By Derek H. Davis, J.D., Ph.D. Excerpt: “President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Thursday, February 5, to create the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The office replaces the controversial Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives that George W. Bush created to provide government grants to churches and other faith-based organizations to administer welfare programs. “The goal of this office will not be to favor one religious group over another–or even religious groups over secular groups,” Obama stated when announcing the new office at the annual National Prayer Breakfast. The purpose, he said, “will simply be to work on behalf of those organizations that want to work on behalf of our communities, and to do so without blurring the line that our founders wisely drew between church and state.”
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Workplace Religious Accommodation: Man Refuses to Drive ‘No God’ Bus (BBC)
A Christian bus driver has refused to drive a bus with an atheist slogan proclaiming “There’s probably no God”.
Barack Obama on Religious Tolerance and Persecution
Obama: Over time, what we are doing is setting up new norms and creating a universal principle that people’s faith and people’s beliefs have to be protected.
VIDEO: Atheists Place Sign at Washington State Capitol Nativity – O’Reilly Protests
OLYMPIA, Wash. — An atheist group has unveiled an anti-religion placard in the state Capitol, joining a Christian Nativity scene and “holiday tree” on display during December.
Full Text of Decision: North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group v. Benitez – California Supreme Court (August 8, 2008)
Filed 8/18/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA NORTH COAST WOMEN’S CARE ) MEDICAL GROUP, INC., et al., ) ) Petitioners, ) ) S142892 v. ) ) Ct.App. 4/1 D045438 SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, ) ) San Diego County Respondent; ) Super. Ct. No. GIC770165 _____________________________________ ) ) GUADALUPE T. BENITEZ, ) ) Real…
Significant Differences Emerging Between McCain and Obama in Prospective Judicial Nominees (NY Times)
It is looking more and more likely that either Barack Obama or John McCain will be the next President of the United States. They will leave a lasting legacy in the form of their judicial appointments. The New York Times today posted a good analysis of how they may decide who interprets the law. Thanks…
Belarus: ‘We are reclaiming our history as a land of religious freedom’ (ChristianToday.com)
Read the full version, which includes a fascinating review of the history of religious liberty in Belarus, online at http://www.christiantoday.com/articledir/print.htm?id=19015 by By Antoni Bokun, Pastor of John the Baptist Pentecostal Church in Minsk Posted: Saturday, May 24, 2008, 10:54 (BST) Belarus has been renowned [for its] freedom of conscience for centuries. This is why religious…
Does Constitution apply to enemy combatant on U.S. soil? (AP)
In the War Against Terror, it may be difficult to determine who the enemy is. Does the Constitution apply to a U.S. resident held on U.S. soil? WASHINGTON (AP) — If his cell were at Guantanamo Bay, the prisoner would be just one of hundreds of suspected terrorists detained offshore, where the U.S. says the…
Barack Obama’s judicial nominees (Baltimore Sun)
James Oliphant of the Baltimore Sun blogged about Barack Obama’s judicial nominees. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/printer-obama_on_judges.html Here is some of what Obama has said on the topic: What you’re looking for is somebody who is going to apply the law where it’s clear. Now there’s gonna be those five percent of cases or one percent of cases where…
McCain to make religious freedom a key foreign policy issue (AFP)
Religion continues to be a hot issue in the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Thanks for this link goes to Greg Hamilton at the Northwest Religious Liberty Association. Read more at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080507/pl_afp/usvoterepublicanmccain&printer=1;_ylt=AhjJFbLNU1DYDT4tT6gbFpGtOrgF by Carlos Hamann Wed May 7, 3:52 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain vowed in a speech on Wednesday to…