and Melissa Klein, a family-owned bakery in Texas faces similar hostility for their faith...

Posted in Religious Liberty | Tagged Aaron and Melissa Klein, Anthony Kennedy, Boyden Gray, David and Edie Delorme, First Liberty, George H. W. Bush, Ken Klukowski, Kern’s Bake Shop, LGBTyranny, Mike Berry, Obergefell, Sweet Cakes by Melissa, The Kelly File | Comments Off

American People Say “No” to Judicial Tyranny. They Reject the Pop Culture Narrative

Posted on February 26, 2015 by David E Smith

The Family Research Council released a new WPA Opinion Research poll showing that 61 percent of Americans agree that “states and citizens should remain free to uphold marriage as the union of a man and a woman and the U.S. Supreme Court should not force all 50 states to redefine marriage.” The survey also found that 53 percent of Americans agree that marriage should be defined only as a union between one man and one woman.

An overwhelming majority (81 percent) of Americans agree that government should “leave people free to follow their beliefs about marriage as they …

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Aaron and Melissa Klein, Barronelle Stutzman, Same-sex marriage, Sweet Cakes, U.S. Supreme Court | Comments Off