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Judge Vance Day Shares How as a Christ-follower He was put on Trial for His Faith
Vance Day is a modern-day profile in courage who strongly believes in helping to raise a generation of leaders equipped to address an ever-changing world. Few have had their personal convictions more sorely tested or triumphed over the politics of religious persecution and personal destruction like Judge Day.
Judge Day received his undergraduate degree Warner Pacific University in 1984 and his law degree from Willamette University College of Law in 1991. Vance is an accomplished trial lawyer and a member of the Oregon State Bar, and numerous other courts including the United States Supreme Court. He has tried over 300 bench and jury trials.
In September 2011 Mr. Day was appointed by Governor John Kitzhaber to serve as a Circuit Court Judge in Oregon's Third Judicial District. He was elected to a full six-year term in November of 2012.
The primary function of a judge is to preside over cases, but judges are also permitted, at their discretion, to officiate weddings. In 2014 Judge Day, based on his Christian convictions, quitely recused himself from marrying same-sex couples—a decision that in no way prevented same-sex couples from getting married. As a result, he became the focus of a sustained, vicious attack that sought to end his career, take away his license to practice law, strip him of his possessions, ruin his reputation, and even have him imprisoned. Yet Vance maintained his innocence and kept his promise to his faith, to his family, and to the constitution. In October 2018, the State's criminal case was dismissed, and the house of cards constructed against Vance collapsed from the weight of its own preposterousness.
Judge Day has served as a leader in Promise Keepers. He currently serves as Of Counsel to The James Madison Center for Free Speech. He is also head of the Oregon Free Speech Initiative and travels his home state educating communities on inalienable rights and how to productively engage in restoring our republic.
In this podcast, both Judge Day and our host Judge Hekman tell their stories of how their being faithful in their Christian faith resulted in them having to endure significant opposition as judges. They also as jurists describe how totally proper and consistent with our Constitution and the manner in which courts are supposed to operate would it be for the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Roe v Wade in the coming days.
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By Randall J. HekmanVance Day is a modern-day profile in courage who strongly believes in helping to raise a generation of leaders equipped to address an ever-changing world. Few have had their personal convictions more sorely tested or triumphed over the politics of religious persecution and personal destruction like Judge Day.
Judge Day received his undergraduate degree Warner Pacific University in 1984 and his law degree from Willamette University College of Law in 1991. Vance is an accomplished trial lawyer and a member of the Oregon State Bar, and numerous other courts including the United States Supreme Court. He has tried over 300 bench and jury trials.
In September 2011 Mr. Day was appointed by Governor John Kitzhaber to serve as a Circuit Court Judge in Oregon's Third Judicial District. He was elected to a full six-year term in November of 2012.
The primary function of a judge is to preside over cases, but judges are also permitted, at their discretion, to officiate weddings. In 2014 Judge Day, based on his Christian convictions, quitely recused himself from marrying same-sex couples—a decision that in no way prevented same-sex couples from getting married. As a result, he became the focus of a sustained, vicious attack that sought to end his career, take away his license to practice law, strip him of his possessions, ruin his reputation, and even have him imprisoned. Yet Vance maintained his innocence and kept his promise to his faith, to his family, and to the constitution. In October 2018, the State's criminal case was dismissed, and the house of cards constructed against Vance collapsed from the weight of its own preposterousness.
Judge Day has served as a leader in Promise Keepers. He currently serves as Of Counsel to The James Madison Center for Free Speech. He is also head of the Oregon Free Speech Initiative and travels his home state educating communities on inalienable rights and how to productively engage in restoring our republic.
In this podcast, both Judge Day and our host Judge Hekman tell their stories of how their being faithful in their Christian faith resulted in them having to endure significant opposition as judges. They also as jurists describe how totally proper and consistent with our Constitution and the manner in which courts are supposed to operate would it be for the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Roe v Wade in the coming days.