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Archives for September 2015

Pope’s Speech at U.N. coincides with launch of United Nations’ “new universal Agenda” for humanity

September 26, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV ReligiousLiberty.TV

On Friday, September 25, 2015, the World Summit opened at the United Nations in New York City with a keynote address delivered by Pope Francis in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted by the member states later in the day.

Filed Under: Economics, Inmate Rights, International, Legislation Tagged With: 2030 Agenda, climate change, Pope Francis, poverty, united nations

Yom Kippur, the Scapegoat Ritual, and the Politics of Blame

September 24, 2015 by Michael Peabody

Political careers are made by identifying, or in some cases creating, amorphous bogeymen who have nothing in mind but the destruction of “The Constitution” and the “American way of life.” The call to get rid of the bogeyman and “all will be well” is a pernicious promise.

Filed Under: Politics, Religion Tagged With: Article 6, Article VI, Ben Carson, Bernie Sanders, church state separation, Constitution, Kim Davis, Mike Huckabee, religious liberty, religious test, scapegoat, Yom Kippur

Pope Francis Calls for Common Good in Speech to Congress – Full Text

September 24, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

“In this land, the various religious denominations have greatly contributed to building and strengthening society. It is important that today, as in the past, the voice of faith continue to be heard, for it is a voice of fraternity and love, which tries to bring out the best in each person and in each society. Such cooperation is a powerful resource in the battle to eliminate new global forms of slavery, born of grave injustices which can be overcome only through new policies and new forms of social consensus.”

Filed Under: Peacemaking, Religion Tagged With: common good, full speech, full text, Pope Francis, religious freedom, religious liberty, transcript, U.S. Congress

Why the 14th Amendment and Federal Courts are Essential to Protecting Religious Liberty

September 15, 2015 by Michael Peabody

Have you ever wondered what legal mechanism existed that permitted the legalization of slavery in the United States after the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791? How it was that men, women, and children were held in bondage after Francis Scott Key wrote the famous words, “land of the free, and the home of the brave” in 1812? How segregation persisted in law until the late 1960s?

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, History, Human Rights, Politics, Religion Tagged With: 14th Amendment, bill of rights, Civil Rights, Fourteenth Amendment, religious liberty, states rights

Attack on Independent Judiciary Likely to Intensify Following Davis’ Release

September 10, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV ReligiousLiberty.TV

Even though the Court has granted accommodation requested by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, eliminating an independent judiciary is the real target.

Filed Under: Church and State, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Marriage, Supreme Court Tagged With: Kim Davis, religious liberty, Same-Sex Marriage

Opinion: The Spiritual Dimension to the County Clerk’s Refusal to License Same-Sex Marriages

September 9, 2015 by Jason Hines

Davis has made a decision according to her conscience, has had the willingness to not only follow it through, but also to go to jail for it. I am surprisingly both outraged by and sympathetic to her plight. I would love to talk about the legal ramifications of what she is doing (and I still might do that briefly), but tonight my mind turns primarily to the spiritual consequences of Davis’s actions.

Filed Under: Church and State, Marriage Tagged With: christian, Kentucky, Kim Davis, religious freedom, religious liberty, Rowan County, Same-Sex Marriage

Government Official Jailed for the “Right” to Discriminate Against Citizens Based on Official’s Religion

September 7, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV ReligiousLiberty.TV

Rowan County, Kentucky, is the flash point of a culture war that threatens to take us away from a Constitutional democracy and toward an American theocracy.

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: Obergefell, Rowan County, Same-Sex Marriage

Americans United Expresses Church-State Concerns on Eve of Papal Visit to U.S.

September 2, 2015 by Michael Peabody

Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued an open letter to the mayors of Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, DC, among other government leaders on August 31, 2015 calling for them to maintain separation of church and state during Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. in September.

Filed Under: Current Events

What Does the Nuclear Deal With Iran Mean?

September 2, 2015 by Michael Peabody

This morning, Democrats in the U.S. Senate announced that they have the 34 votes necessary to uphold the President’s expected veto if Congress, as expected, passes a resolution disapproving the Obama administration’s deal with Iran. The international agreement is supposed to result in a dismantling of the Iranian nuclear program in return for lifting of sanctions, but given the Iranian leadership’s ongoing theme of “death to America” and “death to Israel” the deal certainly does not signify a sense of international friendship.

Filed Under: International

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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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