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Archives for September 2012

Selfish Freedom: The Overreach of the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act

September 28, 2012 by Jason Hines

Doctor and patient discuss contraception

By Jason Hines – n Illinois appellate court rendered an interesting decision last week.[1] The court upheld a lower court ruling that Illinois pharmacists do not have to sell “Plan B” pills to customers if they have religious objections to the use of the product. “Plan B” is the brand name of a drug that […]

Filed Under: Constitution, Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law, Privacy Tagged With: contraception, Illinois appellate court, Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act, Plan B, religious liberty

Vatican Walks A Fine Line On Trying To Combat Blasphemy In UN (RNS Excerpt)

September 27, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPT: In recent years, the Vatican has gone to court to fight images that it considered “offensive” toward Pope Benedict XVI, such as an ad-campaign that portrayed the pontiff kissing a Muslim leader or, more recently, when a German satirical magazine published a photo-shopped image of the pope’s vestments stained with urine. Read the full article […]

Filed Under: Current Events, International

Celebrating California’s New Religious Freedom Law (Washington Post)

September 19, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Rajdeep Singh writes in the Washington Post about AB1964, recently signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown. Excerpt: When my Sikh father immigrated to America in 1970 to practice architecture,employers told him that he could have a job only if he removed his turban and shaved his beard. He refused to abandon his faith […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law Tagged With: AB1964, Tamara, Workplace Religious Freedom Act

Inside Interfaith Iran (Liberty Magazine)

September 18, 2012 by Martin Surridge

Inside Interfaith Iran - Liberty Magazine - September/October 2012

Martin Surridge describes the status of religious liberty in Iran. EXCERPT: or the past few months the eyes of the believers around the world have been fixed on an Iranian death row “apostate” who has refused to recant his faith in Jesus Christ. Yousef Nadarkhani was first arrested in his hometown of Rasht, Iran, in […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Human Rights, International Tagged With: Iran, Liberty Magazine, Nadarkhani

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

September 16, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

  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. I would like to thank […]

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Current Events, Human Rights, New, Supreme Court Tagged With: 225th Anniversary, Alexander Carpenter, Bruce Cameron, Constitution, Eric Youngberg, Gary Chartier, Jason Hines, Karen Scott, Kathryn Linda Haycock Proffitt, Kenneth Richards, Kevin James, Lawrence Geraty, Marc Judd, Michael Newdow, Nicholas Miller, Steve Allred, Tim Roosenberg

Definition of “Religious Liberty” Taking Center Stage This Election Cycle

September 10, 2012 by Michael Peabody

he Diocese of Charlotte has posted two large banners near the site of the Democratic National Convention. One reads, “A message from the Catholic Church: Protect the Unborn, Defend Marriage, Safeguard Religious Liberty.” The other says, “A Message from the Catholic Church: Religious Liberty, The Soul of Democracy.”  See CatholicCulture.org Whether these banners are promoting the […]

Filed Under: Current Events

Putin’s God Squad (The Daily Beast)

September 9, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Excerpt:  The church’s “Third Rome” legacy-reinforced by Soviet personality cults and a pervasive prison culture that celebrates strong leadership-underpins the concept of the ideal Russian leader as a divinely chosen autocrat. Thus Putin simply couldn’t afford a second-round runoff in the presidential elections. From a democratic point of view,a runoff-even if staged-would have helped confer […]

Filed Under: Current Events, International

BREAKING NEWS: Iran Pastor Nadarkhani Released from Prison

September 8, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The American Center for Law and Justice announced this morning that Iranian Pastor Youcef Nardarkhani has been released after spending 1,062 days in prison for his Christian faith. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has reportedly been acquitted of apostacy (death penalty), and sentenced for time served for evangelizing Muslims. Pastor Nadarkhani is released from prison in Iran (ACLJ […]

Filed Under: Current Events, In the News, International Tagged With: christian, Iran, Iranian pastor, muslim, Tehran, Youcef Nadarkhani

California Governor to sign workplace religious dress and grooming bill

September 8, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

California Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign workplace religious accommodation legislation this weekend. AB 1964 will amend Section 12940 of the Government Code, which prevents employers from discrimination based on a person’s religious belief or observance. The existing code reads, “Religious belief or observance, as used in this section, includes, but is not limited […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, Employment Law, Religious Accommodation Tagged With: dress, grooming, Sikh, workplace religious freedom

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Geneva, Switzerland - December 03, 2019: World Health Organization (WHO / OMS) Headquarters - DepositPhotos.com

Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ultimate control over America’s health care and its national sovereignty will be put up for a vote next week at a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA).  On May 22-28, 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly will convene at the United Nations […]

Statement on the Leak in Dobbs

The leak was intended to disrupt the processing of the decision and we are not going to dignify the leak or the unidentified leaker by analyzing it prematurely. As a constitutional republic we cannot go down that road without doing severe damage to the institution of the Supreme Court where there must be professional courtesy between the justices and their staffs.

Boston City Hall - photo from Supreme Court Opinion

Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. Boston (Dec’d 5/2/2022) that the city of Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to participate in a city flag raising program.

Active Liberty - a survey of Justice Stephen Breyer's religion clause jurisprudence - Supreme Court

Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions

A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.

Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars

In Canada, it is easier for the disabled who do not suffer terminal illness to get approval for assisted suicide than approval for affordable housing. The government has calculated the cost of providing healthcare versus providing assisted suicide.

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We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, ‘Too late.’

— Martin Luther King

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