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Religious Pluralism & America’s Christian Nation Debate: Revisiting the Intentions of America’s Constitutional Founders

June 6, 2008 by Greg Hamilton

By Gregory W. Hamilton The constitutional system of the United States of America remains the envy of the outside world despite the growing unrest of our European allies towards our country’s Administration, and the continual provocation against it by terrorists and a few hostile Arab-Muslim nations. Yet the greatest threat to our constitutional system comes […]

Filed Under: Constitution, Family, History, Politics Tagged With: Alexander Hamilton, bill of rights, christian nation, Due Process Clause, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, Greg Hamilton, historical revisionism, national heritage, Northwest Religious Liberty Association, religious pluralism, Separation of Church and State, Supreme Court, Thomas Jefferson

NEWS BRIEFS: Global Privacy, Free Speech Issues

June 5, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Study secretly tracks cell phone users outside US (AP) Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home. The first-of-its-kind study by Northeastern University raises privacy and ethical questions for its monitoring methods, […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Uncategorized Tagged With: blogger, cell phone, ethics, Free Speech, Privacy, Singapore

NEWS / OPINION: Law Professor Denied Communion Because He Supports Obama

June 3, 2008 by Michael Peabody

No Religious Tests for Public Office? What about Political Tests to Receive Sacraments? Pepperdine University School of Law Professor, and former Constitutional law advisor for President Ronald Reagan, Douglas Kmiec was denied communion recently at a mass connected with a gathering of Catholic business people. The priest denounced Kmiec’s endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama, then […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Politics, Religion Tagged With: 2008 campaign, 501(c)(3), Audio Files, Barack Obama, Catholic, communion, Douglas Kmiec, endorsement, Michael Peabody, Pepperdine, Politics of Apostacy, Religion, religious test, Separation of Church and State, tax exempt

VIDEO: Could Gay Marriage Erode Non-Profit Tax-Exempt Status?

June 3, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

On March 26, 2007, Brian Brown, Executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut, testified before the judiciary committee of the state legislature in regard to raised House Bill 7395: An Act Concerning Marriage Equality. In this video, Brown argues that even if churches are not required to perform the ceremonies, legalizing same-sex marriage might […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, Family, Video Tagged With: Catholic, gay marriage, Video

Government, Religion, and a Mythical Past

June 1, 2008 by Karen Scott

By Karen Scott, Walt Pontynen, and Leigh Johnson In this  article, originally published in Spectrum in 2002, the authors discuss the intent of the founders of the United States and how historical revisionism obscures our national heritage. (Re-posted with Permission.) AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER and poet George Santayana (1863-1952) wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are […]

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, History Tagged With: America, bill of rights, Civil Rights, criminal law, Due Process Clause, Establishment Clause, founders, historical revisionism, learning from the past, national heritage, polygamy, religious discrimination, religious harassment, Roger Williams, Separation of Church and State, Spectrum Magazine, Ten Commandments, thought crime, Tibet, Walt Pontynen, War, workers' rights, World

Learning from the Past

June 1, 2008 by Robert Moon

THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTATIVE PEST CONTROL FOR YOUR HOME OR RENTAL PROPERTY So much goes into renting or owning a home in today’s society. Utilities, structural maintenance, appliance upkeep, landscaping.. the list goes on! An important aspect of maintaining and caring for a home is often dismissed or forgotten. And that is preventative pest control. Pest control […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Constitution, History Tagged With: learning from the past

Significant Differences Emerging Between McCain and Obama in Prospective Judicial Nominees (NY Times)

May 27, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

It is looking more and more likely that either Barack Obama or John McCain will be the next President of the United States.  They will leave a lasting legacy in the form of their judicial appointments. The New York Times today posted a good analysis of how they may decide who interprets the law.  Thanks […]

Filed Under: Constitution, Current Events, Politics, Supreme Court Tagged With: McCain, obama, supreme court nominee

Belarus: ‘We are reclaiming our history as a land of religious freedom’ (ChristianToday.com)

May 26, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Read the full version, which includes a fascinating review of the history of religious liberty in Belarus, online at http://www.christiantoday.com/articledir/print.htm?id=19015 by By Antoni Bokun, Pastor of John the Baptist Pentecostal Church in Minsk Posted: Saturday, May 24, 2008, 10:54 (BST) Belarus has been renowned [for its] freedom of conscience for centuries. This is why religious […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Current Events, History, Human Rights, International Tagged With: Belarus, History, Soviet Union

Does Constitution apply to enemy combatant on U.S. soil? (AP)

May 24, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

In the War Against Terror, it may be difficult to determine who the enemy is.  Does the Constitution apply to a U.S. resident held on U.S. soil? WASHINGTON (AP) — If his cell were at Guantanamo Bay, the prisoner would be just one of hundreds of suspected terrorists detained offshore, where the U.S. says the […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Constitution, Current Events, Human Rights, Military Tagged With: Crime

Barack Obama’s judicial nominees (Baltimore Sun)

May 13, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

James Oliphant of the Baltimore Sun blogged about Barack Obama’s judicial nominees. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/printer-obama_on_judges.html Here is some of what Obama has said on the topic: What you’re looking for is somebody who is going to apply the law where it’s clear. Now there’s gonna be those five percent of cases or one percent of cases where […]

Filed Under: Civil Rights, Human Life, Politics, Supreme Court Tagged With: Barack Obama, Human Life, judicial nominees, Supreme Court

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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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The union of the church with the state, be the degree never so slight, while it may appear to bring the world nearer to the church, does in reality but bring the church nearer to the world.

— Ellen White

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