Are court rulings moderating?

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Are court rulings moderating?

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During 2017, with new presidential leadership, court rulings appear to be moderating-away from strict atheist-humanist reasoning.
This thread can be a place to note various rulings, possibly to get an idea of “how winds are blowing,” for Christians, and people of other faiths. Positives, and negatives?

The perception has been, that Christians have been specially targeted as needing to adjust to societal tastes, and/or, just “go away,” altogether. Christians are not surprised when the world hates them.
Jesus clearly warned to be prepared. But, we are grateful to have respect and freedom to worship, and to raise our families in faith.

These attitudes and rulings vary in other countries, some being much more harsh than what we’ve experienced in the U.S. In some countries, Christians are under physical attack, put in prisons, murdered for their faith. In some cases, as in England, and some other “progressive” European countries, courts regularly rule against Christians, esp in matters of family, employment, free speech, etc.

This thread is principally about what’s happening in U.S. courts, but, mentions of other countries, including our close neighbors, Canada and Mexico, are ok, too.
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Iowa
Court orders university to reinstate Christian club

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/court ... efusing-to
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California
Wedding cakes

From another thread, Page 3
http://forum.mennonet.com/viewtopic.php ... 2&start=20
Robert wrote:
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/02/0 ... udge-rules

“A key factor in the decision was that the cake being requested by the couple was a custom job that was not regularly sold by the bakery.

The implication is that if the couple had requested a cake that was on display and routinely sold to other customers, it would be discriminatory to refuse to sell it to a gay couple on the basis of religious beliefs.

Here’s more from the ruling: “A wedding cake is not just a wedding cake in Free Speech analysis. It is an artistic expression by the person making it that is to be used traditionally as centerpiece in the celebration of marriage. There could not be greater form of expressive conduct.” “

RZehr wrote:
Re: Wedding Cake Case in Supreme Court
“So a “Christian” couldn’t go to a gay baker and request a cake with a hate filled anti-gay rant written on it either? Fair enough.”
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These are not court rulings, but, on the same day, i saw these 2 opposing opinions appear:
Christians need radical help /
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/post-c ... help-stat/

Christianity is growing stronger / a Harvard study
http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/22/new ... -stronger/

Winds are blowing .. :)
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Missouri / Trinity Lutheran Playground Case
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... SKBN19H1NX
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Moderating at the federal level and getting more extreme in the liberal coastal states.
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Colorado / Masterpiece Bakery / pending
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2 ... iberty-us/
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Josh wrote:Moderating at the federal level and getting more extreme in the liberal coastal states.
i suppose my perception so far is, extreme libs will not have the “slam-dunk” they thought they had in court rulings.

which i find to be healthy+normal.
no group should have free reign with no accountability.
without exception, it’s a sure recipe for exploitation and corruption.
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temporal1 wrote:
Josh wrote:Moderating at the federal level and getting more extreme in the liberal coastal states.
i suppose my perception so far is, extreme libs will not have the “slam-dunk” they thought they had in court rulings.

which i find to be healthy+normal.
no group should have free reign with no accountability.
without exception, it’s a sure recipe for exploitation and corruption.
I’d agree with that.
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Josh wrote:
temporal1 wrote:
Josh wrote:Moderating at the federal level and getting more extreme in the liberal coastal states.
i suppose my perception so far is, extreme libs will not have the “slam-dunk” they thought they had in court rulings.

which i find to be healthy+normal.
no group should have free reign with no accountability.
without exception, it’s a sure recipe for exploitation and corruption.
I’d agree with that.
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