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Charles Colson on media indifference to international religious freedom

Posted on August 21, 2009November 17, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Charles Colson recently wrote an interesting editorial on the media’s non-response to religious freedom issues in India.  Here is an excerpt followed by a link to the full article: In 1998, Congress created the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Its mandate was to “monitor the status of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion…

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Open Forum: What does religious freedom mean to you?

Posted on August 16, 2009November 17, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Here is how some members of our Facebook community responded to the question, “What does religious freedom mean to you?” William Brooks: I once heard a pastor speak on religious liberty and its meaning, and since then, I have claim this meaning for myself.”Religious liberty means, I am free worship as I please, or to go fishing.” To…

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Tennesee governor signs Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law

Posted on August 16, 2009November 5, 2012 by Michael Peabody

  On July 1, 2009, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law.  Introduced in February, House Bill 1598 requires Tennessee courts to apply the “compelling state interest” test to cases in which a law substantially burdens one’s right of free exercise of religion. The state now has the burden of…

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First religious liberty festival in Jerusalem draws hundreds (ANN)

Posted on August 9, 2009August 9, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Source: Adventist News Network   Hundreds of religious liberty proponents from Israel and the Palestinian Territories gathered in Jerusalem Sunday for the symbolic city’s first festival of religious freedom. The event generated a “climate of good understanding” among attendees that organizers hope will spur increased tolerance in the region, said John Graz, secretary-general for the…

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When work and religion collide

Posted on July 21, 2009July 21, 2009 by Jim Evans

Because religious beliefs are protected and there is a more diverse workforce, religious accommodation issues have increased. This article was written by originally published in the July 19, 2009 Zanesville TimesRecorder and is reprinted here with the permission of the author. By Jim Evans This is not your father’s workplace. A snapshot of today’s workforce looks dramatically…

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Governor signs Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act

Posted on July 21, 2009August 16, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Northwest Religious Liberty Association Press Release – July 21, 2009 The Stage Was Set On a sweltering Friday summer evening, and just two minutes prior to going on stage before approximately 2,000 Seventh-day Adventist Christians at the Gladstone, Oregon Campmeeting, the Honorable Representative Dave Hunt (D), Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Oregon Legislature,…

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Justice Department Files Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Essex County, New Jersey (DOJ Release)

Posted on July 19, 2009July 19, 2009 by Administrator

The Department filed a lawsuit today against Essex County, N.J., alleging that it discriminated against a Muslim corrections officer on the basis of her religion in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The suit alleges that the county refused to permit Yvette Beshier to wear a religiously mandated headscarf while working as a corrections officer.

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Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signs the Workplace Religious Freedom Act

Posted on July 17, 2009August 16, 2009 by Administrator

Breaking News:  We have received word that Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski has signed the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act (SB 786). SB 786 requires employers to make credible attempts to accommodate religious holy day observance and religious dress. Prior to SB 786, employers in Oregon could make only the bare minimum effort to meet accommodation…

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Oregon law is too strict on teachers’ religious garb (Oregonian)

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Administrator

EXCERPT: In nearly every state in the union, local school districts have the discretion to say whether teachers can wear religious garb such as yarmulkes, turbans and head scarves while on the job. Not around these parts. Oregon is one of only two states with laws that expressly forbid public school teachers from wearing religious…

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Law Professor Alan Brownstein on California marriage debate (Liberty Magazine)

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Administrator

Religious liberty and equality is predicated on the right to be different. Its underlying principle is that we do not have to accept the truth or value of someone else’s religious beliefs in order to agree that those beliefs and practices deserve protection against discriminatory treatment.

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