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Archives for May 2016

Ideological Diversity Endangered on Modern College Campuses

May 31, 2016 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Guest Opinion: College students are, for lack of a better word, being brainwashed. They are being fed the left-wing ideology, without the necessary diversity of opinion. These students then graduate, having internalized what they’ve been taught, as the absolute truth. You cannot debate them because they won’t debate. They will express anger at opposing views and refuse to listen.

Filed Under: Education, Free Speech Tagged With: Censorship, college campuses, Free Speech

“I Was a Stranger” – Adventists to Observe World Refugee Day on June 18

May 25, 2016 by Michael Peabody

On Saturday, June 18, 2016, the Seventh-day Adventist Church will be observing World Refugee Day.

Filed Under: International Tagged With: Immigration, refugee, religious liberty, Seventh-day Adventist

Federal bill introduced to prohibit religion-based denial of immigration

May 25, 2016 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

On May 12, Rep. Donald Beyer (D-Va) and 103 co-sponsors introduced legislation that would prohibit immigration authorities from refusing to admit aliens on the basis of religion or lack of religion.

Filed Under: Immigration, Legal Issues, Legislation Tagged With: Congress, Donald Beyer, Donald Trump, Immigration, Religion, religious freedom, religious liberty, U.S. Congress

Court rules Title VII parties can recover fees on procedural wins

May 25, 2016 by Michael Peabody

The Supreme Court’s ruling in CRST Van Lines v. EEOC (5/19/16) allows potential award of attorney fees even if court does not reach merits.

Filed Under: Employment Law, Legal Issues Tagged With: attorney fees, eeoc, Title VII litigation

Religious Property Dispute- Katy Perry v. the Nuns v. a Restaurateur v. the Archdiocese

May 24, 2016 by Michael Peabody

Last year, the Los Angeles Archdiocese agreed to sell a former convent belonging to the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary to pop singer Katy Perry for $14.5 million in cash. At the same time, the nuns agreed to sell the property to restaurateur Dana Hollister for $15.5 million. Now it’s up to a court to decide which of these sales will go through.

Filed Under: Land Use, Religious Institutions Tagged With: convent, ecclesiastical law, Katy Perry, Los Angeles Archdiocese, property dispute, religious liberty, religious property

Venezuela – Tracking the disintegration of a socialist utopia

May 24, 2016 by Michael Peabody

Venezuela’s dream of a socialist utopia is quickly disintegrating. How did it get to this point? Will religious liberty survive?

Filed Under: Current Events

The “right to go” – James Standish proposes solution to bathroom wars

May 19, 2016 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The war over who gets to use which public restroom has become a major topic of debate in recent months. James Standish, an American lawyer currently living in Australia and the former executive director of the US Commission on Freedom of Religion or Belief recently proposed a common-sense solution in an article in the Washington Examiner.

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: bathroom, culture, LBGT

Supreme Court tells parties in contraceptive mandate cases to figure it out

May 16, 2016 by Michael Peabody

Perhaps in recognition of the long-term perils faced by both parties, the Court today took on the role of a mediator and even outlined a potential pathway toward resolution.

Filed Under: Current Events

In the Court: Church claim for state funding could open door to regulation

May 12, 2016 by Michael Peabody

A number of religious organizations have filed amicus briefs in support of a church that is suing the state of Missouri for discrimination when churches are categorically denied funding under the state constitution, but at the same time want to reserve the right to discriminate against groups and individuals when it comes to the use of state-funded church-based infrastructure. Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley is ostensibly only about the availability of direct funding for a church playground, but will this open the door to state regulation of access to the funded infrastructure in the future?

Filed Under: Current Events

Declaring the United States a “Christian Nation” does not make it one

May 12, 2016 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Why attempt to change the Constitution to declare the United States is a Christian Nation is a pointless exercise – satire from the American Sentinel – 1886

Filed Under: Constitution, History

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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.

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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.

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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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— Ronald Reagan

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