Embracing Exclusivity: How civic religion at inauguration abridges religious freedom
By Michael Newdow - EXCERPT: "Two months ago, when the American people chose Barack Obama to serve in the highest office in the land,…
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February 2009
The First Baptist in America (Florida Baptist Witness)
The earliest Baptists in America stemmed from a group of like-minded individuals who surrounded Roger Williams. It was on Feb. 5, 1631, that Roger…
January 2009
Celebrate Religious Freedom Day on January 16
Since 1993 each year, the President declares January 16th to be “Religious Freedom Day,” and calls upon Americans to “observe this day through appropriate…
It is a sad reflection of our time that Che Guevara is seen as a hero (Telegraph)
Two new films out this month give the full Hollywood treatment to two very different military and political heroes. By Nigel Jones It is…
December 2008
New Religions: A Small Sect Makes it to the Supreme Court
By Monte Sahlin - The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted an appeal from a religion that you probably never heard of until it hit…
Methodists and Wahhabis (Middle East Online)
Saudi Arabia and the United States are the Odd Couple of the twenty-first century. One a monarchy, the other a democracy. One founded on…
Roosevelt’s or Reagan’s America? A Time for Choosing
By John Marini - Imprimis - In light of the differences between the ideas and policies of Roosevelt and Reagan, it is not surprising…
November 2008
Pilgrims among first to recognize that socialism doesn’t work (Salem News)
America's first experiment with socialism was an abject failure that cost the lives of more than half of the foundering settlers by 1627. After…
September 2008
CANADA: Symposium to be held on Conscientious Objection
The Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada is sponsoring a Symposium on Conscientious Objection in the Seventh-day…
Martin Sheen on Church / State Separation
Television president, Martin Sheen, narrates this video, produced by People For the American Way, about the history of separation of church & state and…