Freedom's Ring Podcast

Rev. Tony Suarez, Executive Vice President of National Hispanic Leadership Conference, discussing California’s SB 1146.

Hawaii attorney Jim Hochberg, discussing the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission’s application of public accommodations laws to churches.

Mark Armitage was fired from a public university biology department two weeks after publishing his research findings of soft tissue in a dinosaur horn, a finding that challenges the evolutionary timeline, and achieves a successful settlement of his lawsuit.

Stanley Carlsen-Thies, Founder and Senior Director of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, explaining the danger of California’s SB 1146.

Attorney Harry Mihet, Liberty Counsel, discussing an incident where the public school sent a police officer to stop a 7 year old from sharing Bible verses with friends during lunch at school.

Christiana Holcomb, legal counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom, discussing a lawsuit challenging the Iowa Civil Rights Commission’s application of public accommodations laws to churches.

Ned Dolesji, Executive Director, California Catholic Conference, discussing California’s Senate Bill 1146.

Writer Producer Jim Wood discussing an historic battle for religious freedom in a calendar reform effort at the League of Nations in 1931

Attorney Barry Bussey, General Counsel for the Canadian Counsel of Christian Charities, discussing the outrageous position published by a Canadian law professor linking a Christian university to the ISIS inspired attack on an Orlando gay nightclub.

Orlan Johnson, Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, discussing the new anti-terrorism laws in Russia that severely restrict religious freedom.

Steve Haas, Chief Catalyst at World Vision, discusses the profound impact humanitarian work has on Syrian refugees, and the importance of overcoming fear and practicing Christian charity and compassion.

Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality Professor Alan E. Brownstein with an insightful discussion of the dangers of state aid to churches.

Tina Ramirez, founder and director of HardwiredGlobal.org, discussing the resolution passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama declaring that Isis is committing genocide against Christians, Yazidis and Shia Muslims; as well as additional measures needed to combat the terrorists.

Pastor/evangelist/scholar, Tim Roosenberg, www.islamandchristianity.org, on the significance of ISIS and the competing Christian and Islamic views of end time events.

Barry Bussey, Director of Legal Affairs, Canadian Council of Christian Charities, discussing pending Canadian legislation requiring hospitals to provide access to physician assisted suicide.

Attorney Dwayne Leslie, Legislative Affairs Director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States, and frequent guest at White House Easter prayer breakfasts, gives an inside glance at what takes place, and how the president relates to the community of faith leaders.

Todd McFarland, Esq., Associate General Counsel, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, discussing the details of why several religious organizations are challenging the obligation to notify the government of their religious objection to providing contraceptive care for female employees.

Nicholas P. Miller, Attorney, Church History Professor, and Director of the Andrews University International Religious Liberty Institute, assessing Justice Antonin Scalia’s record on religious freedom.

Nicholas P. Miller, Attorney, Church History Professor, and Director of the Andrews University International Religious Liberty Institute discusses the case of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Pauley, involving a challenge to state laws prohibiting government funding directly to churches.

NWRLA President Greg Hamilton reflects on 25 years of religious freedom ministry in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.