Conscience Rights Debates in Olympia
The debate over conscience rights is one of the mostly hotly debated issues in America today. Stories about fire chiefs being fired because of their beliefs about homosexuality and efforts to force...
View ArticleMarriage Goes to Court
This Tuesday, April 28th, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hear oral arguments on the question of whether it is unconstitutional to define marriage as a relationship between a man...
View ArticleFPIW Files Marriage-Affirming Brief at Supreme Court
The Family Policy Institute of Washington (FPIW) has filed a legal brief at the United States Supreme Court in support of marriage. The brief was filed along with 34 allied organizations around the...
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March for Marriage: Where are the white people?
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments to determine whether it is constitutional to define a relationship between a man a woman. Today, around 10,000 supporters of marriage rallied in...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court & Marriage: What You Need to Know
Tomorrow the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges. The decision that results will have tremendous implications. There are two legal questions...
View Article3 Things We Learned from the Supreme Court Yesterday
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two-and-a-half hours on two questions. 1. Is it constitutional for states to define marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman? 2. Is...
View ArticleProtecting Your Christian Ministry From Lawsuits
Any day now, the Supreme Court will be issuing a ruling determining whether the American people have the right to define marriage for themselves. The outcome of the decision will not end the discussion...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: SCOTUS Takes Power from the People — Redefines Marriage
OLYMPIA, WA – Today, under the case filed Obergefell vs. Hodges, the Supreme Court of the United States imposed its will on the people when they mandated that all states re-define marriage directly and...
View ArticleA Response to Today’s Marriage Ruling
This morning, the Supreme Court ruled that all fifty states must redefine marriage directly, forcing all states to provide same-sex licensure and mandating all states to recognize same-sex marriage...
View ArticleThree Reasons It Isn’t Over
The Supreme Court has spoken. It wasn’t a surprise, but it was disappointing. In a 5-4 decision, the Court created an oven-fresh, new right to marry someone of the same gender. The Court provided no...
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Christian Ministries: How to Protect Them From Lawsuits
Are you a pastor or ministry leader? Are you unwilling to compromise your beliefs about marriage, gender, and sexuality but concerned about the legal liabilities that might result? If that’s you, we...
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Supreme Court to Hear Major Abortion Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will officially hear arguments on the appeal of H.B. 2, the law passed by the Texas legislature that requires abortion clinics meet the same health standards and regulations as...
View ArticleSupreme Court Hears Arguments on Abortion Case
Just two weeks after the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the U.S. Supreme Court has heard oral arguments on the biggest abortion challenge in 25 years. The case tests the...
View ArticleProgressive Media Now Promoting Polygamy and Pedophilia
For years, pro-marriage advocates argued that redefining marriage would be a slippery slope that would lead to the acceptance of other behavioral and societal deviations. “Bigots! Homophobes!...
View ArticleJoseph Backholm Statement on SCOTUS Decision
For Immediate Release June 27, 2016 (LYNNWOOD) — Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down Texas’ law providing basic care standards in abortion clinics, FPIW Executive Director...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Women’s Health and Safety
In a devastating loss for pro-life advocates, the Supreme Court overturned two provisions of Texas’ HB 2 law that placed restrictions on abortion providers by a vote of 5-3. The law was designed to...
View ArticleConzatti: Supreme Court Disregards Own Standards in Abortion Ruling
In a devastating 5-3 loss for pro-life advocates, the Supreme Court overturned two provisions of Texas’ HB 2 law that placed restrictions on abortion providers. The law was designed to improve the...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear WA Religious Freedom Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has made major news for two consecutive days, and not in a good way. Stormans’ Pharmacy in Olympia had appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court after the state ordered it to dispense...
View ArticleOpinion: ‘Knock Someone Up in Texas’ Tweet Displays Left’s Logical Fallacies
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that Texas cannot place restrictions on abortion clinics on the basis that it would create an “undue burden for women seeking an abortion.” With that ruling,...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear WA Religious Freedom Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has made major news for two consecutive days, and not in a good way. Stormans' Pharmacy in Olympia had appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court after the state ordered it to dispense...
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