Baby girls in Tennessee face bleak future without Amendment 1
Voters on Nov. 4 are being asked to make the Tennessee constitution more open to the protection of preborn babies. By David Tulis By their votes Tennesseans have a chance to pare back the custom supported by many women that destroys baby girls before birth. Boys, too; but only a few care about them. Amendment […]
Jet flights by hundreds drag white scars across city skies on Lord’s Day
Intense banks of manmade cloud shroud Chattanooga skies after a day in which an estimated hundreds of jets fly over the city, laying sky stripes. This scene of apartment building roofs in Brainerd suggests the intense level of aerial activity over Chattanooga, a civilian enclave not ceded by vote of the legislature as a property […]
Neutron bomb theory of law puts Haslam, Knowles in confrontation with oaths
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam By David Tulis Some Christians refuse to take oaths. They prefer to “affirm” a matter in their own name, that they will testify truthfully or obey a constitution on taking office. It is an error to refuse to invoke God’s name as witness in a trial or in taking up as […]
Governor pretends resistance to gay tide, quickly calls it quits in Wisconsin
Gov. Bill Haslam meets with state regulators in August 2013. (Photo Tn.gov/governor) For us, it’s over in Wisconsin. The federal courts have ruled that this decision by this court of appeals *** is the law of the land and we will be upholding it.” — Gov. Scott Walker [I have been considering our situation in […]
Local economy & its enemies: Absolutism of administrative law
Dr. Philip Hamburger (Photo Columbia Law School) [The marketplace arguments for local economy and liberty of action are in our day pressed down nearly to death by the regulatory state. A main source of power for the total security state is administrative law, which absorbs any of those with whom the state has a conflict […]
Why I refuse to marry couples under state license
Many couples marry under the authority of a state license rather than exercising common law rights. (Photo Ginger Sumerlin photography, Chattanooga) By Matt Trewhella Every year thousands of Christians amble down to their local county courthouse and obtain a marriage license to marry their future spouse. The file their paperwork with the state unquestioningly. They […]
Public schooling: Getting out is not enough
By Tammy Drennan I talked with a young lady the other day – 14-years-old – who loves horses and aims to own stables and teach riding, among other things. She’s been working with horses since she was five. She’s good enough now that she “breaks” new ones and retrains ones facing changes in the use […]
Do Christian people really want revival in U.S.?
John the baptizer in prison, having called forth fruit worthy of repentance and having criticized the adultery of a king. (Image Freebibleimages.org) By David Fowler For the last several years, I’ve increasingly heard Christians comment about the need for revival in America. “We need to turn back to God,” they say. “We need to cry […]
U.S. judge defends authority of states to define marriage
Martin L.C. Feldman, U.S. district court judge By David Tulis The argument for marriage comprises odd elements often claimed by those making revolution against it. ➤ Marriage favors diversity, because man and woman are diverse, whereas gay theory rejects complementarity for a dull sameness of partner. ➤ The marriage side favors history — marriage is […]
U.S. law denies Moors right to build mosques, attorney tells Tenn. group
Feb. 18, 2013, Act for America chapter talk, Fayetteville, Tenn. from Publius Huldah on Vimeo. 35 minutes. By Tim Brown A retired attorney and JAG who goes the name Publius Huldah addressed the Act for America Chapter in Fayetteville, Tenn., and argued that the First Amendment does not give Muslims the right to build mosques, […]