MASSILLON — A former English teacher claims she was forced to quit her job after she claimed that it violates her religious beliefs to use students’ preferred pronouns. Vivian Geraghty, 24, filed a federal court lawsuit against Jackson Memorial Middle School, Principal Kacy Carter, Superintendent Christopher DiLoreto, and Curriculum Director
PORTSMOUTH — One Ohio university is learning what it means to ‘mind your p’s and q’s’ when it comes to conduct towards its faculty. In a recent court settlement, a philosophy professor has schooled his own employer after it harassed him over his own First Amendment rights. After a three-year
On Friday, in an act of what can only be described as dereliction, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear the case of Arlene’s Flowers, Inc. vs. Washington. In refusing to hear this case, the Court has failed to bring clarity to a situation it ultimately created. Despite
CINCINNATI — One Ohio university demanded a Christian professor no longer use pronouns when he addresses his students in class. But after a legal challenge by the philosophy professor, the publicly-funded school ended up not having the last word after all. In a major victory for free speech and religious
CLEVELAND — When it came to enforcing a controversial law against a wedding officiant, Cuyahoga County got cold feet. Last month it was decided an evangelical Christian officiant in Ohio will not be forced to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies against her will. Her ministry can continue overseeing ‘marriages made in
COLUMBUS — After months of careful work surveying and researching Ohio candidates, Citizens for Community Values (CCV) has compiled a 2020 voter guide to inform citizens for the upcoming general election November 3rd. CCV President Aaron Baer made the announcement this week. “With apathy, fake news, and fear discouraging voters
CLEVELAND – After passing a sexual orientation and gender identity ordinance in 2018, Cuyahoga County bureaucrats are now in the business of establishing its own theocracy. Citizens with diverse religious viewpoints inside the County are now punished and face punitive damages. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorneys representing a Cleveland minister and
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO –Earlier this month social conservatives did a double take as two Supreme Court Justices dropped a bombshell by joining their liberal counterparts and redefining the 1964 workplace sex discrimination law to cover “transgender” people. In a divided 6-3 opinion, Justices Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts along with
COLUMBUS – A new poll reveals that Ohioans strongly support religious freedom and oppose putting children on dangerous cross-sex hormones for the purpose of “gender transitioning.” The poll also found that Ohioans think it’s wrong to force girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions, and do not support making
COLUMBUS — The battle lines are being drawn as Ohio House Bill 369 (H.B. 369) is facing stiff opposition. Last month all six bishops in Ohio sent a letter to the Ohio House of Representatives opposing the measure saying the bill shows contempt for religious conscience. The pending legislation in
MANSFIELD — In a new season where federal agencies are not hostile to religious freedom, an opportunistic group of religious leaders are supporting four candidates in key mayoral and council races. Local clergy are saying that the future of the City of Mansfield is hanging in the balance with November
MANSFIELD — The nation’s leading abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, appears to be abandoning Ohio after a string of defeats leaving its operations crippled in the Buckeye State. Over the last nine years, the Ohio Legislature has enacted twenty-two pro-life initiatives, half of the state’s abortion facilities have closed, and the
DOVER — After receiving a petition from over six- hundred citizens, the Mayor of Dover, Ohio decided this week to change direction. A disputed nativity scene is returning to the city square for the 2019 holiday season in defiance to outside threats by a Wisconsin atheist group. One Ohio pastor
SOUTH EUCLID – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a small, Catholic college preparatory school filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to challenge an Ohio city’s ordinance that requires the school to violate its religious beliefs in employment, admissions, and other policies or risk fines and jail time. The Lyceum provides its students
