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Trump’s troubling evasion of basic religious liberty questions

Posted on April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Donald Trump evades questions about whether employers should have right to discriminate on basis of religion and the tax-exempt status of religious organizations.

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Unaffordable Luxury: A Brief Summary of Justice Scalia’s Free Exercise and Establishment Clause Legacy

Posted on February 14, 2016February 9, 2022 by Michael Peabody

In an effort to understand the longest-serving Justice’s influence and the importance of his replacement, here is a brief survey of how Scalia decided in several key cases.

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Davis Appeals to 6th Circuit

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Michael Peabody

When the religious beliefs of a government official conflict with the civil rights of citizens, who has the power and who wins?

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Attack on Independent Judiciary Likely to Intensify Following Davis’ Release

Posted on September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV ReligiousLiberty.TV

Even though the Court has granted accommodation requested by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, eliminating an independent judiciary is the real target.

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Opinion: The Spiritual Dimension to the County Clerk’s Refusal to License Same-Sex Marriages

Posted on September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 by Jason Hines

Davis has made a decision according to her conscience, has had the willingness to not only follow it through, but also to go to jail for it. I am surprisingly both outraged by and sympathetic to her plight. I would love to talk about the legal ramifications of what she is doing (and I still might do that briefly), but tonight my mind turns primarily to the spiritual consequences of Davis’s actions.

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If Theocracy was Good for Ancient Israel, Why Isn’t It Good for America?

Posted on August 16, 2015September 2, 2015 by Stephen Allred

(The following is taken from an appendix to the book Patriarchs and Prophets). “The question has been raised, and is now much agitated, If a theocracy was good in the time of Israel, why would not a theocratical form of government be equally good for this time? The answer is easy: A theocracy is a government…

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Catholic Hospitals Appeal Federal Court Decision Saying They’re Not Catholic Enough

Posted on July 15, 2015November 14, 2017 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Longstanding, agency-approved exemption of religious hospitals from federal pension law had been overturned, threatening Dignity Health chain of U.S. hospitals with ruinous penalties

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Free Exercise After Obergefell: Warnings from the Dissent

Posted on June 30, 2015June 30, 2015 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Statements of Justices Roberts, Thomas, and Alito on free exercise of religion in light of the same-sex marriage decision.

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Understanding RFRA: Is Religious Freedom the New Bigotry?

Posted on April 3, 2015April 3, 2015 by Nicholas Miller

By Nicholas Miller – Is supporting religious freedom an act of bigotry? This question is seriously being asked in the wake of the recent media eruptions surrounding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) bills passed in Indiana and Arkansas. The firestorm surrounding these bills has brought the tension between religious freedom and gay rights to a new level of public scrutiny and focus.

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Understanding RFRA: Does Indiana’s New Law Allow Businesses to Discriminate?

Posted on April 3, 2015April 8, 2015 by Jason Hines

By Jason Hines – This week, Governor Mike Pence held a press conference in order to clarify the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act that has received so much criticism lately.

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