Supreme Court Considers First Amendment Ramifications of Church Sign Ordinance
On Monday, January 12, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the case of whether a local town ordinance violates the First Amendment…
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RUSSIA: “We still cry when we remember the burned books” (Forum 18)
A Tatarstan court had to reject the prosecutor's suit to have a further 18 books by or about the Turkish Islamic theologian Said Nursi declared…
Opinion: Don’t Use Religious Liberty to Discriminate
By James Coffin - In the United States, individuals and groups have a long history of discrimination against fellow humans. But over many decades, legislators…
Why The Supreme Court Ruling On Legislative Prayer Won’t Affect All Christians
By James Coffin - Whatever the justices decide concerning legislative prayer, their decision will have little impact on what I'll do when, as a member…
Aftershock: The Historical and Religious Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials (Liberty Magazine)
The similarity between the persecutions of Muslims in 2013, alleged Communists in 1950, and those believed to be witches in 1692 is a perceived threat…
Ultimate Values: A Method for Resolving Cases that Force a Choice between Discrimination and Religious Liberty
By David Hamstra - It is tempting to resolve the question in favor of one or the other depending on what our moral intuitions tell…
“The Price of Citizenship”? New Mexico Supreme Court rules Christian must photograph same-sex ceremony
Yesterday, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment does not protect a photographer's decision not to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony even…
Serious Commitment to Faith is Par for the Course for 2013 UC Davis Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee
Although Bishop was the UC Davis scholar-athlete of the year in 2007, and was phenomenally successful on the course, even without Saturday play, he eventually…
What Changed? Will the Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Cases Affect You?
Neither Hollingsworth nor Windsor demand that any church, even in states that allow gay marriage, be forced to conduct gay weddings. Moreover, these decisions do…
In Pakistan, mob burns homes in anti-Christian violence (ANN)
Residents of a Christian community in eastern Pakistan, among them Seventh-day Adventists, are reeling after a mob torched their homes and businesses in response to…