FORT WAYNE — In a recent opinion piece, Indiana Congressional Representative Jim Banks responded to comments made by Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke regarding First Amendment rights. In a televised town hall, CNN’s Don Lemon asked O’Rourke if he thinks religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities should lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex …read more.

A federal court in Indiana has dismissed a claim that an Indiana law prohibiting secular celebrants from solemnizing marriages, while allowing religious representatives to do so, violates the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Center for Inquiry, the lead plaintiff in this case, characterized the …read more.