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North Dakota Catholic Conference says ‘Sunday law’ Benefits All People (EWTN News)

Posted on September 19, 2011September 21, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

NOTE: This is in reference to a law that has been on the books in North Dakota for many years. In the past, it banned business all on Sunday. In 1991, the law was changed to restrict business only until noon on Sunday. This is not a “new” Sunday blue law. This article is interesting…

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

Posted on 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,…

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Gov. Jerry Brown Should Veto Poorly Conceived Childcare Bill (LA Times)

Posted on September 14, 2011September 15, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPT: AB 101 began its career in January as a budget bill, then turned into a measure to eliminate community redevelopment agencies, and in June it was amended again and became an effort to slash in-home care service to seniors and the disabled. On Sept. 2, it was reborn one more time as a bill…

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Is Christian “Just War” Just Like Jihad? (Patheos)

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Martin Surridge

EXCERPT: Christian and Islamic views of warfare are closer than we have been led to believe. When it comes to questions of war and peace, is American Christianity more like Muhammad or Jesus? Since 9/11, such a question has seemed outrageous to many Americans. But perhaps the offense is grounded in some unhelpful assumptions. Here…

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Theology a Hot Issue in 2012 GOP Campaign (AP)

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Martin Surridge

EXCERPT: The Texas governor, now a Republican presidential candidate, held a prayer rally for tens of thousands, read from the Bible, invoked Christ and broadcast the whole event on the Web. There was no symbolic nod to other American faiths. No rabbi or Roman Catholic priest was among the evangelical speakers. It was a rare,…

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California AB 889 Could Be End of Private Babysitting Services

Posted on September 2, 2011September 4, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

California state Senator Doug LaMalfa writes the following here. The bill is significant enough that we are reprinting his post here.  Further analysis of the liberty implications of this billing that could end private babysitting services to follow. Editor ———-   Adventures In Babysitting: Nanny State To Sue For Rest Break? By Senator Doug LaMalfa…

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New York City Council Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act (Sikhsayaset.net)

Posted on August 19, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPT: The law, called the “Workplace Religious Freedom Act” by supporters, changes the legal standard by which courts review claims of religious workplace discrimination by public and private city employees. Under current city law, employers are required to make ?reasonable accommodations’ for the religious practices of their employees. However, employers can bypass this requirement by…

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Feds Find Young Children Working Strawberry Farms – ABC News

Posted on August 11, 2011August 14, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPT: “In a letter to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis sent last Friday, Human Rights Watch expressed concern over a “disturbing overall decline in enforcement of child labor law” at the Department’s Wage and Hour Division. The non-profit group, which documented the use of child labor in farm work in a report released last year, cited…

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Religious Groups Object to Covering Birth Control (Fox News)

Posted on August 9, 2011August 14, 2011 by Martin Surridge

EXCERPT: They defied the bishops to support President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Now Catholic hospitals are dismayed the law may force them to cover birth control free of charge to their employees. A provision in the law expanded preventive health-care benefits for women, and the administration said last week that must include birth control…

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Pennsylvania Debates Whether To Hunt On Sundays (Huffington Post)

Posted on August 9, 2011December 13, 2018 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPT: Two of the most influential forces in conservative lobbying are poised to go head-to-head this fall over an issue that some Pennsylvania lawmakers dread might be one of the most difficult of the session. It’s the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau vs. the National Rifle Association in a title bout over the legalization of hunting on…

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