Author Archive: John Stevens

OPINION: O'Connor's 4th Circuit Ruling on City Council Prayer

On Wednesday, July 23, 2008,  in Turner v. City Council of Fredericksburg, (4th Cir., July 23, 2008), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of appeals upheld the policy of Fredericksburg, Virginia's city council requiring prayers which open its sessions to be non-denominational. In an opinion by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, sitting by designation on the case, the court held […]

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John Stevens responds to Prof. Daniel Crane's article on privatizing marriage

John V. Stevens, Sr., an experienced religious liberty advocate, responds to Professor Crane's article "A Judeo-Christian Argument for Privatizing Marriage" from his perspective as a Seventh-day Adventist.  He has provided his kind permission to reproduce it here.  I hope that this can be a springboard for discussion on this important issue facing all Americans regardless of religious affiliation. Editor Thank […]

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