A Nation Like No Other, by Speaker Newt Gingrich: on Civil Rights

Newt Gingrich: Stop forcing same-sex marriage on religious organizations

The campaign against religious symbols is only the tip of the iceberg. Consider the following:
• In Nov. 2006, a student at Missouri State University studying to be a social worker was interrogated by school faculty and subsequently threatened with expulsion when, after being required to lobby state legislators in favor of same-sex adoptions, she asked for an alternative assignment that did not violate her Christian beliefs.
• In Oct. 2009, Congress passed a "hate speech" law subjecting pastors and other faith leaders to prosecution for preaching aspects of their faith that the state decides are "hate speech."
• A Methodist camp meeting association in New Jersey now faces civil rights charges after refusing now faces civil rights charges after refusing a request to host a same-sex couple's "civil union ceremony" in its worship space.
• A young Christian photographer was fined nearly $7,000 in attorney's fees after she refused to photograph the "commitment ceremony" of a same-sex couple.