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Two American Pastors Jailed in July

July 19, 2012 by Michael Peabody

Last week two Christian pastors were jailed in the United States for violation of court orders involving two different types of property disputes.

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Free Speech, Intellectual Property, Land Use, Legal Issues Tagged With: Creation Seventh day Adventist, Federal, freedom of conscience, Harvest Christian Fellowship, intellectual property, liberty of conscience, Loma Linda University, Phoenix land use, religious liberty, San Bernardino, Seventh-day Adventist, trademark, trademark infringement

California Senate Approves Controversial Counseling Ban (Pacific Justice Institute)

June 1, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The California Senate today voted in favor of a groundbreaking bill designed to prohibit counselors and therapists from telling young people it is possible to change same-sex attractions.

Filed Under: Current Events, Education, Family, Free Speech, Health, In the News, Marriage Tagged With: California Legislature, Pacific Justice Institute, SB 1172, Ted Lieu

Ronald Reagan on Preserving the Sacred Fire of Human Liberty

May 7, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Remarks of President Ronald Reagan on the 200th anniversary of Signing of the the U.S. Constitution on September 18, 1987. s we stand here today before Independence Hall, we can easily imagine that day, Sept. 17, 1787, when the delegates rose from their chairs and arranged themselves according to the geography of their states, beginning […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Constitution, Current Events, Free Speech, Supreme Court Tagged With: covenant, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Constitution

Tom McClintock – CISPA Cyber-security Bill – A Truly Orwellian Measure

April 30, 2012 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Speech Made by Congressman Tom McClintock from the House Floor on April 27, 2012

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Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Featured Video, Free Speech, Video Tagged With: CICPA, Congressman McClintock, Cyber Security, data, Internet providers, McClintock, Orwell, Tom McClintock, warrant

Apple Bids Adieu to ‘Jew or not Jew?’ iPhone App in France (CNN)

September 15, 2011 by Martin Surridge

EXCERPT: “Jew or not Jew?”: That is just part of the question. An iPhone app bearing this name has been yanked from Apple’s App Store in France amid threats of a lawsuit and demands for its removal. The app, still available elsewhere, pulls together a database of thousands of famous Jews – including movie stars, […]

Filed Under: Church and State, Current Events, Education, Free Speech, International, Politics, Privacy, Religion

Article18: Poland — Citizens March in Bialystok to Protest Antisemitism; Death Metal Singer Not-Guilty After Trashing Bible on Stage

September 10, 2011 by Martin Surridge

By Martin Surridge – For much of the twentieth century, Poland served as a sort of punching bag for many of Europe’s strongest armies. Half a million Polish soldiers died in the First World War, the country was brutalized by the Nazis in the Second World War, and for the last half of the century, Poland was repressed by Soviet-inspired […]

Filed Under: Article18, Current Events, Education, Free Speech, History, International, Politics, Religion

Fear, Incorporated: Who’s Paying for all that Islamophobic Paranoia (FP)

September 4, 2011 by Martin Surridge

EXCERPT: One of the distinctive features of American democracy is the permeability of our political institutions. It’s an incredibly wide-open system, given First Amendment freedoms, the flood of money that corrupts the electoral process, and a wide array of media organizations and political journals that can be used to disseminate and amplify various views, even […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Discrimination, Economics, Free Speech, Politics, Religion

A Madman and His Manifesto (NYT)

July 31, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPT: It passed with only scant notice, as with so many of the rude extremes of American life in a kinetic media age. The bodies of those Norwegian children slaughtered by a terrorist had yet to be fully recovered, let alone buried, when Glenn Beck compared the victims to Nazis. The summer camp where children […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Free Speech, Human Life, Human Rights, International, Terrorism

Egypt’s Coptic Christians Call for More Religious Freedom (AJE)

January 8, 2011 by Martin Surridge

EXCERPT: Angry protests by Egypt’s Christian Copts have become a familiar scene. Hundreds clashed with police last November over plans for a new church building in Giza, leaving two protesters dead. And in January of that year, Copts protested in the southern town of Nag Hamadi after six members were killed in an attack on […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Free Speech, In the News, International, Politics, Religion

A Tennessee mosque, a good American story (First Amendment Center)

January 7, 2011 by Martin Surridge

EXCERPT: By Charles C. Haynes, Director of the Religious Freedom Education Project December 31, 2010 — The No. 1 religion story of 2010 was the emotional, often ugly debate over plans for an Islamic center two blocks from ground zero in Manhattan, according to Religion Newswriters Association members – and just about everyone else making […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Discrimination, Free Speech, In the News, Legal Issues, Politics, Religion

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Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ultimate control over America’s health care and its national sovereignty will be put up for a vote next week at a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA).  On May 22-28, 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly will convene at the United Nations […]

Statement on the Leak in Dobbs

The leak was intended to disrupt the processing of the decision and we are not going to dignify the leak or the unidentified leaker by analyzing it prematurely. As a constitutional republic we cannot go down that road without doing severe damage to the institution of the Supreme Court where there must be professional courtesy between the justices and their staffs.

Boston City Hall - photo from Supreme Court Opinion

Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. Boston (Dec’d 5/2/2022) that the city of Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to participate in a city flag raising program.

Active Liberty - a survey of Justice Stephen Breyer's religion clause jurisprudence - Supreme Court

Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions

A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.

Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars

In Canada, it is easier for the disabled who do not suffer terminal illness to get approval for assisted suicide than approval for affordable housing. The government has calculated the cost of providing healthcare versus providing assisted suicide.

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Religion separated from the political control of the state can be a powerful force for public good. But religion used by the state to further its political purposes will ultimately destroy the state and compromise the effectiveness of the church.

— Lee Boothby, Esq.

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