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Hitchens on the Danger of Emotions Underlying Self-Pity of Beck Rally (Slate)

Posted on September 6, 2010September 6, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Christopher Hitchens in Slate: In a rather curious and confused way, some white people are starting almost to think like a minority, even like a persecuted one. What does it take to believe that Christianity is an endangered religion in America or that the name of Jesus is insufficiently spoken or appreciated? Who wakes up…

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9th Circuit: World Vision Can Continue Faith-Based Hiring

Posted on August 25, 2010August 25, 2010 by Michael Peabody

On August 23, 2010, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that World Vision is a religious organization and is therefore exempt from Title VII prohibitions on religious discrimination. Three  former employees Silvia Spencer, Ted Youngberg, and Vicki Hulse had had filed suit against the well-known humanitarian organization in 2007, claiming they had been victims…

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Islamophobia: Stoking Fears about an American Community

Posted on August 19, 2010August 19, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

As a country that has long prided itself on representing a superior national enterprise, we must learn from our past. We have not yet taken unconscionable measures against our Muslim citizens and must avoid doing so at all costs. As our history indicates, our Constitutional values may well be at stake when we fear and…

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An Analysis of the Results of the Federal Prop 8 Same-Sex Marriage Trial

Posted on August 5, 2010August 5, 2010 by Michael Peabody

In short, Judge Walker ruled based on the evidence presented, as any trial judge should, and regardless of his own personal sexual orientation or biases, Prop 8 supporters simply did not make a viable case for themselves. Sloganeering may have won the election but did not win a trial where real evidence was required. Prop 8 supporters may later look at the ruling and claim it was wrongly decided but as this essay points out, the reality is that they did a poor job presenting their evidence and only put two witnesses on the stand, both of whom had previously written statements that contradicted their testimony in favor of Prop 8. When both of these witnesses were neutralized, Prop 8 advocates had nothing left with which to prove their case and any effort by any judge to add in facts to uphold Prop 8 would have been the very definition of judicial activism.

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Transcript of Mayor Bloomberg’s Speech on Ground Zero Mosque

Posted on August 3, 2010August 3, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Delivered August 3, 2010 at Governors Island in New York. “We’ve come here to Governors Island to stand where the earliest settlers first set foot in New Amsterdam, and where the seeds of religious tolerance were first planted. We come here to see the inspiring symbol of liberty that more than 250 years later would…

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Why Using “Landmark Status” to Block the NY Mosque is a Threat to Religious Land Use Rights

Posted on July 22, 2010September 7, 2010 by Michael Peabody

I recently received a message from Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) calling on Christians to protest plans to build a mosque in Manhattan near Ground Zero. (http://www.aclj.org/TrialNotebook/Read.aspx?ID=973 ) Although the ACLJ, not to be confused with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), does not try to hide the fact…

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Why Using “Landmark Status” to Block the NY Mosque is a Threat to Religious Land Use Rights

Posted on July 22, 2010December 31, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

I recently received a message from Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) calling on Christians to protest plans to build a mosque in Manhattan near Ground Zero. (http://www.aclj.org/TrialNotebook/Read.aspx?ID=973 ) Although the ACLJ, not to be confused with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), does not try to hide the fact…

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Analysis – Christian Legal Society v. Hastings – The Lesson: Stipulations Matter

Posted on July 16, 2010July 22, 2010 by Michael Peabody

Earlier this month, the United States Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling holding that it was not unconstitutional for a public institution (Hastings University Law School) to require a institution-recognized student group (Christian Legal Society (CLS)) to allow any student to participate in the group regardless of their status or beliefs. You can read the…

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A Short History Of The Conscientious Objector (Liberty Magazine)

Posted on July 12, 2010July 22, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Michael Peabody, editor of ReligiousLiberty.TV, writes for the July / August 2010 issue of Liberty Magazine.  The full article is available in print and online at http://www.libertymagazine.org/index.php?id=1636 EXCERPT: The date was June 5, 1917, the first day of the draft. Sousa’s Band struck up “Stars and Stripes Forever” and the 6,000 in attendance at the…

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Promoting Religious Liberty: Whither the Obama Administration? (Doug Bandow – Huffington Post)

Posted on July 11, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPT: The Obama administration has talked much about increased engagement and improved outreach abroad. But it has neglected to offer effective support for one of the most important human rights, religious liberty. The dilatory nomination of Dr. Cook as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom is a start. Much more remains to be done, however. It…

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