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May 2013
- The Church is the University. The University is the Church.
- Christians Equipped to Work for Liberty of Conscience for All
- God Has Enough Grace for Everybody
- UPDATED: Drawing a Line Against Infanticide: Why the Trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell Matters
- Religious freedom under global threat, Canadian ambassador says (ANN)
April 2013
- In Romania, Adventists launch ‘Freedom Caravan’ to defend religious liberty (ANN)
- God's Love Remains Despite Tragedy Fatigue
- Dr. Ben Carson asks pro-lifers to speak up and oppose abortion mentality
- Liberty in Milton's Paradise Lost (Liberty Magazine)
- States Rights and the Religion Clauses: Examining the North Carolina Resolution
- Guns, Teachers, and Religious Freedom: What kind of conversation should we be having?
- Stanford Law Program Promotes Religious Accommodation
- ROMANIA: Hamilton Promotes Importance of Legislation to Protect Religious Freedom
March 2013
- Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Defense of Marriage Act: Is Federal Government in the Marriage Business?
- Outcome Unpredictable but Prop 8 Supporters Had Tough Day in S. Court
- ANALYSIS: Supremes Hear California Marriage Case - Prop 8 Advocate Argues It's All About Procreation
- (UPDATE) Kentucky Governor Vetoes Religious Freedom Bill; Legislature Overturns Veto
- Three Attorneys Discuss Religious Liberty, Same-sex Marriage Laws and the Supreme Court
- Kentucky Legislature Passes Religious Freedom Restoration Measure
- In Pakistan, mob burns homes in anti-Christian violence (ANN)
- Hungary: Constitution Changes Warrant EU Action (Human Rights Watch)
- Love Your Enemies – Except Those Slimy Politicians?
- Legislative Round-Up 2013
- Opinion: Social Justice – Popular Piety or Modern Mania?
February 2013
- Lawrence Geraty - Diversity: Friend or Foe? (Video Presentation)
- Atheists Face Severe Discrimination in Several Countries, says Report to UN
- Praise in Midst of Torture: Letter from Pastor Imprisoned in Iran
- Five Requirements of a Knight of Faith
- Accrediting Body Threatens Spiritual Mission of La Sierra University (*UPDATED*)
- How Much Do We Really Care?
- Opinion: Now Is The Time to Pass Sensible Gun Policy Reforms
- Sinners Transformed by Grace: Pope's Resignation Amidst Scandal a Sign of Hope
- Jason Hines: I Admire Ben Carson, But . . . That Speech!
- Christianity Stands Apart from Warfare (A.T. Jones)
- Fashionable Murder - Advent Review and Sabbath Herald - (1867)
- Baptist Joint Committee Announces Religious Liberty Essay Contest - Due March 1, 2013!
- La Sierra University Responds to Edward Allred Center Story
- Catholic Bishops Promise to Investigate Hospital’s Legal Argument That Fetuses Are Not Human
- Religious Liberty: Windows of Vulnerability?—Bert Beach
- A Matter of Honor - Christian University Honors MD Who Invented Assembly Line Abortion
January 2013
- John Kerry Calls for Release of American Pastor Imprisoned in Iran
- Preferential Treatment, Persecution, or Loss of Privilege?
- 113th Congress Most Religiously Diverse Ever -- and Why It Matters (Huffington Post)
- US Supreme Court to hear Arguments on DOMA and Prop 8 on March 26
- Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom Established Separation of Church and State
- Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2013 Introduced in U.S. Senate
December 2012
November 2012
- Black Friday and Blue Laws: Renewed Calls for Uniform Rest Days
- December 18, 2012 - PBS to Premiere First Freedom: The Right for Religious Liberty
- Federal Judge: Christian Owned For-Profit Company Must Comply with HHS Mandate
- The Results: Voters Decide on Same-Sex Marriage, Marijuana, and Religious Freedom
- A Dwight Nelson Sermon on Politics: American Confusion
October 2012
- Jackson Sun Interviews Two Religious Leaders Engaged in Trademark Dispute
- “The Coming Storm” – David Asscherick, Part 1
- "The Coming Storm" - David Asscherick, Part 2
- Adventists: Florida Amendment 8 Harmful Not Helpful to Religious Freedom
- Florida Amendment 8: A Trojan Horse That Could Regulate Churches' Free Speech
- The Ministry of Public Education: Children, Politics, and Religion in an Election Year
- Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Selected to Serve as Idaho State Senate Chaplain
- Loving Our Neighbors at the Ballot Box (Adventist Review)
- Oxford University Introduces Journal of Law and Religion
- Pew Forum Reports "Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion"
- God is Not a Torturer: Debunking the Doctrine of Eternal Torment
- Trailer: Hell and Mr. Fudge
- Inspiration: If Aristotle Was Right, What Can Make Us Happy?
- Adventist Pastor in Togo Imprisoned on Dubious Charges (ANN)
September 2012
- Selfish Freedom: The Overreach of the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act
- Vatican Walks A Fine Line On Trying To Combat Blasphemy In UN (RNS Excerpt)
- Celebrating California's New Religious Freedom Law (Washington Post)
- Inside Interfaith Iran (Liberty Magazine)
- A Document in Common: Leaders Reflect on the 225th Anniversary of the US Constitution
- Definition of "Religious Liberty" Taking Center Stage This Election Cycle
- Putin’s God Squad (The Daily Beast)
- BREAKING NEWS: Iran Pastor Nadarkhani Released from Prison
- California Governor to sign workplace religious dress and grooming bill
August 2012
- GOP Platform Includes War on Religion Claim (BJC)
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on International Religious Freedom (Carnegie Endowment)
- Why Liberty of Conscience Is the Most Important Issue in 2012
- Kmiec: Is Paul Ryan Romney's New Religion Problem? (Huffington Post)
- Judge Allows Muslims to Use Murfreesboro Mosque (NYTimes.com)
- Publisher Pulls David Barton's Controversial Thomas Jefferson Book, Citing Loss Of Confidence. (NPR)
- Hawaii Judge Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban (Honolulu Civil Beat)
July 2012
- U.S. State Department releases International Religious Freedom Report for 2011
- LDS, evangelicals share political aims and 'restorationism' | Deseret News Mobile
- LDS, evangelicals share political aims and 'restorationism' | Deseret News Mobile
- EXCERPT: Jan Paulsen on the Church and Military Combat
- Two American Pastors Jailed in July
- Is it Really Persecution? Phoenix Enforcement of Safety and Zoning Ordinances
- Mitt Romney, the Iowa Caucus, and the Mormon Extermination Order of 1838 (Liberty Magazine)
- "Do We Not Bleed?" Religion In Shakespeare's Merchant Of Venice (Liberty Magazine)
- A Faithful Nation (Liberty Magazine)
June 2012
- California Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012
- American Values: The Individual Mandate vs. Social Darwinism
- BOOK REVIEW: First Person Account Challenges Attitudes Leading to Rwanda Genocide
- Senate to Take Up Condemned Iranian Pastor Youcef Resolution Next Week (American Center for Law and Justice)
- Principled Freedom: Religious Liberty Plays Musical Chairs
- Notre Dame v. Obama and the Compulsion of the Morally Unwilling
- Of Freedom and Squeaky Wheels
- The Comfortable Curtain of Christianity: Reflections on the Maturation of Faith
- Death of Snake Handling Preacher Shines Light on Lethal Appalachian Tradition (CNN)
- UPDATE: California State Assembly Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- California Senate Approves Controversial Counseling Ban (Pacific Justice Institute)
May 2012
- 3,000 Lynched In Tanzania For 'Witchcraft' In Past Six Years - The Huffington Post
- Give Bigotry No Sanction: George Washington Letter To Synagogue to Be Displayed
- U.S. House Committee Votes to Strengthen Military Chaplains' Liberty of Conscience
- 2nd Circuit Rules Town Should Encourage Diverse Groups to Pray at Town Meetings
- Inspiration: Dr. Ben Carson's Speech at Emory
- Ninth Circuit to Determine Whether "Spiritualist" Charter Schools Get Tax Dollars
- Romney's 12/6/2007 Speech on Religion and the Presidency
- We Separate Church and State for a Reason - Romney's Perspective on Religion and the Presidency
- Burden of Proof: Why Most American Evangelicals Reject Long-Earth Evolution
- Letter from Pastor Youcef Thanks Supporters and Urges Prayer | Iran, American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ
- Ronald Reagan on Preserving the Sacred Fire of Human Liberty
- Robbing God: The Essence of a Church-State Union
- Editor's Southern Hometown Repeals Blue Law Prohibiting Alcohol Sale on Sunday
- Giving An Account: William Wilberforce and the Abolition of the Slave Trade
April 2012
- Smelling an Old Man's Feet: Reflections on Footwashing, the Ordinance of Humility
- Sikh Group Develops App to Report Airport Profiling (CNN)
- Tom McClintock - CISPA Cyber-security Bill - A Truly Orwellian Measure
- Pepperdine Conference Addresses The Claims of Law and Religion
- Key California Committee Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- June is National Torture Awareness Month
- Taking Alarm: The Importance of the International Religious Liberty Association
- Interfaith Moral Action on Climate to Meet April 24 in Washington, DC
- Why Do Gingrich and Obama Agree on the Supreme Court?
- Grace Notes: American Grace: How Religion Divides And United Us (Liberty Magazine)
- Five Lessons on Loving Your Enemies
March 2012
- Timeline: Obama Administration Actions Affecting U.S. Religious Freedom | Christianity Today
- Is Santorum Right? How to Revive American Protestantism (and Why It is So Important)
- Hands Off! Religious Liberty Furor Over Birth Control (Liberty Magazine)
February 2012
- Beren Academy boys hoops coach Chris Cole still hopeful TAPPS reschedules state semifinal to accommodate Sabbath | Dallas Morning News
- Dangerous Redefinition: Candidates Recast Role of Religion in American Life
- Santorum’s Martyr Complex (SLATE)
- No Compromise: The Story of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
- Film Review: The Harm of "The Help"
- Iran Court Convicts Christian Pastor Convert To Death | Fox News
- Op-Ed: What is a Christian Nation?
- President Obama's Health Care Mandate vs. Religious Liberty? Join the Discussion
- The High Cost of China's One-Child Policy
- RLTV Podcast: The Rock v. The Gates and the Role of the Remnant
- Watch "Bonhoeffer Speaks Out Against Hitler"
- War on the Weak: Eugenics in America
- Supreme Court was right to side with Mennonites | The Des Moines Register
- Musical Interlude: "No Compromise" By Peter Furler
- HSLDA | Swedish Pol to Social Services Minister: Take Homeschooled Kids!
January 2012
- The U.S. Supreme Court made the Right Decision When It Upheld the Ministerial Exception
- Campaigning for Candidates from the Pulpit is a Bad Idea
- In Nigeria, escalating religious conflict impacts Adventist Church (ANN)
- Ruling on Ministers: What the Supreme Court said & didn’t say | Oregon Faith Report
- GOP to Consider Accommodating Saturday Sabbath Observers in Nevada Primaries
- Update: Iranian Pastor Nadarkhani Continues to Refuse to Renounce Christian Beliefs
- Modern Torture Techniques Emerged from Inquisition reports "The Atlantic"
- 10th Circuit Rules Oklahoma Amendment Barring Islamic Law was Unnecessary and Discriminatory
- Has Obama Waged a War on Religion? (NPR)
- Conversation with Justice Ginsburg - C-SPAN
- Cumberland Times News : Start telling the truth about ‘school prayer’
December 2011
- BILL TRACKER: Congress Votes to Reauthorize US Commission on International Religious Freedom
- Adventist church leaders meet with Hungarian ambassador on looming deregistration of churches
- New York City 'Workplace Religious Freedom Act' Clarifies Religious Accommodation Requirements for Employers
- Should Congress Continue to Fund the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom?
November 2011
- Trial Court Upholds Most of Canada's Anti-Polygamy Law (Religion Clause blog)
- Vatican again urges radical reform of global marketplace - The Irish Times
- John F. Kennedy's Speech Affirming Separation of Church and State
- ANALYSIS: Bishops Claim Religious Liberty Under Assault
- U.S. Senator Lieberman Describes Sabbath Observance in New Book
- Film Review: “One Nation Under God” (2011): Misinterpreted facts and frightening conclusions
- The Story of a Life by Lincoln Steed (Liberty Magazine)
- Article18: Afghanistan — The Land that Freedom Forgot; A Profile on Religious Persecution in One of the World's Most Depressing Nations (Liberty Magazine)
- New York Attorney General Launches Religious Rights Initiative to Enforce Anti-discrimination Laws
- Fifth Circuit approves prisoner's religious right to receive publication
- Why Do They Hate Us?
- The Problem I Have With Conspiracy Theories
October 2011
- Mercer University: Religious Liberty in the Constitution
- Eric Foner on the separation of church and state at America's founding
- Vatican Radio - Full Text: Note on financial reform from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
- CNS STORY: Vatican document calls for global authority to regulate markets
- Vatican calls for global authority on economy - Reuters
- No, Ninth Circuit, the Relevant Law in C.F. v. Capistrano Unified School District Was Indeed "Clearly Established" - Evolution News & Views
- America the chosen nation - LA Times.com Opinion
- SHOCKING - Uncovering the business of child sacrifice in Uganda (BBC Africa)
- Not a Single Christian Church Left in Afghanistan, Says State Department | CNSnews.com
- Iran Supreme Court returns pastor’s case to lower court (ArabNews.com)
- San Francisco Court Protects Religious Freedoms of Christian Homeless Shelter, Christian News
- Germany, EU demand Iran to free pastor Nadarkhani | MF Monitor
- Religious leaders line up in support of Supreme Court case - The Courier-Journal
September 2011
- Iran Upholds Christian Pastor’s Apostasy Conviction: Execution as Early as Wednesday | American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ
- Paradoxical Christian? I’m a Bible-believing Christian Who Passionately Supports Church State Separation
- Article18: Germany -- Pope Benedict XVI Addresses Legislators; Chancellor Merkel Calls for Global Religious Tolerance
- Rick Perry and the perils of sectarian religion in 2012 - Figuring Faith - The Washington Post
- State department cites religious freedom violations (Associated Baptist Press)
- OC Couple Threatened With $500-Per-Meeting Fines For Home Bible Study « CBS Los Angeles
- Two-story Cross has Neighbors Fuming (LA Daily News)
- North Dakota Catholic Conference says 'Sunday law' Benefits All People (EWTN News)
- Apple Bids Adieu to 'Jew or not Jew?' iPhone App in France (CNN)
- Gov. Jerry Brown Should Veto Poorly Conceived Childcare Bill (LA Times)
- Capitol Alert: Bill letting child-care providers unionize heads to Jerry Brown
- New Book Explores Common Origins and Experiences of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
- Article18: Poland -- Citizens March in Bialystok to Protest Antisemitism; Death Metal Singer Not-Guilty After Trashing Bible on Stage
- Is Christian "Just War" Just Like Jihad? (Patheos)
- Theology a Hot Issue in 2012 GOP Campaign (AP)
- Fear, Incorporated: Who's Paying for all that Islamophobic Paranoia (FP)
- California AB 889 Could Be End of Private Babysitting Services
August 2011
- Karel Nowak: A Legacy of Religious Liberty (Spectrum Magazine)
- Article18: Kosovo -- Muslim Headscarf Ban Upheld for Schools, Christians Required to be Buried in Islamic Graveyards
- New Pew Research Center Survey Finds Moderate Attitudes Among Muslim Americans (Pew Forum)
- Article18: Pakistan -- Christian Flood Victims in Punjab Face Land Discrimination in Disaster Aftermath
- New York City Council Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act (Sikhsayaset.net)
- Herbert E. Douglass - Red Alert: Hurtling Into Eternity (Book Excerpt)
- Religious Liberty in French Romantic Poetry: Gérard de Nerval’s Verse Lends Space for Other Religions
- Understanding World Religions Promo
- Understanding Islam Conference - Ganoune Diop - InFocus Interview
- Adventist Church Selects New UN Liaison
- Refuge Camp in Africa "The Most Desperate Place on Earth" (CNN)
- Feds Find Young Children Working Strawberry Farms - ABC News
- Religious Groups Object to Covering Birth Control (Fox News)
- Pennsylvania Debates Whether To Hunt On Sundays (Huffington Post)
- Alabama Immigration Law Questioned by Catholic Archbishop
- The Church as a Bride of Caesar (National Review)
- Article18: Norway -- Personal Reflections on the Origin of a Tragedy
- Italy Edges Closer to 'Burqa Ban' Law (AJE)
July 2011
- A Madman and His Manifesto (NYT)
- Discernibly Proactive: History of Adventist Involvement in Public Policy
- Rep. Schakowsky talks about the Importance of Protecting Religious Minorities Abroad (C-SPAN)
- Circumcision Ban: Violating Religious Freedom? (Odyssey Networks)
- Slavery and the Civil War - How the North and South were to Blame (Adventist Review)
- Buying Power: Human Trafficking and the Local Marketplace
- Southern Mexico's religious liberty forum spotlights local challenges to freedom of belief
- Following Norway attack, Adventist religious liberty director urges caution in use of 'fundamentalist' label
- Atheist Group Wants to Stop World Trade Center Cross (CNN)
- Suit Seeks To Invalidate New York Same-Sex Marriage Law For Procedural Irregularities (Religion Clause)
- Article18: Uzbekistan -- Recent Incidents of Violence Against Christians Alarm Religious Minorities
- State and Federal Legislators Introduce Bill to Outlaw Local Criminalization of Circumcision
- Hermain Cain Opposes Murfreesboro Mosque Project (DNJ)
- Five-Day Work Idea May End Up in Trash Bin (Israel National News)
- Israel Looking Into Making Sunday Day of Rest (Bloomberg)
- Speak Now - A Response to the European Sunday Alliance
- Adventist Church Issues "Statement on freedom of speech and defamation of religion"
- Liberty Magazine: Would An Official Sunday "Day Of Rest" Alienate Believers Who Observe A Different Day Of Worship?
- Article18: Cuba — Three Protestant Pastors Interrogated; Roman Catholic Church in Havana Helps Free 126 Prisoners of Conscience
- Count the Cost - The Hidden Dangers of School Vouchers
June 2011
- Louisiana House Approves Ten Commandments Monument at Capitol (Reuters)
- Cosmic Conflict & the Future (of America)
- Thailand Calls for Ban on Religious Tattoos for Tourists (CNN)
- Appeals Court Lifts Ban on Texas Graduation Prayer (AP)
- Article18: Saudi Arabia -- Prominent Saudi Cleric Hopes Women Who Violate Driving Ban Incur Wrath of God and Die
May 2011
- Church for Single Mormons Comes with Pressure to Marry (Washington Post)
- Religious Liberty on North Dakota Ballot (Devils Lake Journal)
- Proposal to Ban Circumcision Draws Strong Criticism (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
- Article18: Mexico -- Confirmed Presence of Major Islamic Terrorist Group Near U.S. Border; Former Killer Preaches to Violent Gangsters
- Judge Rules Against Plaintiffs Claiming Murfreesboro Mosque Violated Their Rights (The Republic)
- Tennesee Senate Approves Bill to Ban Teaching of Homosexuality in Schools (Boston Globe)
- Article18: Laos -- Four Christian Women Raped and Executed by Laotian Military Along Vietnam Border
- Church, State, and the Postal Service: The Contentious History of Sunday Mail Delivery
- OPINION: The Good Old Days? Not Quite
- A Muslim American Reflects on Osama Bin Laden’s Death (Washington Post)
- Hundreds of Christians, Muslims clash in Cairo (AP)
- Muslim Leaders Say U.S. Pilot Refused to Fly With Them Onboard (FOX News)
April 2011
- Article18: India -- Christian Pastor Bludgeoned in Front of His Children; Government Blames "Predatory" Evangelistic Efforts
- Chinese Authorities Block Easter Service in Beijing (CNN)
- San Francisco Mulls Circumcision Ban (CBS News)
- Article18: Afghanistan -- Quran Burning Protest Leaves Dozens Dead; Freed Christian Convert Flees Country
- Rev. Leo A. Walsh "Lost In Translation: Divergent Notions of Religious Liberty in Post Soviet Russia"
- "Something Very Distinctive About Religious Freedom": Martha Minow
- Charity: How Our Tax Laws Affect Charitable Activities, Religious Institutions, and Free Speech
- Virginia Board Votes Against Proposed Same-Sex Adoption Rules (Washington Post)
- Lifting The Veil: Muslim Women Explain Their Choice (NPR)
- Article18: France -- Controversial Veil Ban for Muslim Women Continues to Divide Nation
- Obama’s Olive Branch Doctrine (PART II) Interfaith Tolerance & the Reshaping of U.S. Foreign Policy
- Chinese police detain members of unregistered church (LA Times)
- Article18: Egypt -- 29 Christians Dead After Attacks on Egyptian Churches; Terrorist Violence Concerns Population of Changing Nation
- Bus advertising campaign tackles Islamophobia (BBC)
- National : Church/State concerns kill House "Bible Bill"; Seventh-day Adventists respond
- The Oath Dilemma -- Special Contribution to RLTV
- Polygamy law doesn’t breach religious freedom guarantee, lawyer argues - Vancouver Sun
- Article18: Thailand Part 2 -- Special Interview with Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Thailand Volunteer Bob Young
March 2011
- European Court OKs display of crucifixes in Italian classrooms - Adventist News Network
- Adventist Review : 09RNS: Adventist Churches Among Those Burned in Ethiopia
- Coalition Works To Protect Religious Employees
- Justice Department sues on behalf of Muslim teacher, triggering debate - The Washington Post
- Lawyer says right to religious liberty protects Amish sect's refusal to use safety triangles on buggies | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com
- Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty - Supreme Court to Hear Religious Hiring Case
- Spencer Chiimbwe—Adventist Peacemaker (Spectrum)
- Article18: China -- Personal Observations of Liberty and Reflections on Life in Beijing, China
- EDITORIAL: Hero without a gun - Washington Times
- Obama's Olive Branch Doctrine: Religion & the Path of Democratic Reform in the Arab-Muslim World (PART I)
- Conversation is the True Work of Peacemaking - Huffington Post
- Religious Liberty Dinner - April 5, 2011
- Article18: Thailand Part 1 -- Dissenters Arrested for Insulting the Monarchy; Malay Insurgents Continue Terror Campaign in South
- Obama Administration Changes Its Approach to the Defense of Marriage Act
- Advanced Citizenship: The Cost of Free Speech in America
- New book addresses Conscientious Objection in today's military
- The End of the Community Action Program?
February 2011
- Ten Commandments' return to Va. school district depends on legal battle's outcome
- Federal judge dismisses religious challenge to Obama health plan
- Europe's Bishops Urge Defence of Religious Freedom
- VIDEO: President Obama on Church and State
- Secularism isn't the same everywhere: Three models in Europe highlight various church-state relations (ANN)
- Analysis: Obama Administration Declines to Defend Part of the Defense of Marriage Act
- Article18: Thailand Preview
- Article18: Indonesia -- Ahmadis Viciously Killed While Police Watch; Courts to Sentence Muslim Cleric to Life in Prison on Terrorism Charges
- Putting a Smile on Human Dignity
- PE.com : YUCAIPA: 'In God We Trust' to be displayed
- Investigation led ex-KGB agent to Christianity | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com
- Article18: Canada -- Sikhs Upset After Quebec National Assembly Bans Religious Daggers; Controversy Reignites Multiculturalism Debate
- Russia's Medvedev calls for Egypt to respect religious rights (ChannelNewsAsia)
- Step forward for church-state relations in Azerbaijan
- Article18: Eritrea -- Threatened by North African Protests, Government Believed to Be Torturing Thousands of Christian Prisoners
- Human Rights Watch to Pakistan: Drop Blasphemy Charges Against Teenager (HWR)
- Religious Undertones in Egyptian Protests? - (Liberty Magazine Round Table)
- Giles County, VA. To Rehang 10C Plaques in Public Schools
January 2011
- The Health-Religion Connection by Joshua Crouch
- Article18: Wales - Special Interview with the President of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission in Wales
- Judge upholds ban on guns in places of worship (Atlanta-Journal Constitution)
- Article18: Pakistan -- Fallout from Governor's Assassination Disrupts Efforts to Eliminate Discriminatory Blasphemy Laws
- Pope says European sex education an 'attack' on religious freedom (AFP)
- Citing persecutions abroad, Obama declares ‘Religious Freedom Day’ (Examiner)
- Article18: Sudan -- Referendum Could Split Nation in Two; Potentially Good News for Millions of Sudanese Christians and Muslims
- War and peace in Quran and Bible
- Article18: A New Weekly International Blog by RLTV Associate Editor Martin Surridge
- Egypt's Coptic Christians Call for More Religious Freedom (AJE)
- A Tennessee mosque, a good American story (First Amendment Center)
- In Defense of Separation
December 2010
- Religious Liberty 2010 – A Year in Review
- Greg Hamilton's Book Shelf - 2011
- Secrecy v. Transparency - Wikileaks and the Gospel
- Say No to the Defamation of Religions Resolutions, Yes to the Right to Believe (Open Doors)
- Hillary Clinton: Religious liberty is essential and must not be kept private
- Respecting the Religion of Your Brother
- In Peru, 'historic' religious liberty legislation passes (ANN)
November 2010
October 2010
- CalChamber Sounds Alarm on Employer Impact of Proposition 19
- Karen Scott to Present Eight Week Seminar on Religious Freedom in Walla Walla, Washington
- The case against legalizing marijuana in California (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Colorado School's Rosary Rule Disputed (KKTV)
- French Court Approves Veil Ban (AJE)
- Mainstreaming Hate in the Netherlands (ForeignPolicy)
- Druidry to be classed as religion in Britain (BBC)
September 2010
- Texas Ed Board Adopts Resolution Limiting Islam (NPR)
- Stopping US Muslim backlash (AJE)
- Liberty and tolerance: Our checkered history with religious equality (OregonLive.com)
- Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan to Burn Qurans (WSJ)
- Hitchens on the Danger of Emotions Underlying Self-Pity of Beck Rally (Slate)
August 2010
- 9th Circuit: World Vision Can Continue Faith-Based Hiring
- Islamophobia: Stoking Fears about an American Community
- Mau-Mauing the Mosque: The dispute over the "Ground Zero mosque" is an object lesson in how not to resist intolerance. (Slate)
- Religious intolerance now driving persecution of minorities across the world (Minority Rights Group)
- A Christian Nation: But Which Christianity? (Baptist Joint Committee)
- An Analysis of the Results of the Federal Prop 8 Same-Sex Marriage Trial
- Transcript of Mayor Bloomberg's Speech on Ground Zero Mosque
- Mayor Bloomberg Gives Stirring Speech on Mosque
July 2010
- Why Using "Landmark Status" to Block the NY Mosque is a Threat to Religious Land Use Rights
- Analysis - Christian Legal Society v. Hastings - The Lesson: Stipulations Matter
- A Short History Of The Conscientious Objector (Liberty Magazine)
- Promoting Religious Liberty: Whither the Obama Administration? (Doug Bandow - Huffington Post)
- So Much For Religious Liberty (Forbes)
- ReligiousLiberty.TV Promo
- Campus Christian Groups Loses Appeal at Supreme Court (CNN)
- ‘Under God’ Spray-Painted On Secularist Billboard (WSOC)
- Italy Fights School Crucifix Ban (AJE)
June 2010
- Nikki Haley provokes question: What's Sikhism? (CNN)
- North Carolina billboards challenge “one nation under God” (WBTV)
- EU Panelists Discuss European Work Free Sunday
- RLTV PODCAST - "Under the Blood Banner" Eric Kreye talks about Growing Up in Hitler's Germany
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- RLTV PODCAST: Jason Hines - A Passion for Freedom
- Ground-Zero Mosque Protest Organizer: "Not an Issue of Religious Freedom" (CNN)
- ANALYSIS: Deflationary Depression and Purging To Come (The International Forecaster)
- EDITORIAL: FTC floats Drudge tax
- "Spritual but not religious" community growing (CNN)
- C. Welton Gaddy: Between Religion and Politics (Chautauqua Institution)
- Jefferson and Mason: From Toleration to Freedom (Chautauqua Institution)
- Combining Comedy with Religion
- Religious leaders denounce Arizona immigration law (BBC)
- On a Visit to the U.S., a Nigerian Witch-Hunter Explains Herself (New York Times)
May 2010
- High School Sophomores Answer Question "How Would You Feel If Your Religious Freedom Was Taken Away?"
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- Workplace Religious Freedom Bill Finds Revived Interest (Religion News Service)
April 2010
- Michael Newdow - Question to Justice Scalia: Does the Establishment Clause Permit the Disregard of Devout Catholics?
- ANALYSIS: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Discrimination Case Involving Labor Union
- Uproar in Canada over face-veil ban (Al Jazeera English)
- Observations of Liberty in China (WWUB)
- First European conference for the protection of a work-free Sunday
- Conference Held to Relaunch Protection of Work-Free Sunday at European Level (ARLP)
- Gendercide: China's shameful massacre of unborn girls means there will soon be 30m more men than women (Daily Mail)
- John Paul Stevens Retires from Supreme Court (AP)
- Americans United Praises Justice Stevens' Record On Church And State
- Church-state advocates urge strong successor for Stevens (ABP)
- Soldiers Fight a Battle of Conscience
- French PM advised against total Islamic veil ban
- HISTORICAL SKETCH: Roger Williams, Apostle Of Religious Freedom
- RLTV PODCAST: Ryan Bell - "I'm a Social Justice Christian"
- Video: Oregon Governor Repeals Ban on Teachers' Religious Dress
- Oregon Governor Signs Bill Repealing Ban on Teachers' Religious Dress
March 2010
- Maryland State Legislature considers a Workplace Religious Freedom Act (HB 381)
- Should Europe recognize Sunday as the official day of rest? (BBC Video)
- Arrests Made in Christian Militia Police-Killing Plot (CBN)
- NJ county's Sunday buying ban may be checking out (AP)
- Stephen Colbert Tests Columbia Prof On Textbooks (Comedy Central)
- 9th Circuit Upholds the Term 'God' in Pledge and on Currency
- 9th Circuit Holds 'Ministerial Exception' Bars Seminarian Employment Case
- Washington State Bill to Unionize Child Care Centers Dies in Committee
- Oregon Legislature Votes Down 1923 Ban on Teachers Wearing Religious Dress
- Texas education board rejects in-depth study of First Amendment (DallasNews.com)
- RLTV Podcast: Martin Surridge on Swiss Minarets and the French Burqa Ban
- Religious Tension Leads to Clashes in Jerusalem (From Al Jazeera English)
- Conference to Relaunch 'Sunday Protection' at European Level to be Held (COMECE)
- Tension over Religious Sites Leaves Dozens Hurt in Jerusalem Clashes
- Faith Healing Couple Guilty of Murder
- The Winter Olympics and Inequality in Global Athletics
February 2010
- RLTV PODCAST: Jason Hines on The Church, Same-Sex Marriage, and Public Policy
- UN condemns Gaddafi jihad call
- Oregon Legislature Ends Ban on Teachers Wearing Religious Dress - Goes to Governor for Signature
- Washington House of Representatives Attempts to Facilitate Union Take-Over of Religious Child Care Centers
- HISTORY: Nine Children Face an Angry Town (Adventist Review)
- Obama speaks up for Tibetans, but in a hushed voice (India Times)
- God's Counterterrorism in a '24' World
- RLTV PODCAST: Monte Sahlin on How to Help Haiti
- Oregon House Votes to Repeal Ban on Teachers Wearing Religious Dress
- The European Attack on Religious Liberty
- Haiti Quake Report (ADRA)
- Russia plan to "kick out cults" could also affect religious freedom (RT)
- The damage of the anti-vaccine movement (Los Angeles Times)
- RLTV PODCAST: Martin Surridge on the Decline of Islamic Terrorism
January 2010
- Some Thoughts on the Implications of the Same-Sex Marriage Trial for Religious Minorities
- RLTV PODCAST: Attorney Karen Scott on the Current Problem of Human Trafficking in the United States
- Is the Era of Large-Scale Islamic Terrorism Coming to an End?
- RLTV PODCAST: Scott Ritsema on the Gun Sight Controversy
- Muzzle Flash Evangelism: Outrage over Biblical References on Military Gun Sights (From ABC News)
- Walla Walla - Shelter for Freedom Screens Documentary Film “Cargo: Innocence Lost”
- Spiritually transformed killing machines of Christ (Civics News)
- VIDEO - Pat Robertson Gives Religion A Bad Name With His Disaster Comments - CNN
- Pat Robertson, the Earthquake in Haiti, and the Righteousness of God
- Blue Laws and Sunday Legislation-why do they exist? CNN Video
- 'Aye, those be slighting words against the Lord:' Ireland's blasphemy law (National Post)
- Pope Benedict: "the Great Consolidator" (American Spectator)
December 2009
- Report says 225,000 Haiti children work as slaves (AP)
- Dr. Adrian Westney Passes Away
- Event "Slavery: The Fight We Thought Was Over" - Walla Walla - January 14-18, 2010
- Cargo: Innocence Lost Movie
- Jan Paulsen on Freedon
- Faith, Freedom, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor (Liberty Magazine)
- Michigan Church Has the Right to Help Poor People, ACLU Tells Court (ACLU Release)
- China and a Canadian Newspaper call for worldwide one-child policy
- Pastor Boissoin's Lawyer: Case Will Positively Impact Religious Freedom in Canada (LifeSiteNews)
- The Manhattan Declaration: Approach with Caution
- Huckabee and Colson on the Manhattan Declaration
- Germany: Rigid Sunday law used against Scientology which is considered "business" by gov't. (Der Spiegel)
November 2009
- Interview with Jeff Sharlet: The Secret Political Reach Of 'The Family' (National Public Radio)
- The Dangerous Idea of Protecting Religions from “Defamation” (USCIRF)
- INTERVIEW: John Marcotte, Author of the 2010 California Protection of Marriage Act
- Calif. Initiative Round-up - Outlawing Divorce, Legalizing Pot, and Christmas Music
- US court rules against "I Believe" car license plates (APD)
- UK - Health and safety snoops to enter family homes (TimesOnline)
- Washington DC - New Turn in Debate Over Law on Marriage (The New York Times)
- House Healthcare Vote - A Huge Triumph for the Catholic Church (America Magazine)
- A Church Scorned: Church, State, Marriage, and the Quest for Power
- Scholarship contest asks high school students to revisit JFK speech on separation of church and state
- Religious freedom requires Baptists to hold in tension certain principles (The Baptist Standard)
- PBS Series "Liberty's Kids" Now on YouTube
- HISTORY: Sousa's Band Under Ban of Sunday Blue Law
October 2009
- Sec. Clinton condemns "Religious Defamation" laws and addresses international issues in annual Religious Freedom Report
- OPINION: When Did "Conservative" Become Anarchist?
- Texas execution looms after jury consult Bible (Amnesty International)
- What's Wrong with Conspiracy Theories?
- Northwest Religious Liberty Association Honors Oregon Speaker Dave Hunt
- Colbert on Religious Symbol on Government Land
September 2009
- Why America should not be declared a "Christian Nation"
- Faith in Context: President Obama & Faith-based Initiatives
- Chris Seiple: Religious Freedom: The Ultimate Counterterrorism Weapon?
- Pope Benedict XVI on Religious Freedom (CNA)
- Jehovah’s Witnesses Undergo Persecution in the former Soviet Union
- 3 states still ban religious clothing for teachers (Associated Press)
- Civil Rights Pioneer E.E. Cleveland talks about meeting Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Religion in Public Schools: Academic, Not Devotional (J. Brent Walker - Washington Post)
August 2009
- Adventist Golfer put his faith ahead of on-course success (Tulsa World)
- Religious-freedom groups mourn Kennedy, cite church-state views (ABP)
- Bill would give president emergency control of Internet (CNET)
- ‘We have so many uncanonised martyrs’ - Christians in Pakistan are living in daily fear of violence from extremists (Catholic Herald)
- Charles Colson on media indifference to international religious freedom
- Open Forum: What does religious freedom mean to you?
- Tennesee governor signs Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law
- Arthur Caplan - The Bioethics of Engineering Children
- First religious liberty festival in Jerusalem draws hundreds (ANN)
- Baptists Mark 400th Anniversary, Celebrate Religious Freedom (BeliefNet)
July 2009
- When work and religion collide
- Governor signs Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- Justice Department Files Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Essex County, New Jersey (DOJ Release)
- SB 786: Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signs the Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- Oregon law is too strict on teachers' religious garb (Oregonian)
- Law Professor Alan Brownstein on California marriage debate (Liberty Magazine)
- Shabbat in Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King
- July 2009 News and Opinion - The Economy, Marriage, and More
- Bronwyn Winter: Uncovering the French Headscarf Debate
- Rodney Baker: Demonisation and Witch Hunts in Religion and Politics
June 2009
- Jerusalem: The Pope in Search of Christians (LinkTV)
- Religion, Politics, and the 2008 Election
- Mormonism & American Politics: Noah Feldman
- Economics: Lawrence W. Reed on the Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy
- Russian President may push 'new world currency'...
- Reza Aslan: The Future of Religious Nationalism
- 1967 U.S. Supreme Court Decision sheds light on California marriage debate
- Doug Kmiec on a Court Packed with Catholics (Wall Street Journal)
- Oregon House of Representatives passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act
May 2009
- The dangers of relinquishing liberty for a quiet and "safe" life
- Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor's rulings on religious issues
- On the Table
- China and Brazil Plan to Dump Dollar (FT)
- US Commission on International Religious Freedom Issues 2009 Report - 13 Nations of concern
- TURKMENISTAN: Old "offences" still used to punish current religious activity (Forum 18)
- Around the globe, religious freedom under assault (Read it News)
- Pope urges religious reconciliation (Al Jazeera)
- North Korea Freedom Week - CBN.com
- Oregon Senate Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- Preliminary Analysis: Congress Passes Hate Crime Legislation
April 2009
- ANALYSIS: European Sunday Weekly Rest Day Legislation Remains Unlawful
- Interview: Scott Ritsema talks about his new book "The Way, the Truth and the Sword"
- Richard Land and Jim Wallis: Faith and Politics
- Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony on the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- Canada: Fundraisers planned for Alberta pastor punished for expressing beliefs
- Alan Greenspan: Gold and Economic Freedom (1966)
- London Telegraph Describes G20 Plan For Bank Of The World, Global Currency
March 2009
- UN Human Rights Council approves proposal for limits on religious speech
- EXCERPTS: Douglas Laycock on dangers of protecting liberty 'only for ourselves' (Baptist Joint Committee)
- Documentary: The End of America by Naomi Wolf
- Obama puts believers and non-believers on the same footing in speeches (WSJ)
- Benedict XVI to release encyclical outlining moral and social issues behind economic crisis
- World Trends in Religious Freedom - Hudson Institute
- Dayton Tennessee Christian School Sued by U.S. Department of Labor (ASINet)
- Raw Majority Power: Why Checks and Balances Matter
- CLASSIC: The Proper Relation of Church and State
- PRECEDENT - A century ago religious groups tried to change the California Constitution to enact a religious law
- AUDIO: Karen Scott - "Rethinking the Premise of Religious Liberty"
- Obama makes plans to remove 'conscience clause' for health-care workers
- VIDEO: California Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Prop 8
- Senator - Conservative and Christian broadcasters could still be threatened by proposed broadcast regulations (KIITV)
- Religious Persecution on the Horn of Africa (American Spectator)
- Emotion, misunderstanding mark religion-in-school cases (The Tennessean)
February 2009
- In wake of Supreme Court decision, 'clear defense needed of church-state wall' (Des Moines Register)
- Soros sees no bottom for world financial "collapse" (Reuters)
- Reflection: The Trouble with the Future
- Economics, Faith, and Politics - European Churches call on EU Parliament to adopt 'work-free Sunday' declaration
- $65.5 TRILLION in U.S. Federal obligations exceed the gross domestic product of the entire world (WorldNetDaily)
- The Link Between Religious Freedom and Economic Freedom
- VIDEO: Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought
- Stimulus plan will restrict healthcare (Bloomberg.com)
- BREAKING NEWS: President Obama Creates New Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
- Embracing Exclusivity: How civic religion at inauguration abridges religious freedom
- The First Baptist in America (Florida Baptist Witness)
January 2009
- ANALYSIS: The Apocalyptic struggle between Jefferson's Wall and the Church
- Workplace Discrimination Claims On the Rise (BeliefNet - RNS)
- US Says Kyrgyz Law Would Restrict Religious Freedom (VOA News)
- Religious group promotes new Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom that stands against secularism
- On Cardinal Stafford's Speech: Are the Church and the State on an Unavoidable Collision Course?
- Burma launches new crackdown on religious groups
- Human Rights Nightmare: Indian mafia gangs are deliberately crippling children for profit (DailyMail.co.uk)
- Illinois law requiring moment of silence in public schools ruled unconstitutional
- Judge Bork predicts ‘terrible conflict’ will endanger U.S. Catholics’ religious freedom (CNA)
- The role of religion under Obama (CS Monitor)
- QUOTATION: A man who cannot be enticed by money . . .
- Workplace Religious Accommodation: Man Refuses to Drive 'No God' Bus (BBC)
- RITSEMA: Supreme Court deals death blow to the 4th Amendment (Civics News)
- Barack Obama on Religious Tolerance and Persecution
- The Passing of Richard John Neuhaus (1936 - 2009)
- Celebrate Religious Freedom Day on January 16
- Lawsuit filed to remove "So help me God" from inaugural oath (USA Today)
- RITSEMA: Tracking Pat Robertson's Shift to the Left
- New law in Russia ends jury trials for 'crimes against state' (LA Times)
- It is a sad reflection of our time that Che Guevara is seen as a hero (Telegraph)
- "Should I Fight?" An overview of the recent symposium on conscientious objection
- Weekend Inspiration: Third Day "This is My Offering" - World Vision
December 2008
- Soldier alleges military pattern of Christian bias (AP)
- Top Ten RLTV Articles of 2008
- ECONOMICS: Depression Hits Detroit: Average home price $18,513 - Unemployment rate 21% (Tribble Ad Agency)
- US Army ready if the downturn gets out of hand (NY Post)
- LITERATURE - "The War Prayer" by Mark Twain
- Choice of Warren for inaugural magnifies role of U.S. ‘civic religion' (DC Examiner)
- Benjamin Franklin on Conscience
- Catholic leader sought Mormon help on Prop 8 (Salt Lake Tribune)
- How secular newsrooms handle stories with a religious component (Wall Street Journal)
- A World Enslaved - There are now more slaves on the planet than at any time in human history (Foreign Policy)
- New Religions: A Small Sect Makes it to the Supreme Court
- BREAKING - More Cooperation Planned between the United Nations and World Religions
- Methodists and Wahhabis (Middle East Online)
- Light rising in the darkness
- OPINION: Does the World Need a Global Population Control Agency? (Catholic Online)
- VIDEO: 60th Anniversary - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (HRAC)
- More Americans Believe in the Devil, Hell and Angels than in Darwin's Theory of Evolution (MarketWatch.com)
- VIDEO: Modesto Priest Urges Obama Supporters To Confess (KOVR-TV)
- Weekend Inspiration: Bill Hybels Interviews Bono
- Join our Facebook Group!
- VIDEO: Atheists Place Sign at Washington State Capitol Nativity - O'Reilly Protests
- U.S. Muslims worry about new federal rules (MSNBC)
- VIDEO: War on/for Christmas Begins! Focus on the Family Protests Religiously Neutral Retailers
- Roosevelt’s or Reagan’s America? A Time for Choosing
- International court to punish nations failing to prevent global warming (Telegraph)
- Washington Post: 20,000 More U.S. Troops To Be Deployed For “Domestic Security"
- Fifteen years later, home-school parents say legal battle was worth it
November 2008
- Pastor who helped get "under God" in Pledge dies
- OPINION: Obama vs. Pope Benedict (Washington Times)
- An idea lost on fanatics: Those behind the Mumbai attacks will never fathom religious liberty (LA Times)
- Bishops insist on work-free Sunday protection by European Parliament (DI-VE)
- European Church leaders call for protection of 'Sunday rest' (SofiaEcho)
- Pilgrims among first to recognize that socialism doesn't work (Salem News)
- São Paulo passes religious freedom charter (ANN)
- VIDEO - Sign company removes pro-atheist billboard at request of California city
- The Coming "War" Between the Obama Administration and the Catholic Church (LifeSiteNews.com)
- VIDEO - BREAKING NEWS: Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder, on the Rule of Law
- WEEKEND INSPIRATION - Tony Campolo Talks about a Birthday Party He Threw
- Double Standards? - Supreme Court to hear two religious groups battle over monument
- Barack Obama on Religious Tolerance and Persecution
- Weekend Inspiration - "Tears of the Saints" - Leeland
- Calif. gay marriage win emboldens coalition of religious groups (AP)
- OPINION - President Obama: Bad News For the New Atheists and Other Fundamentalists (Frank Schaeffer - Huffington Post)
- OPINION - President Obama: Bad News For the New Atheists and Other Fundamentalists (Frank Schaeffer - Huffington Post)
- Tight California Prop. 8 race closely watched (AP)
- The loser in this election is religion. (AP)
October 2008
- BREAKING NEWS - Russia Moves to Liquidate Fifty-Six Religious Groups
- UPDATE - Troy Anthony Davis Execution Stayed a Third Time Yesterday (New York Times)
- Polygamy central issue in Utah Attorney General race
- Saudi King - World facing covert economic war (SaudiGazette.com.sa)
- Sarah Palin's Interview on Faith (CBN)
- ReligiousLiberty.TV Endorses California Proposition . . .
- Taliban say they killed aid worker for spreading Christianity (AP/Reuters)
- Washington State - Faith-based groups taking crucial role in Euthanasia initiative battle
- Disputes over religion and health care land in Calif. courts (ScrippsNews.com)
- Freedom Experts Criticize UN Anti-Blasphemy Resolution (ChristianPost.com)
- Paper warns of global financial collapse if nations do not respond in concert (Telegraph.co.uk)
- The 2008 Election - Religion, the Economy, and Values Voters (AP)
- Southern Evangelicals More Likely to Support Torture
- OUTRAGE IN COLORADO: More than 100 Muslims Fired When They Protest Employer's Policy Prohibiting Prayer Breaks (NPR)
September 2008
- VIDEO AND ANALYSIS - 33 Pastors Defy IRS Ban on Political Endorsement
- INDIA - 27 Seventh-day Adventists Die in Religious Violence
- Controlling Freedom of Conscience
- U.S. State Department Releases 2008 Report on International Religious Liberty
- VIDEO ROUNDUP - ECONOMIC CRISIS - "The Sky is Falling, $700 Billion Should Fix It"
- VIDEO UPDATE: Troy Anthony Davis Granted Temporary Reprieve
- SHOCK! Popular UK Magazine Promotes Sterilization for Women in their 20s
- ECONOMY: Chinese government paper urges new world order for economy...
- CANADA: Symposium to be held on Conscientious Objection
- THIS WEEK: Christian-Hindu Unrest leads to Violence in India
- Banana Republics: The United States and Guatamala in the Propaganda Wars in the 1950s
- Interview with Attorney and Pastor Mitch Tyner
- VIDEO: Palin linked political success to prayer of Kenyan witch hunter
- VIDEO: Michael Gerson on the Emerging Center of Evangelicalism
- The Politics of Obama's Faith and the Evangelical Left - Stephen Manfield
- VIDEO: Sam Harris Discusses Religion Run Amok (FORA.tv)
- Trivia Question: Which Current State Governor Participated in an Exorcism?
- In Italy - Joke about the Pope, Go to Jail
- On September 23, 2008 an Innocent Man is Scheduled to Die
- Martin Sheen on Church / State Separation
- The Army Wants You...Again! (Yes, Really.)
- Seven Years Later and Counting - A 9/11 Scrapbook
- Wasilla Assembly of God - Statement on Sarah Palin
- Chrisopher Hitchens: Don't Patronize Palin (Salon.com)
- VIDEOS: Obama's, McCain's and Palin's Pastor Problems
- VIDEO: God in China - The Struggle for Religious Freedom
- Evangelical Christians and Sarah Palin - Excerpt from Peggy Noonan's Column (WSJ)
August 2008
- VIDEO: John McCain on What the President's Religion Should Be (BeliefNet)
- VEEPSTAKES WINNER: It worked - Dobson says he would "pull lever" for McCain-Palin
- VEEPSTAKES: Will Alaska Governor Sarah Palin bring in Conservative Votes for McCain?
- VEEPSTAKES: Could Tim Pawlenty Bring 30 Million Evangelicals Back to the GOP?
- VIDEO: R. Gustav Niebuhr: "The False Promises of Tolerance" (Chataqua Institution)
- "Faithiness" Artifacts from the 2008 Democratic Convention
- Sunday Shopping to be Banned in Croatia - Efforts Underway in Britain
- BLOG: Democrats Begin Faith-filled Convention
- VIDEO: Madeleine Albright Discusses "The Mighty and The Almighty: United States Foreign Policy and God"
- Olympics: China Bans Foreign Chaplains - only "official" chaplains allowed (Houston Chronicle)
- VIDEO: VP Candidate Joe Biden on Religion, Government, and the Presidency (Fora.TV)
- Could Chet Edwards be Obama's Running Mate? Edwards speaks on Religious Liberty
- The Hijacking of Religion
- Why Communities Must Support Public Education
- INTERVIEW: Barry Lynn - Why Churches Should Stay out of Politics (SpectrumMagazine.org)
- Full Text of Decision: North Coast Women's Care Medical Group v. Benitez - California Supreme Court (August 8, 2008)
- ANALYSIS: California Supreme Court unanimously rules that physicians cannot withhold fertility treatments to homosexuals
- California Court Reverses Itself and Says Homeschooling Parents Do Not Need Credentials
- "The Abortion Controversy" by John V. Stevens, Sr.
- INSPIRATION: The Secret of All Persecution and the Power of Love
- CHINA: Underground church activist detained enroute to Christian service Bush was attending (The Independent)
- America's Would-be Saviors
- VIDEO: Is there room for peace?
- AUDIO: Evangelicals Up For Grabs? Candidates Court Voters (NPR)
- EEOC issues New Guidelines on Religious Discrimination
- OPINION: O'Connor's 4th Circuit Ruling on City Council Prayer
- Proposal Would Deny Federal Money if Employees Must Provide Medical Care to Which They Object (WashingtonPost.com)
- Bush to attend church in China, urge religious freedom (AFP)
July 2008
- It's about the Kids, Stupid: A Review of The Future of Marriage by David Blankenhorn (Nicholas P. Miller)
- Namibia: Divine Right and 'Moron' (namibian.com.na)
- Prof. Daniel Crane - "A Judeo-Christian Argument for Privatizing Marriage" (Cardozo Law Review)
- John Stevens responds to Prof. Daniel Crane's article on privatizing marriage
- VIDEO CLIP: Compulsion in religion and the freedom to disbelieve
- Bush Calls for Religious Freedom in China, Iran (Voice of America)
- China Responds: "China reject's Bush's 'religious freedom' remarks" and asks him to stop "interfering" in internal affairs (Xinhuanet)
- Announcing and Enacting Peace in an Age of Empire
- J. Brent Walker - “Church and State in the USA: Promises and Challenges”
- Obama Sets Off a Debate on Ties Between Religion and Government (NY Times)
- Registrar wins same-sex tribunal (BBC)
- Largest religious liberty festival to date draws 45,000
- Landowner Of Proposed Muslim Community Site Files Suit Against Town
- VIDEO: Barack Obama on Religious Pluralism - The Speech that sparked the Debate
- Ron Paul - "Something Big Is Happening" (CampaignForLiberty.com)
- VIDEOS: Independence Day Music
- OPINION: Patrick J. Buchanan: The Wars of Religion Return (HumanEvents.com)
- VIDEO: For Independence Day - "Letters From War" by Mark Schultz
- NEWS / ANALYSIS: Obama to expand Bush's faith based charities and support their right to hire/fire based on faith (AP)
June 2008
- Take Money, Lose Faith - Seven Catholic Schools turned into public schools in Washington DC (Maryland Daily Record)
- IRLA Meeting draws large crowd in Angola
- Unlikely Allies on Prison Reform - Coming together on a wedge issue (New York Times)
- VIDEO: Michael Newdow in Panel at Boston College on Religious Freedom and the Pledge of Allegiance
- Historical Profile: John Wycliffe - Morning Star of the Reformation (Excerpt from Foxe's Book of Martyrs)
- ADVOCACY: There's More to Faith than James Dobson (FaithfulAmerica.org)
- This Fourth of July, Celebrate Religious Freedom (The Baptist Standard)
- Professor Steven Calabresi on Enforcing Morality (Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy)
- VIDEO: Increasing American Religious Comity (Pew Forum by way of Spectrum Magazine)
- RAW MATERIALS: This week's Obama / Dobson broughaha
- "A Call To Renewal" - Barack Obama on the Role of Religion in Public Life
- Dobson says Obama has "fruitcake interpretation" of the Constitution and is distorting Bible; still won't vote for McCain
- Marriage Amendment: In California, your state constitutional rights are in the hands of your neighbors
- VIDEO: Proselytism and Religion - A Hindu Perspective
- Associated Press reports: Everything seemingly is spinning out of control
- Manifest Destiny and the Momentum of Empire: Making Sense of America's Global War on Terrorism
- This Weekend . . . Celebrate Freedom
- Pastors Challenge the IRS: Using the Pulpit to Promote Candidates
- FILM REVIEW/VIDEO TRAILER: 'Constantine's Sword' discusses state use of religious power
- VIDEO: Interview with James Carroll about Christianity and Violence
- Wisconsin: Freedom from Religion Foundation Asks State to Halt Assembly Prayers
- California Supreme Court to Decide A Case Where Medical Rights v. Workplace Religious Freedom
- VIDEO: 16-year-old boy dies from lack of medical treatment; family plans religious freedom defense
- Religious Freedom Problems Growing in Indonesia (UPI)
- VIDEO: 18-minute Speech by Mitt Romney on Religious Liberty
- OPINION: Gay Rights and Religious Liberty (Los Angeles Times)
- OPINION: Courtship of religion complicates McCain and Obama campaigns
- Religion-politics mix proves perilous (Christian Century)
- The Pope, the President, and the Politics of Faith (Asia Times)
- PROFILE: Rep. Chet Edwards Champions Separation of Church and State in Congress
- Congressman Trent Franks: It is 'Critical' that nations reaffirm religious freedom (ANN)
- Economics, Democracy, and Liberty - Where are we in the Cycle?
- Civil Justice Degrees Guide Identifies Top 100 Civil Liberties Advocacy Blogs
- Barack Obama on Separation of Church and State
- WANTED: Freedom Champions
- Barack Obama to Launch "Joshua Generation Project" to Reach out to Evangelicals
- THE LIGHTER SIDE: Stand-Up Comedy featuring A Christian, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Jew, and an Atheist
- Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy
- Thought & Crime (Liberty Magazine - March/April 2008) - An Update
- Balancing Government Secrecy and Accountability - What Should the Next President Do?
- America's Democratic Collapse - A Speech by Chris Hedges
- VIDEO: John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. on Religious Liberty
- VIDEO: Religious Freedom Worldwide Worsens (Voice of America)
- Religious Pluralism & America’s Christian Nation Debate: Revisiting the Intentions of America’s Constitutional Founders
- NEWS BRIEFS: Global Privacy, Free Speech Issues
- NEWS / OPINION: Law Professor Denied Communion Because He Supports Obama
- VIDEO: Could Gay Marriage Erode Non-Profit Tax-Exempt Status?
- Government, Religion, and a Mythical Past
- Learning from the Past
May 2008
- Significant Differences Emerging Between McCain and Obama in Prospective Judicial Nominees (NY Times)
- Belarus: ‘We are reclaiming our history as a land of religious freedom’ (ChristianToday.com)
- Does Constitution apply to enemy combatant on U.S. soil? (AP)
- Barack Obama's judicial nominees (Baltimore Sun)
- McCain to make religious freedom a key foreign policy issue (AFP)
- McCain Says He Would Put Conservatives on Supreme Court (Washington Post)
- Armageddon is not an Exit Strategy (Israel e News)
April 2008
- Atheist Claims Harassment in the Military (AP)
- Polygamy: Where religious liberty ends (Salt Lake Tribune)
- America facing food rationing? (NY Sun)
- Testimony of Gregory Hamilton in support of the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act (SB 786)
- Testimony of Michael Peabody in favor of the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act (SB 786)
- Talking Points SB 786 - Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act
- Economic interdependency quiets voices against Chinese human rights abuses
- Film Review - "Expelled" - Darwin's Kool-Aid (CFP)
- Wall of silence broken at Minnesota's Muslim public school
- The New Blue Laws - Slate.com
- Worker wins $6.5 million in reverse religious discrimination suit
- McCain shies away from religion talk - Politico.com
- Obama's Faith-Based Outreach Hit By Wright Controversy
- British researchers create human-animal hybrid embryo amid political row
- Supreme Court to consider Ten Commandments vs. 'Seven Aphorisms'
