Current Events
Talking Points SB 786 – Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act
GENERAL Talking Points Federal Religious Accommodation Law Defining terms: “Undue hardship.” Title VII of the U.S.…
Current Events
Economic interdependency quiets voices against Chinese human rights abuses
By Michael D. Peabody Last week as it circled the globe, protesters chased the Olympic flame as it…
Video
Film Review – “Expelled” – Darwin’s Kool-Aid (CFP)
I’ve been seeing the Google-generated ad on this site for several days now, and finally decided to learn…
Education
Wall of silence broken at Minnesota’s Muslim public school
A Minnesota columnist reports on her visit to a “Muslim public school” in Minneapolis. It will be interesting…
Current Events
The New Blue Laws – Slate.com
Slate contributor and labor union attorney, Paul L. Edenfield, asks the questions as to workers have the right…
Discrimination
Worker wins $6.5 million in reverse religious discrimination suit
A former employee of Kelly Services, a worldwide provider of temporary workers, was awarded more than $6.5 million…
Civil Rights
McCain shies away from religion talk – Politico.com
Presidential candidate John McCain remains private about his religion. By Jonathan Martin – Politico.com Traversing the country this…
Current Events
Obama’s Faith-Based Outreach Hit By Wright Controversy
Religion is supposed to be Barack Obama’s strength. Unlike many Democratic candidates before him, Obama speaks with ease…
Human Life
British researchers create human-animal hybrid embryo amid political row
For the first time in Britain, researchers at Newcastle University said Tuesday they had created human-animal hybrid embryos,…
Supreme Court
Supreme Court to consider Ten Commandments vs. ‘Seven Aphorisms’
Must a city park that displays one monument also permit others’? By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times…