The Story: “EVENT: Faith, Culture & Religious Freedom in 21st Century America” by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and Manhattan Declaration. The Lead:  Well, this is a video, so can’t really give you a “lead,” other than to say that this was an insightful event with plenty of references to the protestant reformation,...

  The Story:  “US Army Defines Christian Ministry as ‘Domestic Hate Group'” by Todd Starnes at FoxNews.com. The Lead:  “The soldier said a chaplain interrupted the briefing and challenged the instructor’s assertion that AFA is a hate group. “’The instructor said AFA could be considered a hate group because they don’t like gays,’ the soldier...

By Michael Berry The following, written by new to “The Edge” blogger, Michael Berry, is part two of a two-part essay that examines the roots and modern out-workings of religious liberty in the United States military. Part one can was published on Tuesday, October 8.   Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk, a 19-year Air Force...

The Story:  “Does Faith = Hate?” by Rod Dreher writing for The American Conservative. The Lead:  “A consensus is emerging on the right that the most important goal at this stage is not to stop gay marriage entirely but to secure as much liberty as possible for dissenting religious and social conservatives while there is still...

  By Derick Dickens With Biblical Literacy at an all-time low in the United States, I often find myself wanting to cringe when an editorial asks, “What would Jesus do?” The most recent cringe came when the editorial page asked if it is a Christian virtue to be transgendered.  These questions came during a recent...

  The Story:  “Spare the War Memorials,” by Chuck Norris writing at NewsBusters.org. The Lead: “My middle brother’s name, Wieland Norris, is etched on the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington because he sacrificed his life in battle June 3, 1970, so these war memorial vandalisms hit the core of my being and chap...