Workplace Discrimination Claims On the Rise (BeliefNet – RNS)
The proposed Workplace Religious Freedom Act would provide greater protections but has languished in Congress for more than a decade, despite broad bipartisan support…
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Category: Current Events
January 2009
US Says Kyrgyz Law Would Restrict Religious Freedom (VOA News)
U.S. lawmakers are urging Kyrgyzstan's president not to sign legislation they say will severely restrict religious freedom in the Central Asian country.
Religious group promotes new Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom that stands against secularism
Thanks to Pastor John Bechtel for forwarding information about a movement to expand the definition of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom to include…
Burma launches new crackdown on religious groups
EXCERPT: Burma's military junta has begun a new round of anti-Christian campaigning, pro-democracy activists have claimed. On Jan 13 the Democratic Voice of Burma…
Human Rights Nightmare: Indian mafia gangs are deliberately crippling children for profit (DailyMail.co.uk)
EXCERPT: Now in hiding after being rescued from the hospital by a charity, Aamir is one of hundreds of Indian children deliberately crippled by…
Judge Bork predicts ‘terrible conflict’ will endanger U.S. Catholics’ religious freedom (CNA)
Former Supreme Court nominee Judge Robert Bork has predicted that upcoming legal battles will have significant ramifications for religious freedom. He names as issues…
The role of religion under Obama (CS Monitor)
WASHINGTON - After decades of ceding God to the GOP, at least in the public square, Democrats – with President Obama in the lead…
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…
The Passing of Richard John Neuhaus (1936 – 2009)
On January 8, 2009, Richard John Neuhaus, 72, the intellectual force behind an influential coalition between Catholics and Protestants passed away after a long…
Lawsuit filed to remove “So help me God” from inaugural oath (USA Today)
A George Washington myth bites the dust: There’s no eyewitness documentation he ever added “So help me God” to the end of his constitutionally…