Church and State
An Analysis of the Results of the Federal Prop 8 Same-Sex Marriage Trial
In short, Judge Walker ruled based on the evidence presented, as any trial judge should, and regardless of his own personal sexual orientati…
Current Events
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Current Events
Transcript of Mayor Bloomberg’s Speech on Ground Zero Mosque
Delivered August 3, 2010 at Governors Island in New York. “We’ve come here to Governors Island to stand where the earliest settl…
Current Events
Why Using “Landmark Status” to Block the NY Mosque is a Threat to Religious Land Use Rights
I recently received a message from Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) calling on Christians to protest plans to b…
Current Events
Analysis – Christian Legal Society v. Hastings – The Lesson: Stipulations Matter
Earlier this month, the United States Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling holding that it was not unconstitutional for a public institution (H…
Current Events
A Short History Of The Conscientious Objector (Liberty Magazine)
Michael Peabody, editor of ReligiousLiberty.TV, writes for the July / August 2010 issue of Liberty Magazine. The full article is available…
Current Events
Promoting Religious Liberty: Whither the Obama Administration? (Doug Bandow – Huffington Post)
EXCERPT: The Obama administration has talked much about increased engagement and improved outreach abroad. But it has neglected to offer eff…
Constitution
So Much For Religious Liberty (Forbes)
By Richard Epstein EXCERPT: What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. One glaring weaknesses of the modern law on religious…
Current Events
Campus Christian Groups Loses Appeal at Supreme Court (CNN)
EXCERPT: CNN – The Supreme Court has ruled against a Christian campus group that sued after a California law school denied it official…
Church and State
‘Under God’ Spray-Painted On Secularist Billboard (WSOC)
EXCERPT: Charlotte, NC (WSOC) – A secularist billboard on the Billy Graham Parkway was vandalized over the weekend.The billboard, whic…
Current Events
Nikki Haley provokes question: What’s Sikhism? (CNN)
EXCERPT: By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN – While researching my prior post about Nikki Haley coming under attack by her fellow Sou…