A ruler who lacks understanding is a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness will prolong his days (Proverbs 28:16).

The California Department of Managed Health Care mandates that all employers provide coverage for abortions in the health insurance plans they offer employees, with no religious exemptions. Even churches are required to follow this immoral law.

The Pew Research Center released its U.S. Religious Landscape Study yesterday. It shows Americans are becoming less religious—not exactly earth-shattering news. What’s interesting is there’s been “no discernible drop” in level of commitment among people who say they are religious.

Two homosexuals complained to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission after Christian baker Jack Phillips declined to bake them a cake for their same-sex wedding. As expected, the commission ruled that Phillips discriminated against the men based on sexual orientation. The judge ordered the Masterpiece Cakeshop owner and his staff to undergo reeducation to correct outdated views about what people have understood marriage to mean for thousands of years and file compliance reports.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Friday that requires medically licensed pregnancy centers in the state to remind pregnant women and teenagers who visit their facilities that they can kill their babies at taxpayers’ expense. The law also requires unlicensed pregnancy centers to disclose the lack of a license.

While attending a faith-based conference last month, I was talking to two pastors about the redefinition of marriage. I said I’d be willing to go to jail to defend my religious freedom and hoped God would give me the strength. At the time of this proclamation, we were entering the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, a relatively safe and symbolic place to be bold. In the shadow of the U.S. Congress, I could speak with confidence about something that probably won’t ever happen to me, but could.

A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood … (Proverbs 6:17).