Tag Archives: SOGI

SCOTUS 2020-21 Term Preview

Posted on October 2, 2020 by David E Smith

The U.S. Supreme Court fall term begins this month, and, as of now, it does not appear to be as action-packed for religious liberty as this past term. However, at least one important case is in the hopper, and several are in the pipeline. And, of course, all is overshadowed by the presumed replacement of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amy Coney Barrett, Arlene’s Flowers, Bostock v. Clayton County, Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, Fulton v. Philadelphia, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Neil Gorsuch, Patients for Privacy v. Barr, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SOGI | Comments Off

Evangelical Leaders’ Devilish Deal

Posted on December 14, 2018 by David E Smith

In stunning semi-secretive decisions motivated by fear of religious persecution, the boards of two major evangelical organizations, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), have voted to pass motions that represent an unacceptable compromise with homosexuals and the science-denying “trans” cult. These two influential organizations passed motions that would ask the government to add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protected classes in federal anti-discrimination law in exchange for religious liberty protections that many people know would merely be stepping stones yanked out from under people of faith eventually.

According to World …

Posted in Religious Liberty, Sexuality | Tagged Al Mohler, Anthony Esolen, Charles Chaput, Christian Council of Colleges and Universities, Christianity Today, D.A. Carson, Eric Metaxas, Fairness for All, Franklin Graham, Harry R. Jackson Jr., Houghton College, James Kushiner, Jim Daly, John MacArthur, John Stonestreet, Kevin DeYoung, National Association of Evangelicals, Peter Vlaming, Preserve Freedom, Reject Coercion, Robert A. J. Gagnon, Robert P. George, Rosaria Butterfield, Ryan T. Anderson, Shirley Mullen, SOGI, Timothy George, Tony Evans, World Magazine | Comments Off

Religious Freedom and SOGI Laws

Posted on February 25, 2017 by David E Smith

Before Christmas, I warned how Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity laws, or SOGI laws, as they’re called, create new protected classes of people based on inclination and behavior, not biological realities of race and sex.

I also warned that so-called compromises to carve out religious exemptions for churches and religious organizations would not only fail to protect people of conscience not in religious organizations, it would mark all of us seeking exemptions as bigots with a Scarlet B.

Now it seems that we’re at an impasse, but not really. I’m grateful how the Heritage Foundation’s Ryan Anderson has demonstrated, in …

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Christian Worldview, Human Dignity, Religious Liberty, Ryan Anderson, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity laws, SOGI | Comments Off

A User’s Guide To Free Expression And Bathroom Sanity

Posted on March 5, 2016 by David E Smith

As the LGBT lobby moves beyond gay marriage into putting boys in girls’ locker rooms, here are four kinds of laws to keep an eye on.

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Annise Parker, Bathroom privacy, Dennis Daugaard, Equality Act, Gender dysphoria, LGBT, Mike Pence, RFRA, Ryan T. Anderson, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, SOGI, transgender bathroom, transgenderism, Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom | Comments Off