“‘For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.’ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host...
Religious freedom
CAP-Supported Bills Go Into Effect!
Several CAP-supported bills passed by the Arizona legislature and signed by Governor Ducey during the 2018 legislative session became effective on August 3. These measures specifically promote life, parental rights, educational opportunities, free speech, and...
Roller Coaster Week
Most Mondays in June, you’ll find me in my CAP office at 7:00 a.m. on the SCOTUS blog website awaiting U.S. Supreme Court decisions. That’s where I was when the Court issued its Masterpiece Cakeshop decision. Upon seeing the 7-2 decision in favor of...
CAP Files Brief in Religious Freedom Case
A Statement from Center for Arizona Policy President Cathi Herrod “Christian artists Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski of Brush & Nib Studio rightly serve all people; however, they should not be compelled by the City of Phoenix to communicate messages that violate...
Responding to HB 2586
News media outlets have been promoting recently introduced HB 2586, a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to Arizona’s nondiscrimination laws. Current law prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations because of a...
Reflections
The times in which we live present ever expanding and even disheartening challenges. Each of us has a choice to make. One decision would be to look at the world around us with despair over today’s culture, a culture that disregards truth. To throw our hands up and say...
Pray, Pray, Pray!
It’s next Tuesday, December 5. It’s Justice for Jack time. That’s when the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hear oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. I’ll be there, speaking at the rally and praying. Follow me...
The Department of Justice: We Will Vigorously Protect Religious Freedom
Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) agrees with Attorney General Jeff Sessions that, “[e]xcept in the narrowest circumstances, no one should be forced to choose between living out his or her faith and complying with the law.” Based on this principle, the Attorney General...
New HHS Rule Finally Protects Little Sisters of the Poor
Today, the Trump Administration once again affirmed the importance of religious freedom and freedom of conscience in our country. The Administration issued new regulations (here and here) that protect religious and moral objectors to the Obama-era abortion-pill...
Religious Freedom in Public Schools
A middle school girl is sent to the principal’s office. Why? Not because she was talking too much in class or chewing gum. No, she was in trouble because she had a picture of Jesus on her notebook. This true story happened a few years ago in the Phoenix area. That’s...