A Document in Common: Leaders Reflect on the 225th Anniversary of the US Constitution

September 16, 2012 11:01 pm
A Document in Common: Leaders Reflect on the 225th Anniversary of the US Constitution

  On September 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was signed by thirty-nine men who changed the course of history. This year as we celebrate the  225th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, we reflect on the impact this document has made on societies around the world. [...]

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Kmiec: Is Paul Ryan Romney’s New Religion Problem? (Huffington Post)

August 14, 2012 8:12 am

Constitutional law scholar Douglas Kmiec shares his views on how the Paul Ryan pick will affect the Catholic vote in an article published today in the Huffington Post. Read the full article at the Huffington Post.

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LDS, evangelicals share political aims and ‘restorationism’ | Deseret News Mobile

July 26, 2012 7:42 am

Excerpt: Referring to white evangelical Christians and Mormons as “the twin pillars of the GOP,” author and scholar Mark R. Silk told some 300 Sunstone Symposium attendees that although the two groups are often at odds theologically,their members both tend to embrace a political ideology he called “restorationism.” “The restorationist [...]

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LDS, evangelicals share political aims and ‘restorationism’ | Deseret News Mobile

7:42 am

Excerpt: Referring to white evangelical Christians and Mormons as “the twin pillars of the GOP,” author and scholar Mark R. Silk told some 300 Sunstone Symposium attendees that although the two groups are often at odds theologically,their members both tend to embrace a political ideology he called “restorationism.” “The restorationist [...]

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Is it Really Persecution? Phoenix Enforcement of Safety and Zoning Ordinances

July 14, 2012 10:42 pm

The core issue will be whether religious groups should be given variance from content-neutral local zoning and safety regulations simply because they are religious, and more specifically, the extent to which individuals can ignore neutral laws in the name of religious freedom.

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A Faithful Nation (Liberty Magazine)

July 9, 2012 4:52 pm
A Faithful Nation  (Liberty Magazine)

  A Faithful Nation By Michael D. Peabody Liberty Magazine EXCERPT: Just because Christians believe something does not mean that the government needs to make a law to enforce that belief. To put it bluntly, in America it is legal to believe things that could compromise your own eternal salvation. [...]

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