Family Research Council
Democrats call on IRS to review Family Research Council’s ‘church’ status
By Jack Jenkins — August 2, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘Given that the (Family Research Council) is primarily an advocacy organization and not a church, we urge the IRS to swiftly review the tax-exempt status,’ reads a letter sent to the IRS and the Treasury secretary.
Religious right groups’ tax-status changes demean both church and state
By Jacob Lupfer — July 13, 2022
(RNS) — No honest person would call the political organization a church.
Supreme Court throws abortion fight into center of midterms
By David Crary and Jill Colvin — May 18, 2021
(AP) — For many evangelicals, the case could serve as a validation of more than four decades of persistent work and a sometimes awkward relationship with former President Donald Trump.
What’s behind the ‘Cuties’ outrage?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 18, 2020
(RNS) — The movie has provoked backlash since it landed last week on Netflix, the popular TV and movie streaming service. But what is the movie about, and why has it struck such a dissonant chord?
Religious liberty means COVID-19 restrictions cannot target churchgoers
By Tony Perkins — May 5, 2020
(RNS) — If you can wander through a big-box retailer with a couple of hundred others, why can’t you sit in your family car on a Sunday and listen to a sermon?
In calls with faith leaders, White House focuses on virus as well as election
By Adelle M. Banks and Jack Jenkins — March 24, 2020
(RNS) — ‘It’s a big day, Nov. 3; that’s going to be one of the biggest dates in the history of religion, as far as I’m concerned,’ Trump said.
Tony Perkins is the wrong pick to lead religious freedom efforts
By Jack Moline — June 26, 2019
(RNS) — While taking up USCIRF's chair position, Perkins remains president of the Family Research Council, sending emails emphasizing how his group's ‘influence is being felt in Washington, D.C. and across our nation.’
Inspired by nuns, evangelicals hop on the bus
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 9, 2018
(RNS) — It started with some nuns on a bus. Now, with midterm elections coming, two more faith-based organizations are hitting the road to get out the evangelical Christian vote.
Pompeo: US ‘sparing no effort’ for return of pastor detained in Turkey
By Adelle M. Banks — September 21, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The secretary of state told participants in the annual Values Voter Summit that American pastor Andrew Brunson ‘has been wrongly held’ and should be released.
Conservatives flock to ‘values voter’ summit, but message may be mixed
By Jack Jenkins — September 21, 2018
(RNS) — Evangelical conservative Christians may find themselves in a quandary this year, championing an administration that shares their public policy goals but may fall short of their private values.
Why won’t most of Trump’s ‘court evangelicals’ publicly condemn his border policy?
By John Fea — June 21, 2018
(RNS) — While a few conservative evangelical Trump supporters have openly criticized his administration's border policy separating children from their parents, most of the 'court evangelicals' have not. Their silence sheds light on how evangelicals have defined 'family values' for the past 40 years.
Tony Perkins appointed to US panel on international religious freedom
By Jack Jenkins — May 15, 2018
(RNS) — Tony Perkins, leader of the Christian lobbying group Family Research Council, has been appointed to a U.S. government commission dedicated to 'defending the universal right to freedom of religion or belief abroad.'
The ’Splainer: What is the Johnson Amendment and why did Trump target it?
By Kimberly Winston — May 4, 2017
(RNS) Many religious leaders were eager to see this 1954 law weakened. Others wanted to see it preserved.
Neil Gorsuch’s own faith is a poor predictor of how he would judge religious issues
By Steven K. Green — March 22, 2017
(The Conversation) In most instances, a justice’s religious faith has been a poor predictor of his or her judicial philosophy.
Free pastors from the Johnson Amendment
By Tony Perkins — February 9, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) More free speech for advocates in the public square should be something that everyone can get behind, whether Democrat or Republican.
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