....As a recent story in the Los Angeles Times put it, “California is emerging as the de facto policy think tank of the Biden-Harris administration.” If that’s right, the next four years bode ill for the free exercise of religion.

The pastor of a church in Canada remains in police custody on Saturday after being charged with violating Alberta’s COVID-19 rules and refusing to comply with his bail conditions.

And astonished Christians ask “why?”

President Joe Biden urged Congress Friday to “swiftly pass” the Equality Act, setting him squarely on a collision course with the U.S. Catholic Bishops.

It’s amazing that this even needs to be said. The imprisonment of Pastor James Coates is actual persecution.

...Social media has given rise to countless benefits in our society...But social media can also be the rocket fuel poured on the smoldering embers of malice, discontent, and dissension that have long plagued our public life. In recent years, they have ignited over the politicization of every aspect of our lives. 

Some Texans have received massive electric bills following winter storms that delivered snow and record subzero temperatures to the state. Bills exceeding $17,000 were reported around Dallas due to skyrocketing demand for power during freezing conditions....

...Once the bureaucrats and politicians can tell a church, private school, or faith-based non-profit what they must do, it will be a short step to their being told what they can and cannot teach. That will be the final nail in the First Amendment’s coffin.

...Amongst other things, the Conversion and Suppression Practices Bill criminalizes any prayers or conversations in which one person aims to persuade another that pursuing certain sexual activity is not the best course of action.

....we are hearing about the two largest groups who have not returned to in-person service. These groups are mentioned consistently when we hear from church leaders.

...What is common about all of these media-fed narratives?  Not one of them is true. Not. One.

...In November, Canadian health officials began showing up at Grace Life worship gatherings, recording the number of attendees, those who were not wearing masks, and social distancing. This continued each Sunday for about three months.

Terror attacks have frightened teachers and pushed a country to reevaluate its freedoms.