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• Has America Ever Been a “Christian Nation”?
• Roger Williams and the Prophetic Blueprint for Religious Liberty
• The Countercultural Idea of a Christian University
• California Judge Rules that Christian Bakery Owner Can Refuse to Make Cakes that Violate Beliefs
• Indiana Court Upholds Ruling Taking Transgender Child Away from Parents Who Refused on Religious Grounds to Use Preferred Pronouns
• Federal Court: Pennsylvania Parents of First Graders Can Sue School District for Violating Parental Rights
• An Urgent Message to the World, Church, American Academia, and Christian Colleges
• Academic Freedom in Context
• Alex Jones, PayPal, and Freedom of Speech – An Explainer
• History in the Baking: Latest Wedding Cake Decision Appealed to Supreme Court
• Yeshiva University vs. YU Pride Alliance
• Postal Worker Asks Supreme Court to Hear Workplace Religious Accommodation Case
• A Christian Response to Moral Chaos
• Supreme Court to Decide Whether a State Can Compel Artists to Create Art Against Their Will (303 Creative v. Elenis)
• Texas court’s refusal to get involved in church dispute underscores the need for Alternative Dispute Resolution
• DOJ sues city for discrimination on behalf of Adventist
• No more Lemon tree – Supreme Court weakens Establishment Clause protections
• Prayer as Political Football – Post-Game Analysis of Kennedy v. Bremerton
• Supreme Court Jeopardizes Unenumerated Rights to Block Abortion
• Why Maine’s religious schools are likely to decline state funding
• Count the Cost: The Hidden Dangers of Government Funding of Religious Education
• Court says Maine Must Pay for Religious Schools: A Trojan Horse for the Culture Wars?
• Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week
• Statement on the Leak in Dobbs
• Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall
• Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions
• Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars
• Biden admin announces “Disinformation Governance Board”
• Supreme Court hears argument in football coach post-game prayer case
• CA bill would make it illegal to investigate deaths of newborns
• What it Means if Roe v. Wade is Overturned
• Satanic Temple Sues Company that Refused “Abortion Ritual” Billboard
• Biden anticipated to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
• Supreme Court to Decide: Can states force artists to speak contrary to their faith?
• Russian occupation will harm religious freedom in Ukraine
• The Pandemic, Vaccination, and the Crisis of Adventist Identity
• Tonga – Mandatory Sunday Rest Laws and the International Date Line
• A Concept in Common: Are Sunday Blue Laws Making a Comeback?
• Explainer: Supreme Court’s OSHA and HHS Vaccine Mandate Decisions
• Biden OSHA vaccine mandate raises constitutional concerns
• Court refuses to block Maine mandate that allows medical but not religious exemptions
• On the Vaccine and Religious Liberty
• Court to consider tax funding of religious schools, pre-viability abortion ban, and clergy activity at executions
• COVID-19 and Texas – Of Vaccines, Abortion, Privacy and Bodily Autonomy
• Why the “Shouting Fire in a Crowded Theater” trope should be retired
• Biden administration and Klobuchar bill to restrict freedom of speech online
• High Court hands Catholic Social Services narrowly drafted victory
• California agrees to stop enforcing restrictions on churches and to pay church attorney fees
• California lifts location and attendance limits on churches following Supreme Court ruling
• US Supreme Court overturns California restrictions on in-home Bible studies
• Supreme Court Declines to Hear Workplace Religious Accommodation Cases
• 9th Circuit Refuses to Block California’s In-home Bible Study Restrictions
• LGBTQ+ Students Sue to Eliminate Title IX Religious Exemption
• Supreme Court: Calif. restrictions on indoor church meetings unconstitutional
• Free Speech and Social Media Censorship: An Analysis
• Court unanimously finds RFRA plaintiffs can sue FBI agents for money damages
• Why the Supreme Court Should Hear the Dalberiste Workplace Religious Accommodation Case
• Dr. C. Norman Farley passes to his rest
• LA County recognizes churches are constitutionally exempt from stay-at-home order
• Los Angeles County lifts restrictions on Grace Community Church
• Court blocks New York Governor’s COVID Restrictions on Religious Congregations
• Goulard: Churches are Absolutely Essential
• FLORIDA: School that gets gov’t money scrutinized for firing teacher based on sexual orientation
• Supreme Court not likely to make individual FBI agents pay for allegedly violating Religious Freedom Restoration Act
• Satanic Temple claims abortion is a religious ritual protected by the Free Exercise clause
• Church deserves trial on constitutionality of shutdown order rules judge
• “I dissent!” A Survey of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Religion Clause Jurisprudence
• Wohlberg: Churches Should Not Surrender Right to Assemble
• LA County fails bid to shut down church and must prove why free exercise rights should be infringed
• Why Churches are Fighting Shutdown Orders
• Two Southern California Judges Refuse to Shut Down Churches This Weekend
• Ventura County Sues to Stop Church from Meeting Indoors
• Founders’ First Freedom urges Supreme Court to Restore Title VII Workplace Religious Accommodation Standard
• Court rules agency can decide if employers must provide contraceptive coverage
• Supreme Court: Religious schools immune from teachers’ discrimination claims
• Did the Supreme Court open the door to regulation of religious schools?
• Soros-backed bid to eliminate anti-prostitution pledge loses at SCOTUS
• Court strikes down Louisiana law that abortion doctors must have admitting privileges at local hospital
• Federal Court rules church can be excluded from California city downtown area
• COVID-19 aid package that does not exclude churches passes with bipartisan support
• Op-Ed: The Charismatic Charlatans of COVID-19
• Should churches “stay-at-home”? Martin Luther offers guidance
• Op-Ed: How parents can navigate the culture of COVID-19 fear
• Op-Ed: People need to help each other during COVID-19 crisis
• Supreme Court considers standing and medical necessity of admitting privileges in Louisiana abortion case
• Supreme Court finds Puerto Rico court lacked jurisdiction to seize Catholic assets to pay school pension obligations
• Supreme Court agrees to hear Philadelphia faith-based adoption agency case
• Supreme Court declines to hear Sabbath accommodation case
• Judge dismisses pension funding case against religious hospital chain
• Could a Supreme Court ruling requiring states to give religious schools voucher money kill voucher programs?
• Dept. of Education Releases Guidance on Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Schools
• “So help me God” and the jury – 11th Circuit rules juror who claimed “divine revelation” properly dismissed
• Supreme Court to decide whether church school teachers are barred from suing for discrimination
• Texas judge sues for right to refuse to perform same-sex weddings
• Supreme Court declines to hear case involving 1925 baptism
• Methodist denomination files suit alleging SMU covertly severed relationship with church
• Solicitor General recommends that Supreme Court hear Sabbath accommodation case
• Bill introduced today seeks to find balance between religious freedom and LBGT rights
• Indiana court rules Christian groups lack standing to challenge state RFRA
• Lemuel V. Sapian releases new book on America’s religious freedom divide
• Supreme Court to decide whether RFRA permits monetary damages against federal employees
• Ryan Snow’s new book explores how Congress passed the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act and why it matters
• Federal Court: Trump’s “Conscience Act” exceeds authority but does not violate the Establishment Clause
• Kentucky Court: Hands On Originals case dismissed – LGBTQ+ rights organization lacks standing
• Analysis: Could churches lose their tax-exempt status if they refuse to recognize same-sex marriage?
• BREAKING: Adventist Church approves pro-life position on abortion
• Primer on U.S. Abortion Law: Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Louisiana abortion restriction
• Tennessee sheriff sued for allegedly forcing a woman to be baptized during traffic stop
• California Court: Transgender person can sue Catholic hospital for discrimination for initially denying transition surgery
• Amidst growing criticism Adventist Church is revisiting abortion position
• Arizona: High court finds card makers can refuse same-sex wedding invite requests
• Catholic / Adventist hospital fires doctor who sued for right to provide suicide drugs
• Opinion: Atheists’ board invocations help religious freedom
• Court to decide whether Title VII protects LGBT employees
• Legal and Legislative Update
• Supreme Court to hear challenge to Montana’s no-aid-to-religion law
• BREAKING: Supreme Court says WWI Cross can stand due to age
• FFRF decides not to appeal 7th Circuit opinion upholding parsonage allowance
• Why the Free Exercise Clause needs to be strengthened
• High Court reverses Oregon finding against bakers and sends case back to lower court for further review
• Supreme Court rules that Title VII EEOC filing requirements are mandatory but not jurisdictional
• In Congress, Federal Equality Act as drafted faces feminist opposition
• Podcast highlights religious liberty and social justice through Adventist lens
• Vatican calls for religious freedom amidst competing strains of secularism and fundamentalism
• Another cake case gives Court opportunity to resolve free exercise confusion
• New York Court Upholds Emergency Mandatory Vaccination
• Supreme Court Requests Solicitor General’s Opinion on Sabbath Accommodation Case
• Historic Churches, WWI Crosses, and Constitutional Confusion at Supreme Court
• Founders’ First Freedom Announces Essay Contest Winners
• Supreme Court: The 8th Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is incorporated against the states via the 14th Amendment
• Parties objecting to regulatory decision must follow administrative process
• High Court decision on Muslim clergy at execution challenges rule of law
• Justices hint interest in revisiting Title VII religious accommodation while declining to hear football coach prayer case
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom of 1786 reminds us of the mutual benefits of church-state separation
• 9th Cir: Catholic School Teacher Fired for Requesting Time for Cancer Treatment May Pursue ADA Discrimination Claim
• Telling the Truth About Santa Claus is “Blasphemy” in America
• Minnesota Congresswoman’s Proposal to Allow Religious Headwear Deserves Support
• Supreme Court to decide whether Excessive Fines Clause applies to states
• Idaho Jury Finds HOA Discriminated Against Religion in Christmas House Case
• Supreme Court Agrees to Hear WWI Memorial Cross Case
• Grace v. Works: Alabama 10 Commandments referendum is theologically confusing
• Clergy Housing Tax Exemption Case Heard by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• Founders’ First Freedom Files “Friend of the Court” Brief Asking Court to Hear Religious Accommodation Case
• Turning Back the Clock: The Plot to Dismantle the Establishment Clause
• California lawmaker withdraws bill that would criminalize religion-based “gay conversion therapy”
• November Election a “Referendum on Your Religion” Trump warns Evangelical leaders
• Love: The Driving Force of Freedom
• John McCain: “No Freedom without Freedom of Religion”
• Constitutional rights of religious students on public college campuses outlined in new document
• CA Bill legalizing encouraging terminally ill to commit physician-assisted suicide passes Assembly
• Cake Wars Round II – Colorado baker files lawsuit to stop cake trolls
• US Senate strikes Johnson Amendment repeal from spending bill
• Kavanaugh on the Religion Clauses
• US Justice Department announces task force to protect free exercise of religion
• A quick look at Justice Kennedy’s Religion Clause jurisprudence
• The Romans 13 Crisis- A pastor looks at the authoritarian use of Scripture
• Supreme Court rules against state-mandated speech
• Misunderstood Authority: Why Christians should reject govt’s use of Romans 13
• Supreme Court: Religious animus irrelevant in Trump travel ban case
• They Came to Serve: Protestant Missionaries, Education, and Social Justice
• Who really won the wedding cake case?
• Florist asks Supreme Court for remand in wake of cake decision
• Breaking: Court issues 7-2 decision in cake case finding bias in tribunal decision
• Parties gearing up for 7th Circuit challenge to clergy housing tax exemption
• Ten years after CA Prop 8, has same-sex marriage affected churches?
• Weaponized Intercession: The Dangers of Using Prayer to Win at Politics
• In six states, religious day care centers avoid regulation at peril of children
• Student religious liberty essay contest to focus on universal human rights
• School worksheet promoted anti-Muslim discrimination says state dept of ed
• Moves by both sides make citizen journalism an endangered species
• Rohingya refugees from Myanmar tell stories of genocide
• Court hears argument on whether pro-life centers must provide abortion information
• Lautenberg Act, Created to Give Religious Immigrants a Fast Pass, in Jeopardy
• Should the church take sides in military conflict?
• Trump administration forms office to protect doctors’ religious beliefs
• Supreme Court hears public sector union compulsory speech case
• Why pastors must train to address abuse situations
• Analysis: CA judge rules pending trial, baker can refuse same-sex wedding cakes
• The real definition of religious liberty
• WA Court finds fired firefighter’s religious free speech rights were violated
• #MeToo isn’t enough – act now to prevent and stop sexual abuse
• Pro se “RICO” case against CA mandatory vaccination law dismissed
• Dangerous Money: Gov’t money to churches has strings attached
• PA Court flushes Amish free exercise claim after 8-year sewer battle
• Court orders parties to brief Establishment Clause issue in travel ban case
• Proposed New York guidelines could permit public school districts to regulate private schools
• 10th Cir. reverses summary judgment in Title VII Sabbath accommodation case
• The Turn at the Gate: What Jesus Knew about the Separation of Church and State
• When Not to Tell the Story: The Ethics of Announcing a Religious Conversion
• Supreme Court declines Establishment Clause challenge to Mississippi LGBT law
• FEMA’s reversal of no-aid policy for churches raises Constitutional concerns
• The Top 5 Religious Liberty Stories of 2017
• Why Congress dropped the Johnson Amendment repeal from tax reform
• Is Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration a Prophecy Fulfilled?
• Johnson Amendment remains in Senate version of tax bill
• Potential Outcomes in Supreme Court Wedding Cake Case
• Pregnancy center case is Supreme Court’s third forced-speech case this term
• Canada’s high court to decide whether courts can hear church membership cases
• Eric Youngberg: Luther Was Willing to Pay Ultimate Price for His Beliefs
• C. Norman Farley: Luther and the Grassroots of Freedom
• Barry Bussey: Martin Luther – Christianity’s most dangerous man
• Steve Wohlberg: The Work of the Reformation Continues
• Bruce Cameron: Luther, Life, and Law
• Scott Fales: Luther’s Transformation of the West
• Edwin Reynolds: Luther’s Impact on the World
• Robert Moon: The Martin Luther Experience
• CA governor vetoes religious employee reproductive privacy bill
• Senate confirms Gingrich as ambassador to Vatican
• New Law – California will not participate in any federal religious registry
• MacIsaac: This Reformation Day, I Still Protest!
• Tax-exemption of clergy housing violates Establishment Clause rules Federal judge
• Advocate Realities: Tips and Principles
• Federal Judge rules Pennsylvania county seal violates Establishment Clause
• Supreme Court may hear California pregnancy center free speech cases
• EEOC files suit against physician who mandated daily religious meetings
• ReligiousLiberty.TV is now part of non-profit Founders First Freedom
• US House votes to defund IRS investigations of church political endorsements
• Trump judicial nominee Barrett faces religious tests from left and right
• Life as One Piece: The Legacy of Dr. Charles Teel
• States Rights, Slavery, the 14th Amendment and Religious Liberty
• Supreme Court may consolidate same-sex wedding cake and flower cases
• Dominionism and the Rise of Alt-Christianity
• 4,000+ faith leaders ask Congress to keep Johnson Amendment
• Waving a Flag or Waving Hate? 3 Pastors and a Pastor’s Wife Tackle Confederate Symbols
• Charlottesville: Racism in the Mainstream
• States prohibiting all non-public school funding may escape Trinity Lutheran impact
• Guest Article: Lessons from My Childhood
• When God is Not on Your Side: Exploring Spiritual Narcissism
• Supreme Court asks lower courts to apply Trinity reasoning to school voucher cases
• Supreme Court to review right of private parties to deny services to same-sex couples
• Supreme Court: State must include church in public funding scheme
• Op-Ed: Castile verdict is a nightmare come to life
• Blessed are the Peacemakers: Why Adventist Clergy Stay Away from Partisan Politics
• Court may hear same-sex wedding cake religious exception case
• Court: Religious hospitals not subject to Federal pension protections
• Texas church subpoena bill appropriately limited in scope
• Geologist sues National Park Service for religious discrimination in refusing research request
• Kentucky Appeals Court upholds free speech rights of Christian printer in narrow opinion
• Trump order essentially affirms Johnson Amendment
• Newsbriefs: 7th Circuit Applies Title VII to Sexual Orientation
• Supreme Court schedules oral arguments in Trinity Lutheran case
• Op-Ed: Church in Recession – Is This Your End?
• Interview: Producer of Oscar-nominated “Hacksaw Ridge” has lived with the story most of his life
• Washington court finds no free exercise right to ignore antidiscrimination law
• CALENDAR: Holly Hollman to speak at La Sierra University on April 25, 2017
• Op-Ed: How Abolishing the Johnson Amendment Would Harm Religious Liberty
• Local churches urged to create policies on electioneering with Johnson Amendment under threat
• Writing competition asks law students to write model Supreme Court opinion in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley
• A Pastor’s Guide to Being Political on the Internet
• Supreme Court to decide if religious hospital pensions are subject to ERISA
• What does the Trump win mean for religious liberty?
• Georgia drops subpoena request for laypastor’s sermons and Bible
• ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ calls Adventists to revisit commitment to non-violence
• Iowa church drops transgender restroom lawsuit
• Defense budget bill would roll back Obama’s 2014 anti-discrimination order
• Evangelicals’ witness suffers due to political maneuvering
• Christians called to higher standard of truthfulness
• California Governor Brown signs SB1146 into law
• Airline made reasonable decision when accommodating monks
• Preventing (and Solving) the Polarization Problem
• Why the United States should not give up control of the Internet naming system
• U.S. Civil Rights Commission report gives free exercise of religion second-tier status
• Civil Rights Advocacy Highlighted at Northwest Religious Liberty Association Anniversary Banquet
• “Ministerial exception” preempts discrimination lawsuit brought by injured church school teacher
• Newly Amended SB 1146 Passes California Assembly
• SB 1146 Amended to Focus on Title IX Exempt Institutions
• America in Bible Prophecy
• CALIFORNIA: Full assembly will likely vote on SB 1146 before August 31
• Living in a World with Increasing Violent Insanity
• Vetting the Veeps: Pence and Kaine on Religious Liberty
• Trump promises to repeal ban on church campaigning in GOP acceptance speech
• Key California Assembly Committee scheduled to hear SB 1146
• Op-Ed: Do Your Homework
• Church sues Iowa for hypothetical gender “law”
• Why a candidate’s support for the free exercise clause matters
• Lionsgate releases first official “Hacksaw Ridge” poster
• Analysis: Amended version of SB 1146 passes CA Assembly Judiciary
• Five legal issues raised by California SB 1146
• Court avoids free exercise minefield of Washington pharmacy case
• California Bill Would Punish Religious Colleges That Discriminate Because of Faith
• “I’m on your side,” Trump tells fawning evangelicals
• Evaluating Clinton’s claim to “reasonable regulation” of Constitutional rights
• How will a Brexit impact religious freedom in Britain?
• EU not a greater guarantor of religious liberty than UK
• Religious liberty implications of Brexit
• Bill Would Limit Scope of Religious Freedom Restoration Act
• Ideological Diversity Endangered on Modern College Campuses
• “I Was a Stranger” – Adventists to Observe World Refugee Day on June 18
• Federal bill introduced to prohibit religion-based denial of immigration
• Court rules Title VII parties can recover fees on procedural wins
• Religious Property Dispute- Katy Perry v. the Nuns v. a Restaurateur v. the Archdiocese
• Venezuela – Tracking the disintegration of a socialist utopia
• The “right to go” – James Standish proposes solution to bathroom wars
• Supreme Court tells parties in contraceptive mandate cases to figure it out
• In the Court: Church claim for state funding could open door to regulation
• Declaring the United States a “Christian Nation” does not make it one
• California legislation seeks to prevent LGBT discrimination in higher education
• “The most important undertaking” – Hillary Clinton on Religious Liberty
• Trump’s troubling evasion of basic religious liberty questions
• Kentucky legislature removes names of county clerks from marriage licenses
• Moot: Federal judge dismisses ACLU suit to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortion services
• Mississippi legislature passes law to weaponize churches
• THE ARTS: Allegiance: A Tale for Today
• Dr. C. Norman Farley joins ReligiousLiberty.TV Advisory Panel
• Rwandan pastor models extreme forgiveness by serving those who killed his family
• Abortion doctor testifies to Senate – “The difference was whether the baby was wanted or unwanted”
• Message of Christ offers hope amidst month’s violence and persecution
• Legal Analysis: Zubik petitioners may have pushed argument too far
• Supreme Court hears oral arguments in key contraception mandate case
• Seeking Peaceful Solutions When Accommodating You Doesn’t Accommodate Me
• Why Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland deserves serious consideration
• California to Implement Assisted Suicide on June 9
• Editorial: Why Trump and his gambling addiction Is Terrifically Bad for America
• Abortionists deny the humanity of the preborn
• Four Chaplains – The Path of Understanding, Compassion, and Self-Sacrifice
• Unaffordable Luxury: A Brief Summary of Justice Scalia’s Free Exercise and Establishment Clause Legacy
• Of Faith and Focus: The battle that matters most is in the heart, not in politics
• Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” Enters Post-Production: Release Target in Time for Oscar?
• Adventist in Kazakhstan sentenced to serve two years in labor camp for profession of faith
• Supreme Court to Decide Whether Taxpayers Must Pay for Church Playground Upgrade
• Oregon Bakers’ $135,000 Fine Held in Escrow Pending Appeal
• Religious Liberty Advocate John Stevens Has Died
• Davis Appeals to 6th Circuit
• New Supreme Court Case Could Stretch RFRA to Breaking Point
• Angry Red Cups and This Year’s “War on Christmas”
• Supremacy Clause Prevents States from Ignoring Supreme Court Decisions
• Adventist Church Releases World Religious Liberty Report
• Mel Gibson’s new film to shine spotlight on Adventist history of conscientious objection
• Why California’s New “Death with Dignity” Law Will Make Suicide Common and Expected
• The Immigration Crisis and the Rule of Law
• Pope’s Speech at U.N. coincides with launch of United Nations’ “new universal Agenda” for humanity
• Yom Kippur, the Scapegoat Ritual, and the Politics of Blame
• Pope Francis Calls for Common Good in Speech to Congress – Full Text
• Why the 14th Amendment and Federal Courts are Essential to Protecting Religious Liberty
• Attack on Independent Judiciary Likely to Intensify Following Davis’ Release
• Opinion: The Spiritual Dimension to the County Clerk’s Refusal to License Same-Sex Marriages
• Government Official Jailed for the “Right” to Discriminate Against Citizens Based on Official’s Religion
• Americans United Expresses Church-State Concerns on Eve of Papal Visit to U.S.
• What Does the Nuclear Deal With Iran Mean?
• If Theocracy was Good for Ancient Israel, Why Isn’t It Good for America?
• Shawn Boonstra on Elective Abortions
• The Theology of the Tax Exemption
• News Briefs and Commentary – July 16, 2015
• Catholic Hospitals Appeal Federal Court Decision Saying They’re Not Catholic Enough
• California Eliminates Religious Exemption to Mandatory Vaccination
• Free Exercise After Obergefell: Warnings from the Dissent
• BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Supreme Court Finds National Right to Same-Sex Marriage
• When Legislation Fails, Gov Jindal Orders ‘Protection of Conscience’
• Supreme Court Rules Sign Ordinance Adversely Affecting Church Fails Strict Scrutiny
• Bill Would Ban Gov’t Discrimination Based on Religious Views of Marriage
• BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Decision a Victory for Religious Accommodation
• Assisted Suicide Legislation Would Leave Elderly, Disabled, and Depressed Vulnerable
• What Allen West Really Got Wrong About ‘Not Steve’
• Supreme Court’s Decision in Obergefell Could Have Far-Reaching Implications
• California Court Rules For-Profit Christian School May Require Teachers’ Faith Statements
• Court Rules Adventist Entitled to Unemployment Benefits After Being Terminated for Absences
• Christianity’s Misguided Battle with Atheism and Secularism
• Gibson Filming Project Based on War Hero Who Refused to Carry Weapon
• Understanding RFRA: Is Religious Freedom the New Bigotry?
• Understanding RFRA: Does Indiana’s New Law Allow Businesses to Discriminate?
• Understanding RFRA: A History – From an Adventist Mill Worker to Hobby Lobby
• Why the EU Should Not Re-Integrate Sunday into the Working Time Directive
• Rabbi Saperstein Sworn in as Ambassador for Religious Freedom
• Adventist Pro-Life Advocates Complete Filming 13-Part Series on Abortion
• Federal Health Care Conscience Rights Act Introduced
• Opinion: Playing Political Football with the President’s Faith
• Unintended Consequences? California Bill Would Eliminate Religious Belief Exemption to Vaccines
• South Dakota to U.S. Supreme Court: Overturn Roe v. Wade
• Illinois Governor Issues Order Banning Compulsory Public Sector Union Fees
• Keep About Your Work
• Washington Bill Simplifies Accommodation for Religious Objectors to Labor Union Dues
• Idaho: Northwest Religious Liberty Association Calls for Conscience Exemption to Anti-Discrimination Legislation
• U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Right of Prisoner to Wear Beard
• Supreme Court Plans to Make National Decision on Same-Sex Marriage – What it Means
• Supreme Court Considers First Amendment Ramifications of Church Sign Ordinance
• Opinion: A Different Perspective on the Year 2014
• EDITORIAL: To Preserve Faith, Keep Church and State Separate
• 7th Circuit Rules Challengers to Ministerial Housing Exemption Lacked Standing
• Hard-fought religious freedom something to celebrate this Thanksgiving
• Religious Freedom Advocate Lee Boothby Dies
• Breaking News: Facing National Pressure, Houston Mayor Drops Subpoenas of Pastors
• Unsettled and Inconsistent Law: Fetal Rights and Personhood
• Adventist Pastor In Ukraine Released from Detention (ANN)
• Seven California churches sue to keep from funding abortion
• Should ministers at for-profit wedding chapels be compelled to perform same-sex ceremonies?
• Many Reasons to Celebrate Constitution
• Opinion: Atheists, Conscience and God’s Name
• Opinion: Will the Quest for Cost Containment Under the Affordable Care Act Lead to Death Panels?
• Adventist Pastor Abducted During Communion Service in Eastern Ukraine
• California Governor Brown Vetoes Mandatory Kindergarten
• Liberty Institute Files EEOC Charge of Discrimination on Behalf of Dr. Eric Walsh
• Healthy Habits
• Habits of Women Who Are Always in Shape
• Prisoner’s Beard Appeal to be Heard by Supreme Court on Oct. 7
• Pope Francis: World’s Current Conflicts Amount to Piecemeal WWIII
• 7th Circuit Overturns Indiana and Wisconsin Bans on Same-Sex Marriage
• Standing to Sue at Issue In 7th Cir. Hearing on Ministerial Housing Allowance
• Religious Liberty in China: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• RUSSIA: “We still cry when we remember the burned books” (Forum 18)
• Trend-Watch: Is a second Hobby Lobby Case in the works?
• ASI 2014: Dr. Eric Walsh on Persecution and the Refiner’s Fire
• Rabbi David Sapperstein Nominated as State Department Religious Freedom Ambassador (ANN)
• Opinion: Persecuted in America?
• Opinion on the Hobby Lobby Decision: More Equal Than Others
• Supreme Court Rules Closely-Held Corporations Have Religious Rights
• U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Right to Pro-Life Political Speech
• Sudanese Christian Woman Detained at Airport after Release from Prison
• Is Your Window Open? – Dr. Eric Walsh Speaks About His Recent Experience
• Prince Charles Writes on Plight of Christians in the Middle East
• Opinion on Court Decision: Prayer at public meetings may be lawful but not expedient
• Rediscovering Agape: Why the Reformation is Not Over
• U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Public Prayers Before Town Council Meetings Are Permissible
• 7th Cir. to Decide Whether Ministerial Housing Exemption is Constitutional
• Why Did the U.S. Supreme Court Decide Not to Hear the New Mexico Photographer’s Appeal?
• After 6-Year Fight, California County Drops Bid to Turn Church Into Bar
• U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear New Mexico Photographer Case
• Opinion: Don’t Use Religious Liberty to Discriminate
• Hobby Lobby Case: How Will the Court Decide?
• Pope Invited to Address Congress by Boehner and Pelosi
• Fear Used to Promote Ugandan Anti-Gay Law
• North Korean Leader Reportedly Orders Death of 33 Christians
• Explainer: What is Happening in Ukraine?
• Reflections on Teaching as a Christian in Public School
• Arizona Governor Vetoes SB 1062
• Arizona SB 1062 is a Bad Idea and Should Be Vetoed!
• ADL Posthumously Honors Dutch Hero John Henry Weidner for Saving Hundreds from the Holocaust
• On Being a Pro-life Atheist
• Liberty Twice Removed
• Idaho Bill HB 426 Would Create Religious Right to Discriminate
• Standing Firm For Faith While Seeking Mutually Acceptable Solutions – Is it Possible to Peacefully Resolve the Religious Wars in America’s Marketplace?
• Will Lawyers In Canada Soon Face A Religious Test? The Hypersensitive Response Over Canada’s First Openly Christian Law School
• Pew Research Reports Six-Year Peak in Religious Hostilities
• Arguments scheduled on whether RFRA allows employers to limit contraceptive coverage
• Reviewing 2013 – The Year in Religious Liberty
• Guest Opinion: Endless exemptions for faith? Hobby Lobby case not a simple one
• One-third of Americans reject evolution, poll shows (Reuters)
• Obama administration should promote international religious freedom | Washington Times Communities
• Congress strengthens religious freedom for the military | Dec. 26, 2013
• Michael Gerson: Free speech requires tolerance | Cjonline.com Mobile
• Flagged Bill: HJR 1 – Joint Resolution on Religious Liberty, Rep. Anderegg | Utah Political Capitol
• The Hands of Jesus – Elective Abortions in Adventist Hospitals (Sermon Transcript)
• Oregon Pastor Calls for End to Elective Abortions in Adventist Hospitals
• OPINION – Mandate Debate: Why I Cannot Support Hobby Lobby’s “Religious Freedom” Claim
• Fewer children aborted, more children in need: how pro-lifers should respond
• The New Benjamin Still Trusts in God
• Why The Supreme Court Ruling On Legislative Prayer Won’t Affect All Christians
• A Mighty Fortress Is Our God – What the Anthem of the Reformation Means to Me
• Marriage Proceedings: Making Sense of the Same-Sex Marriage Cases (Liberty Magazine)
• Aftershock: The Historical and Religious Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials (Liberty Magazine)
• Washington Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Whether State Law Requires Religious Accommodation
• Same-Sex Marriage Advocates File Lawsuits Challenging Utah and Michigan Laws
• U.S. President Discusses Imprisoned Pastor with Iranian President
• EEOC Files Suit On Behalf of Employee Who Objects to Biometric ID
• OPINION: Does Religion Make Civilization Possible?
• Religious Liberty News Briefs
• The Christian’s Involvement in Human Governments and the Politics of War
• Quebec Government Takes Aim at Religious Expression of Public Workers
• How Would An Attack on Syria Affect the Religious Liberty of the Syrian People?
• “Examining the Government’s Record on Implementing the International Religious Freedom Act” – US House of Representatives
• Ultimate Values: A Method for Resolving Cases that Force a Choice between Discrimination and Religious Liberty
• Into the Minefield: US Supreme Court to Consider Legislative Prayer in October
• Court Is ‘One of Most Activist,’ Ginsburg Says, Vowing to Stay – NYTimes.com
• “The Price of Citizenship”? New Mexico Supreme Court rules Christian must photograph same-sex ceremony
• Egypt: Mob burns Adventist Church in Assiut (ANN)
• (VIDEO) Greg Hamilton: “We The People” and Christ’s Counter-Revolution
• The Wisdom of Solomon? The Seventh-day Adventist General Conference Abortion Decision 1970-1971
• In the Middle: God Is Still Writing Our Stories
• A Call for Peace in the Fight Over Same-Sex Marriage
• Pakistan: Adventist Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Blasphemy (ANN)
• International Report: Human Rights at Risk in Australian Internment Camp
• The Firebrand: The Dangers of Speaking Truth to Power (Liberty Magazine)
• Serious Commitment to Faith is Par for the Course for 2013 UC Davis Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee
• Down Syndrome Births Drop in U.S. as More Women Abort – ABC News
• What Changed? Will the Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Cases Affect You?
• No upside for babies – NIH should withdraw funding for research on cannabis use during pregnancy
• Two Supreme Court Decisions Narrow Scope of Employers’ Title VII Liability
• Down the Rabbit Hole: What’s Really at Stake With Domestic Surveillance? (Huffington Post)
• Grow Together: Lessons from the Wheat and Tares
• Prayers, Parks, and Monuments: Litigation Over Religious Symbols in America
• A Concentrated Blaze of Truth to Shine Against Darkness
• State Department Reports on Serious Freedom Abuses Abroad (CenterForLiberty.org)
• 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)
• 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
• 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?
• 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
• 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
• Top Religious Liberty Stories of 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, gambling and religious freedom
• A Dwight Nelson Sermon on Politics: American Confusion
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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
• 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
• Proposed Missouri gun law expanding concealed carry to churches violates religious liberty, say clergy
• 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
• 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)
• 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!
• 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’
• 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?
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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?
• Ten Commandments’ return to Va. school district depends on legal battle’s outcome
• 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
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• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• 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)
• What Wall? (Alison Agins)
• Residents, Church Vie For History-Rich Russian Isles (NPR)
• 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)
• 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)
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• Religious intolerance now driving persecution of minorities across the world (Minority Rights Group)
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• VIDEO – Pat Robertson Gives Religion A Bad Name With His Disaster Comments – CNN
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• Pope Benedict: “the Great Consolidator” (American Spectator)
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• Event “Slavery: The Fight We Thought Was Over” – Walla Walla – January 14-18, 2010
• Cargo: Innocence Lost Movie
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• 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
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• Interview with Jeff Sharlet: The Secret Political Reach Of ‘The Family’ (National Public Radio)
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• INTERVIEW: John Marcotte, Author of the 2010 California Protection of Marriage Act
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• US court rules against “I Believe” car license plates (APD)
• UK – Health and safety
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• House Healthcare Vote – A Huge Triumph for the Catholic Church (America Magazine)
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• Scholarship contest asks high school students to revisit JFK speech on separation of church and state
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• PBS Series “Liberty’s Kids” Now on YouTube
• HISTORY: Sousa’s Band Under Ban of Sunday Blue Law
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• 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
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• 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)
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• 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)
• 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)
• 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
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• Jerusalem: The Pope in Search of Christians (LinkTV)
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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
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• 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
• 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)
• 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)
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• 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)
• 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
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• VIDEO: Palin linked political success to prayer of Kenyan witch hunter
• VIDEO: Michael Gerson on the Emerging Center of Evangelicalism
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• Trivia Question: Which Current State Governor Participated in an Exorcism?
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• VIDEOS: Obama’s, McCain’s and Palin’s Pastor Problems
• VIDEO: God in China – The Struggle for Religious Freedom
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• 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
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• VIDEO: R. Gustav Niebuhr: “The False Promises of Tolerance” (Chataqua Institution)
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• 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
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• 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
• 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)
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• 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)
• 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
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• 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”
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• 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
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• 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)
• Take Money, Lose Faith – Seven Catholic Schools turned into public schools in Washington DC (Maryland Daily Record)
• IRLA Meeting draws large crowd in Angola
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• VIDEO: Michael Newdow in Panel at Boston College on Religious Freedom and the Pledge of Allegiance
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• ADVOCACY: There’s More to Faith than James Dobson (FaithfulAmerica.org)
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• Professor Steven Calabresi on Enforcing Morality (Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy)
• VIDEO: Increasing American Religious Comity (Pew Forum by way of Spectrum Magazine)
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• VIDEO: Proselytism and Religion – A Hindu Perspective
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• VIDEO: Interview with James Carroll about Christianity and Violence
• Wisconsin: Freedom from Religion Foundation Asks State to Halt Assembly Prayers
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• 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
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• 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)
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• 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
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• VIDEO: Could Gay Marriage Erode Non-Profit Tax-Exempt Status?
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• 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)
• 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)
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• Economic interdependency quiets voices against Chinese human rights abuses
• Film Review – “Expelled” – Darwin’s Kool-Aid (CFP)
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• 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
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