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Faith & Fairness: Michigan’s Battle Over School Funding and Equal Protection – Hile v Michigan

Posted on September 27, 2024September 28, 2024 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear a case concerning Michigan’s constitutional ban on taxpayer funding for private schools. The Case is captioned Hile v. Michigan – The Petitioners, represented by the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, argue that the ban, known as the Blaine Amendment, violates the Equal Protection Clause because it…

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Obama’s Olive Branch Doctrine: Religion & the Path of Democratic Reform in the Arab-Muslim World (PART I)

Posted on March 24, 2011July 18, 2011 by Greg Hamilton

By Gregory W. Hamilton, President Northwest Religious Liberty Association (NRLA) March 15, 2011 President Barack Obama came to Cairo in 2009 with the purpose of announcing to the Arab-Muslim world that he was not following his predecessor’s “Democracy Project” as a matter of U.S. Middle East policy. One could call this Obama’s “Olive Branch Doctrine”:…

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Tennesee governor signs Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law

Posted on August 16, 2009November 5, 2012 by Michael Peabody

  On July 1, 2009, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law.  Introduced in February, House Bill 1598 requires Tennessee courts to apply the “compelling state interest” test to cases in which a law substantially burdens one’s right of free exercise of religion. The state now has the burden of…

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A World Enslaved – There are now more slaves on the planet than at any time in human history (Foreign Policy)

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Michael Peabody

Most people imagine that slavery died in the 19th century. Since 1817, more than a dozen international conventions have been signed banning the slave trade. Yet, today there are more slaves than at any time in human history.

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OPINION – President Obama: Bad News For the New Atheists and Other Fundamentalists (Frank Schaeffer – Huffington Post)

Posted on November 5, 2008November 5, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Into the all or nothing culture wars, and the all or nothing wars between the so-called New Atheists and religion the election of President elect Obama reintroduces nuance. President elect Obama’s ability to believe in Jesus, yet question, is going to rescue American religion in general and Christianity in particular, from the extremes.

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OPINION – President Obama: Bad News For the New Atheists and Other Fundamentalists (Frank Schaeffer – Huffington Post)

Posted on November 5, 2008August 16, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Into the all or nothing culture wars, and the all or nothing wars between the so-called New Atheists and religion the election of President elect Obama reintroduces nuance. President elect Obama’s ability to believe in Jesus, yet question, is going to rescue American religion in general and Christianity in particular, from the extremes.

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Polygamy central issue in Utah Attorney General race

Posted on October 25, 2008February 21, 2019 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

For Hill’s part, she said polygamists would never have to fear being prosecuted for their religion. She contends that the state’s bigamy statute is unconstitutional in the wake of the 2003 Supreme Court ruling Lawrence v. Texas.

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Saudi King – World facing covert economic war (SaudiGazette.com.sa)

Posted on October 25, 2008October 25, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

World leaders vowed Saturday in Beijing to overhaul the global financial system in the face of recession fears.

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THIS WEEK: Christian-Hindu Unrest leads to Violence in India

Posted on September 19, 2008September 23, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Thousands of Christians staged road blockades in several parts of the city on Sunday, after suspected Bajrang Dal activists carried out a series of attacks on prayer halls in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikmagalur districts, alleging conversion…

Police resorted to caning to disperse the protesters, including nuns and women, in the evening near Milagres Hall complex, while a few people threw stones at the police. In the melee, some were hurt and a few vehicles damaged.

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INSPIRATION: The Secret of All Persecution and the Power of Love

Posted on August 14, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

In a year when religious views seem to be shaping public discourse and ultimately impacting the law, this short excerpt from a classic religious work seems particularly relevant.  ReligiousLiberty.TV publishes articles from a wide variety of political viewpoints and faith perspectives.  Freedom can be celebrated from a secular perspective as well from a religious perspective….

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