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 […]
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
Hillary Clinton: Religious liberty is essential and must not be kept private Read More »
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)
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The Italian government has begun its appeal against a decision by the European Court of Human Rights to ban crucifixes in school classrooms.
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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.
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Human rights refers to the “basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled.”
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Read More »
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
C. Welton Gaddy: Between Religion and Politics (Chautauqua Institution) Read More »
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.
Jefferson and Mason: From Toleration to Freedom (Chautauqua Institution) Read More »
