NEW: "As the Court continues to hear cases testing the limits of government authority over family life, religious Americans remain at the forefront not by seeking special treatment, but by preserving a principle as old as the Republic: that parents bear the first responsibility
NEW: “The state isn’t picking a religion; it’s remembering one strand of where law came from.”
Director @BayerPicciotti responds to the discussion between @VP and @joerogan about Texas' Ten Commandments law in @ChristianPost.
What Joe Rogan gets wrong about Texas' Ten Commandments law
Nobody is asking Texas classrooms to make converts They re asking them to leave a door open, a much less alarming thing to hang on a wall
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Are passive displays of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms constitutional?
Director @BayerPicciotti explains why Texas and Louisiana's laws are consistent with the Founders' understanding of religious liberty.
The Ten Commandments have a long, well-documented history in American public education.
Director @BayerPicciotti and Professor @MarkDavidHall19 explore that history and what it means for today's debate over classroom displays. ⬇️
A teacher answering a student's question about her faith isn't as legally protected as many Americans assume.
Director @BayerPicciotti explains why the U.S. Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty's recommendations are critical to protecting religious expression in public
The Dominican Sisters have cared for the sick and dying for generations. Now, joined by multiple congregations of Catholic nuns, they're suing New York, arguing the state's assisted suicide law forces them to choose between their faith and their ministry of caring for patients.
Director @BayerPicciotti explores how the Supreme Court has the opportunity to correct Colorado's exclusion of Catholic Preschools from its Universal Preschool Program in @NCRegister.
Colorado Goes After Religious Liberty in ‘St. Mary v. Roy’
COMMENTARY: May Colorado exclude Catholic preschools from its Universal Preschool Program — a publicly funded benefit ...
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Director @BayerPicciotti joined @AveAfternoon to discuss Colorado's Universal Preschool Program, its exclusion of families based on religious beliefs, and what the upcoming Supreme Court case could mean for religious liberty.
The Trump Administration has rescinded a rule that limited foster children struggling with gender identity to only pro-LGBTQ homes. Removing that rule expands the number of families who can be considered, giving more foster children the opportunity to find safe, loving homes.
The Harmon family was just one family that was impacted by the Biden Administration's ruling that limited Christian families from fostering and adopting.
NEW: "What makes Colorado’s policy so striking is not merely that it excludes religious schools. It is that it requires religious parents to pay a steeper price than everyone else — simply because of what they believe."
Director @BayerPicciotti explains why Colorado's Universal
NEW: "Faith belongs in the public square, not as a political weapon, but as the moral inheritance that has shaped American civic life from the beginning."
Director @BayerPicciotti discusses the Religious Liberty Commission's recommendations in the @DailySignal.
🔊LISTEN: “ We can have huge watershed moments in our interior life, but it’s the daily work that really is lasting.”
Director @BayerPicciotti discusses becoming complacent in faith and the importance of a daily examination of conscience on @AveAfternoon.
We filed an Amicus Brief in support of St. Mary Catholic Parish. Colorado families should never face discrimination because of their faith.
Read the full brief:
The Conscience Project (@ConsProjOrg) and five Colorado families detailed the important role Catholic education has played for their families and the harms of Colorado’s religious discrimination.
NEW: "The examination of conscience is the small hinge that makes beginning again possible."
Director @BayerPicciotti explores how a daily Examen can transform your spiritual life in @NCRegister.
The Quiet Potential of the Daily ‘Examen’
COMMENTARY: The three-to-five-minute exercise can be life-changing.
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