This year the Defamation of Religions Resolution will once again be voted on in the UN General Assembly. Its supporters claim that it protects religious freedom… but in fact it does the exact opposite. It allows governments the power to determine which religious views can and can’t be expressed in their country, and it gives…
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Hillary Clinton: Religious liberty is essential and must not be kept private
November 17, 2010. Speaking at the launch of the US State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report, Hillary Clinton spoke of the importance of religious freedom. She said the freedom is “both a fundamental human right and an essential element to any stable, peaceful, thriving society”.
A Christian Nation: But Which Christianity? (Baptist Joint Committee)
A Christian Nation: But Which Christianity? from Jeff Huett on Vimeo. Mercer University President William D. Underwood delivers the keynote address at the 2010 Religious Liberty Council Luncheon in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Read more at BJCOnline.org)
Mayor Bloomberg Gives Stirring Speech on Mosque
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Italy Fights School Crucifix Ban (AJE)
The Italian government has begun its appeal against a decision by the European Court of Human Rights to ban crucifixes in school classrooms.
EU Panelists Discuss European Work Free Sunday
In this debate, you can watch Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL), Nirj Deva (ECR), Antigoni Papadopoulou (S&D) and Nadja Hirsch (ALDE) voice their views on the Protection of a work free Sunday in the EU.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human rights refers to the “basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled.”
C. Welton Gaddy: Between Religion and Politics (Chautauqua Institution)
Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, president of The Interfaith Alliance and whose past leadership roles include president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State and chair of the Pastoral Leadership Commission of the Baptist World Alliance, discusses the philosophy and implications of secularism and the importance of a relationship between religion and politics.
Jefferson and Mason: From Toleration to Freedom (Chautauqua Institution)
Charles Haynes, senior scholar at the First Amendment Center, has a conversation with actors portraying George Mason and Thomas Jefferson on the subject of universal rights and the free exercise of religion.